Health conditions among male workers in mining and other industries reliant on manual labor occupations: National Health Interview Survey, 2007-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mining is an industry with diverse, demanding occupational exposures. Understanding the prevalence of chronic health conditions in working miners is an area of active research. Of particular interest is how the health of miners compares to that of workers in other industry sectors with a high proportion of manual labor occupations. By comparing similar industries, we can learn what health conditions may be associated with manual labor and with individual industries. This study analyzes the prevalence of health conditions in miners compared to workers employed in other manual-labor-reliant industries.

Methods

National Health Interview Survey public data were analyzed for the years 2007-2018. Mining and five other industry groups with a high proportion of manual l

SUBMITTER: Robinson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11175619 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature