Srinivas Konda

Srinivas Konda
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC · Division of Safety Research - DSR

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Introduction
Additional affiliations
October 2009 - present
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Position
  • Associate Service Fellow
Education
January 2007 - December 2008
University of Southern Mississippi
Field of study
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Publications

Publications (34)
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Background: Occupational injuries are common among law enforcement officers (LEOs) and can impact an agency's ability to serve communities. Workers' compensation (WC) data are an underutilized source for occupational injury surveillance in the law enforcement field. Methods: LEOs WC claims from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (OHBWC) from...
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Problem: COVID-19 has impacted United States workers and workplaces in multiple ways including workplace violence events (WVEs). This analysis scanned online media sources to identify and describe the characteristics of WVEs related to COVID-19 occurring in the United States during the early phases of the pandemic. Method: Publicly available onl...
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Introduction Officers can be unintentionally injured during officer–suspect interactions, and these injuries are often not coded as assaults. This article defines and enumerates injuries that officers sustain while chasing, detaining, arresting, or pursuing suspects. These are termed resistance-related injuries. Methods Data on law enforcement off...
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence, identify risk factors, and assess the impact of nonphysical workplace violence (WPV) events among education workers (teachers, professionals, and support personnel). METHODS A cross‐sectional survey was mailed to a random sample of 6450 education workers, stratified by sex, occup...
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Background: The purpose of this analysis was to identify and prioritize high-risk industry groups for traumatic brain injury (TBI) prevention efforts. Methods: Workers with TBI from 2001 to 2011 were identified from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation data. To prioritize industry groups by claim type (lost-time (≥8 days away from work) and...
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Introduction: Violence-related events and roadway incidents are the leading causes of injury among taxi drivers. Fatigue is under-recognized and prevalent in this workforce and is associated with both injury outcomes. We describe the association of individual, business-related, and work environment factors with driving tired among taxi drivers in...
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Drug overdose fatalities have risen sharply and the impact on US workplaces has not been described. This paper describes US workplace overdose deaths between 2011 and 2016. Drug overdose deaths were identified from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and fatality rates calculated using denominators from the Current Population Survey. Fatality...
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Background Ambulance service workers frequently transfer and transport patients. These tasks involve occupational injury risks such as heavy lifting, awkward postures, and frequent motor vehicle travel. Methods We examined Ohio workers’ compensation injury claims among state‐insured ambulance service workers working for private employers from 2001...
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Introduction: Several studies of nonfatal firefighter injuries have been conducted but are limited by the inclusion criteria used and coverage. The aim of this study was to enhance current knowledge by providing national estimates of nonfatal injuries to firefighters treated in U.S. emergency departments. Methods: Nonfatal injuries from 2003 thr...
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Introduction: Limited studies exist that describe nonfatal work-related injuries to law enforcement officers. The aim of this study is to provide national estimates and trends of nonfatal injuries to law enforcement officers from 2003 through 2014. Methods: Nonfatal injuries were obtained from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-O...
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Objective: Emergency medical services (EMS) workers incur occupational injuries at a higher rate than the general worker population. This study describes the circumstances of occupational injuries and exposures among EMS workers to guide injury prevention efforts. Methods: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health collaborated wi...
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Purpose Motor-vehicle related events (MVEs) are the leading cause of on-duty death for law enforcement officers, yet little is known about how officers view this significant job hazard. This paper explores officers’ motor-vehicle risk perception and examines how prior on-duty MVEs and the death or injury of a fellow officer influences this percept...
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Suicide rates have risen considerably in recent years. National workplace suicide trends have not been well documented. The aim of this study is to describe suicides occurring in U.S. workplaces and compare them to suicides occurring outside of the workplace between 2003 and 2010. Suicide data originated from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injury...
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Background Despite reported declines, occupational burn injuries remain a workplace safety concern. More severe burns may result in costly medical treatment and long-term physical and psychological consequences. Methods We used the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System—Occupational Supplement to produce national estimates of burns treated...
