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An Investigation into Type, Severity, and Cost of Injuries in the Automotive Repair Sector: Overall and by Age

Adkins, Ecstasy D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1417610548

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2014, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Industrial and Systems Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
According to data from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (Ohio BWC, 2013), the automotive service or repair center industries rank among the top industries in the number of claims and total cost due to work-related injuries. However, little research has been conducted to determine the characteristics that lead to such injuries. The objective of this study was to analyze the types of injuries and illnesses that are occurring in the automotive repair sector to determine common characteristics and the significant factors that led to the injuries along with estimated costs using 2011 BWC data. Specific events or exposures that led to the injury or illness, the source of injury or illness, primary body parts affected, and nature of injury or illness were identified. Also, the relationship between age and claims cost as well as the rate of injury occurrence by age was studied. Furthermore, analysis indicated that contact with objects or equipment was the highest ranked category in terms of frequency. Overexertion and bodily reaction and falls, slips, and trips were the top groups by severity. Other results included eyes as the number one body part affected in the struck by object or equipment category and ice/snow as the greatest cause of injury for falls on the same level. Additionally, it was determined that the number of falls, slips, and trips in relationship to other injuries increased with age, in contrast to the contact with objects or equipment category which decreased by age.
Diana Schwerha, Dr. (Advisor)
125 p.
Aging; Industrial Engineering; Occupational Safety
falls, slips, and trips; overexertion; injuries by cost and age; injuries in automotive repair; contact with objects or equipment; workers compensation claims data

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  • Adkins, E. D. (2014). An Investigation into Type, Severity, and Cost of Injuries in the Automotive Repair Sector: Overall and by Age [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1417610548

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Adkins, Ecstasy. An Investigation into Type, Severity, and Cost of Injuries in the Automotive Repair Sector: Overall and by Age. 2014. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1417610548.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Adkins, Ecstasy. "An Investigation into Type, Severity, and Cost of Injuries in the Automotive Repair Sector: Overall and by Age." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1417610548

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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