| Literature DB >> 24207014 |
Jessica T Kubo1, Mark R Cullen, Manisha Desai, Sepideh Modrek.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Prior research has shown increased risk of injury for female employees compared to male employees after controlling for job and tasks, but have not explored whether this increased risk might be moderated by manager gender. The gender of one's manager could in theory affect injury rates among male and female employees through their managers' response to an employee's psychosocial stress or through how employees differentially report injuries. Other explanations for the gender disparity in injury experience, such as ergonomic factors or differential training, are unlikely to be impacted by supervisor gender. This study seeks to explore whether an employee's manager's gender modifies the effect of employee gender with regards to risk of acute injury.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24207014 PMCID: PMC3924331 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1053
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMC Public Health ISSN: 1471-2458 Impact factor: 3.295
Figure 1Manager gender category of the cohort for male and female employees by calendar year.
Baseline demographics of analysis cohort by employee gender
| 2,322 | 2,645 | 4,967 | | |
| 46.75 | 53.25 | |||
| <.001 | ||||
| American Indian | 10 | 16 | 26 | |
| 0.43 | 0.60 | |||
| Asian | 43 | 54 | 97 | |
| 1.85 | 2.04 | |||
| Black | 394 | 585 | 979 | |
| 16.97 | 22.12 | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 304 | 372 | 676 | |
| 13.09 | 14.06 | |||
| White | 1,571 | 1,618 | 3,189 | |
| 67.66 | 61.17 | |||
| 43.53 | 39.81 | 41.68 | <.001 | |
| 11.08 | 11.39 | 11.38 | ||
| 8.63 | 7.27 | 7.96 | <.001 | |
| 8.98 | 9.15 | 9.09 | ||
| <.001 | ||||
| Not high demand | 3,495 | 2,740 | 6,235 | |
| 80.25 | 63.84 | |||
| High demand | 860 | 1,552 | 2,412 | |
| 19.75 | 36.16 | |||
| <.001 | ||||
| Both female and male | 2,379 | 1,561 | 3,940 | |
| 54.63 | 36.37 | |||
| Female only | 1,045 | 431 | 1,476 | |
| 24.00 | 10.04 | |||
| Male only | 931 | 2,300 | 3,231 | |
| 21.38 | 53.59 | |||
Note: P-values are from a Chi-square test of association for categorical variables and from a t-test for continuous variables.
Figure 2Gender of employees in the cohort by calendar year.
Description of first acute injuries in the cohort
| | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 687 | | 629 | | |
| | | | | |
| First aid (non-OSHA-reportable) | 604 | 87.92 | 495 | 78.70 |
| Medical treatment | 37 | 5.39 | 62 | 9.86 |
| Restricted work | 44 | 6.40 | 67 | 10.65 |
| Lost work time | 2 | 0.29 | 5 | 0.79 |
| | | | | |
| Laceration/Cut | 133 | 19.36 | 183 | 29.09 |
| Contusion/Bruise | 169 | 24.60 | 100 | 15.90 |
| Instantaneous sprain/Strain | 73 | 10.63 | 92 | 14.63 |
| Burn (chemical or thermal) | 97 | 14.12 | 48 | 7.63 |
| Abrasion/Scratch | 63 | 9.17 | 74 | 11.76 |
| Foreign body | 57 | 8.30 | 71 | 11.29 |
| Other | 95 | 13.83 | 61 | 9.70 |
Figure 3Kaplan-Meier estimates by manager gender category for female (left) and male (right) employees.
Results from models of employee gender and manager type on time to first acute injury
| | 0.042 | | 0.054 | | 0.006 | |
| F vs. M | 1.13 (1.00, 1.28) | | 1.13 (1.00, 1.28) | | 1.21 (1.06, 1.39) | |
| | 0.324 | | 0.274 | | 0.093 | |
| Both vs. M only | 0.93 (0.80, 1.07) | | 0.96 (0.83, 1.11) | | 0.97 (0.79, 1.19) | |
| F only vs. M only | 1.04 (0.86, 1.26) | | 1.10 (0.91, 1.34) | | 1.25 (0.97, 1.60) | |
| Not included in final model | 0.225 | Not included in final model | 0.519 | Not included in final model | 0.717 | |
| Not shown | <.001 | Not shown | <.001 | Not shown | <.001 | |
| Not shown | <.001 | Not shown | <.001 | Not shown | <.001 | |
| | | | 0.014 | | 0.016 | |
| Am. Indian vs. White | | | 0.98 (0.51, 1.89) | | 0.97 (0.50, 1.88) | |
| Asian vs. White | | | 0.46 (0.28, 0.75) | | 0.46 (0.28, 0.75) | |
| Black vs. White | | | 0.97 (0.81, 1.17) | | 0.97 (0.81, 1.17) | |
| Hispanic vs. White | | | 1.11 (0.93, 1.32) | | 1.11 (0.93, 1.32) | |
| | | 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.020 | 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.013 | |
| | | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.359 | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.393 | |
| 0.80 (0.69, 0.92) | 0.001 | 0.77 (0.61, 0.97) | 0.025 | |||
Results from models of employee gender and manager type on time to first reportable acute injury and first first-aid acute injury
| | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | |
| F vs. M | 1.31 (1.14, 1.52) | <.001 | 0.74 (0.55, 1.00) | 0.049 |
| | 0.030 | | 0.496 | |
| Both vs. M only | 1.03 (0.83, 1.27) | | 0.83 (0.58, 1.19) | |
| F only vs. M only | 1.37 (1.06, 1.79) | | 0.77 (0.46, 1.30) | |
| Not included in final model | 0.952 | Not included in final model | 0.064 | |
| Not shown | <.001 | Not shown | 0.295 | |
| Not shown | <.001 | Not shown | <.001 | |
| | 0.058 | | 0.442 | |
| Am. Indian vs. White | 0.93 (0.46, 1.88) | | 0.66 (0.09, 4.73) | |
| Asian vs. White | 0.49 (0.30, 0.81) | | 0.34 (0.08, 1.38) | |
| Black vs. White | 0.99 (0.82, 1.21) | | 0.94 (0.64, 1.39) | |
| Hispanic vs. White | 1.08 (0.89, 1.29) | | 1.21 (0.80, 1.82) | |
| 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.013 | 0.99 (0.87, 1.01) | 0.412 | |
| 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) | 0.493 | 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) | 0.546 | |
| 0.75 (0.59, 0.96) | 0.024 | 0.71 (0.49, 1.02) | 0.063 | |