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Table 2 Injury incidents by occupation type and PPE use: New Jersey Safe Schools surveillance data (12/1998 through 12/2013)

From: Injury surveillance and associations with socioeconomic status indicators among youth/young workers in New Jersey secondary schools

   

03/2003-08/2008

9/2008-10/2013

PPE usage

 

Overall injury reports 2003–2013 (N = 393)

High SES

Low SES

 

High SES

Low SES

 
   

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Sum

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Sum

Yes

N

214

71

49

3

0

123

62

24

2

3

91

(%)

54.0

76.3

59.8

60.0

0.0

 

61.4

25.0

50.0

50.0

 
 

Within Time Period (%)

57.7

39.8

2.4

0

100.0

68.1

26.4

2.2

3.3

100.0

No

N

179

22

33

2

6

63

39

72

2

3

116

(%)

46.0

23.7

40.2

40.0

100.0

 

38.6

75.0

50.0

50.0

 
 

Within Time Period (%)

34.9

52.4

3.2

9.5

100.0

33.6

62.1

1.7

2.6

100.0

  1. Note: Totals include injury reports indicating both use of PPE and a career cluster