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Purpose Little is known about work-related traumatic brain injuries (WRTBI). This study describes non-fatal WRTBIs treated in US emergency departments (ED) from 1998 through 2007. Methods Non-fatal WRTBIs were identified from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System occupational supplement (NEISS-Work) using the diagnoses of concussion,...
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Objective: Enumerate and describe physical assaults occurring to Pennsylvania education workers. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was mailed to a random sample of 6450 workers, stratified on gender, occupation, and region. Logistic regression was used to examine risk factors for physical assault. Results: During the 2009-2010 school year, 309...
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Background Driving a taxicab remains one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, with leading homicide rates. Although safety equipment designed to reduce robberies exists, it is not clear what effect it has on reducing taxicab driver homicides. Findings Taxicab driver homicide crime reports for 1996 through 2010 were collected f...
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The purpose of this study was to examine non-robbery-related occupational homicides in the retail industry from 2003 to 2008. Data were abstracted from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Motive (robbery- or non-robbery-related) and workplace violence (WPV) typology (Type I-IV) were assigned using narrative text fields. Non-robbery-related h...
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Purpose: Non-fatal physical assaults and non-physical workplace violence (NP-WPV) are common among education workers, yet little is known about how this violence affects them. Here we describe the impact of physical and NP-WPV on quality of life, job stress, and job satisfaction among a cohort of education workers. Methods: A statewide sample of...
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Taxicab drivers historically have had one of the highest work-related homicide rates of any occupation. In 2010 the taxicab driver homicide rate was 7.4 per 100,000 drivers, compared to the overall rate of 0.37 per 100,000 workers. Evaluate the effectiveness of taxicab security cameras and partitions on citywide taxicab driver homicide rates. Taxic...
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Objective: To analyze characteristics of, and trends in, work-related carbon monoxide (CO) fatalities in the US. Methods: Records of unintentional, non-fire related fatalities from CO exposure were extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Integrat...
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BACKGROUND: This study describes and compares the three surveillance systems used to record occupational injury fatalities among U.S. law enforcement officers (LEOs). METHODS: The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund database (NLEOMF), and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted reports...
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Segments within the retail industry have a substantially higher rate of work-related fatality due to workplace violence compared to the retail industry overall. Certain demographic subgroups may be at higher risk. National traumatic injury surveillance data were analyzed to characterize the distribution of fatality rates due to workplace violence a...
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The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence and characteristics of physical and non-physical WPV in a state-based cohort of education workers. A sample of 6,450 workers was drawn using de-identified union membership lists, stratified on gender, occupation, and school location. A cross-sectional survey was mailed to participants. An esti...
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Background: In the United States, taxicab drivers still experience disturbingly high homicide rates. Studies focused on this high-risk population are uncommon due to the difficulty in accessing data. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of security cameras and partitions installed in taxicabs. Methods: Newspaper reports of...
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Background: Research on work-related injuries in the construction industry is extensive, but little research has focused on traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).This study describes nonfatal work-related TBIs in the construction industry treated in emergency departments (EDs) from 2001 through 2005. Methods: Nonfatal work-related TBIs in the construct...
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This study describes fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries among U.S. correctional officers. Fatal injuries were obtained from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries; nonfatal injuries were identified from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System- Occupational Supplement. From 1999-2008, there were 113 fatalities and an estimated 12...
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health issue with serious consequences for the workplace. Workplace homicides occurring to U.S. women over a 6-year period, including those perpetrated by an intimate partner, are described. Workplace homicides among U.S. women from 2003 to 2008 were categorized into type I (criminal intent), t...
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Purpose: Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can result in short-term or long-term disabilities. Little is known about TBIs occurring in the workplace. This research describes nonfatal occupational TBIs treated in emergency departments (EDs). Methods: Nonfatal TBIs occurring to civilian workers were identified in the National Electronic Injury Surveil...
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Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the U.S., work-related TBI has not been well documented. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiologic characteristics and temporal trends of fatal occupational TBI in the U.S between 2003 and 2008. A cross-sectional analysis of the Census of Fat...

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