Alaska trauma registry.

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• Personal Author:
  Simonsen BL
• Description:
  The Alaska Trauma Registry, a registry of all people seriously traumatized and either required hospitalization, transfer to a higher care level, or died in the emergency room, was discussed. Two categories included were people injured due to hypothermia, and drownings/near drownings. Data on fishing related injuries in the period March 1988 through February 1992 were analyzed. Results showed that 272 injuries out of 367 occurred on a ship, with 79% of them being on floating vessels, the rest being on shore based vessels. Of the injuries, 62% were in the Aleutian Pribilofs. However, 62% of the injured people were nonresidents (some were foreign national, but most were from the Northwestern United States). Mechanisms of injury were machine related (38%), falls (20%), cuts (5%), and others such as being struck by a wave or crab pot, entanglements, and altercations (37%). The largest number were extremity injuries (63% limb, 20% head and neck, and 14% trunk injuries). Permanent disabilities amounted to 14%, and the balance 86% were discharged, but may have had some short term disability. Workers compensation sources were private insurance (37%), Fishermen's Fund (30%), Indian Health Service (10%), self pay (7%), and other sources (15%). The author concludes with the hope that more information will be collected in the future, and that the Alaska Trauma Registry will serve as a tool towards making the fishing industry a safer occupation.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Epidemiology Health Surveys Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Accident-rates Accident-statistics Fishing-industry Injury-prevention Marine-workers Occupational-hazards Traumatic-injuries
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  48-51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222034
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the National Fishing Industry Safety and Health Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska, October 9-11, 1992. Myers ML, Klatt ML, eds. Anchorage, AK: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-109, 1994 Jan; :48-51
• Editor(s):
  Myers ML ; Klatt ML
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1b466f32e1db2a56655c0d3d24cedad2ece8192e7227229497663f2ecbb283760cfa84a696371dea116c37341312b71d0385698e89592cfc0ca5aacfad7ca202
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180899/cdc_180899_DS1.pdf
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