Occupational medicine clinical practice data reveal increased injury rates among Hispanic workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Minnesota has an ethnically diverse labor force, with the largest number of refugees per capita in the United States. In recent years, Minnesota has been and continues to be a major site for immigrant and refugee resettlement in the United States, with a large population of both immigrant and native born Hmong, Hispanic, and East Africans. This study seeks to evaluate the injury risk among the evolving minority workforce in the Minnesota Twin Cities region.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study identifying work-related injuries following pre-employment examinations was performed using electronic health records from a large multi-clinic occupational medicine practice. Preplacement examinations and subsequent work-related injuries were pulled from the electronic heal

SUBMITTER: Riester SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590790 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature