Table 4.
Injury Rates Among US Aluminum Smelter Employees, by Sex and Injury Type, 1996–2005
| All Injury Rate/100 Person-Years | Odds Ratio (Female vs. Male)a | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Acute | |||
| All acute injuries (n = 7,384) | |||
| Female | 18.65 | 1.201 | 1.151, 1.295 |
| Male | 12.17 | ||
| Total recordable acute injuries (n = 2,615) | |||
| Female | 5.91 | 1.158 | 1.012, 1.326 |
| Male | 4.35 | ||
| Lost-work-day acute injuries (n = 93) | |||
| Female | 0.46 | 1.097 | 0.512, 2.348 |
| Male | 0.13 | ||
| MSD related | |||
| All MSD-related injuries (n = 4,483) | |||
| Female | 13.23 | 1.119 | 1.097, 1.311 |
| Male | 7.26 | ||
| Total recordable MSD-related injuries (n = 1,912) | |||
| Female | 7.24 | 1.334 | 1.174, 1.515 |
| Male | 2.99 | ||
| Lost-work-day MSD-related injuries (n = 174) | |||
| Female | 0.84 | 1.285 | 0.783, 2.109 |
| Male | 0.26 |
Abbreviation: MSD, musculoskeletal disorder.
a
Adjusted by standard job, age category, and tenure category.