Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2023 Sep;66(9):750-758. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23507. Epub 2023 Jun 11.
In 2019, grounds maintenance work was ranked among the most dangerous jobs in the United States. The objective of this study was to provide a national profile of fatal injuries of grounds maintenance workers.
Data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and Current Population Survey were analyzed to determine grounds maintenance worker fatality rates and rate ratios during 2016-2020.
During the 5-year study period, a total of 1064 deaths, or average fatality rate of 16.64 deaths per 100,000 full-time employees (FTEs) was identified in grounds maintenance workers compared to 3.52 deaths per 100,000 FTEs for all occupational worker deaths in the United States. The incidence rate ratio was 4.72 per 100,000 FTEs [95% CI: 4.44-5.02; p < 0.0001]. The primary events or exposures that led to work-related deaths were transportation incidents (28.0%), falls (27.3%), contact with objects and equipment (22.8%), and traumatic acute exposures to harmful substances or environments (17.9%). Black or African American workers had higher death rates, while Hispanic or Latino workers accounted for over one-third of all occupational-related fatalities.
Each year, fatal work injury rates were consistently nearly five times higher among those employed in grounds maintenance work than all US worker fatalities. Wide-ranging safety intervention and prevention measures are needed to protect workers. Future research efforts should employ methods that include qualitative approaches to gain a better understanding of worker's perspectives and employer's operational work practices to mitigate risks that contribute to these high work-related fatalities.
2019 年，园林维护工作被列为美国最危险的工作之一。本研究的目的是提供园林维护工人致命伤害的全国概况。
分析了职业性伤害和当前人口调查的人口普查数据，以确定 2016-2020 年园林维护工人的死亡率和比率。
在 5 年的研究期间，园林维护工人共有 1064 人死亡，即每 10 万名全职员工（FTE）的平均死亡率为 16.64 人，而美国所有职业工人死亡的死亡率为每 10 万名 FTE 死亡 3.52 人。发病率比率为每 100,000 FTEs 4.72 [95% CI: 4.44-5.02; p < 0.0001]。导致与工作相关的死亡的主要事件或暴露是交通事件（28.0%）、跌倒（27.3%）、与物体和设备接触（22.8%）以及对有害物质或环境的创伤性急性暴露（17.9%）。黑人或非裔美国工人的死亡率较高，而西班牙裔或拉丁裔工人占所有与职业相关的致命伤害的三分之一以上。
每年，从事园林维护工作的工人的致命工作伤害率始终比所有美国工人的致命伤害率高出近五倍。需要广泛的安全干预和预防措施来保护工人。未来的研究工作应采用包括定性方法的方法，以更好地了解工人的观点和雇主的运营工作实践，从而减轻导致这些高工作相关死亡的风险。
