Alaska commercial fishing fatalities by fishery, January 1991 through September 1992.

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• Personal Author:
  Kennedy RD
• Description:
  Commercial fishing fatalities in Alaska in the various fishery types during the January 1991 through September 1992 period were analyzed. Data sources included the Alaska Department of Labor (annual surveys since 1984), the Alaska Fishing Entry Commission, the McDowell, Chad H.orporation (1989), the Alaska Seafood Study Commission (1989), and the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program. Results showed that the average yearly fatality rate for all Alaskan fishers was about 200 per 100,000. During the period surveyed 62 fishers died on the job, and the highest number of fatalities (nearly 480 per 100,000) was in the shellfish fishery, followed by the halibut fishery with 300 per 100,000. Salmon and ground fisheries approximated 100 per 100,000. The substantially elevated fatalities in the shellfish industry were due to the disproportionately high number of multiple fatalities in the Bering Sea during November through February (two crabbing vessels with six crew members each had vanished). Crabbers also died on deck during harvesting operations, and being struck by crab pots. The author concludes that an Alaskan fishery worker experiences nearly five times the risk of dying on the job than the average worker, and that shellfish harvesting is the most hazardous fishing industry and probably the riskiest job in the United States.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Agriculture Construction Industry Demography Hunting Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Epidemiology Fishing-industry Marine-workers Mortality-data NIOSH-Author Occupational-hazards Risk-analysis
• 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:
  60-63
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222036
• 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; :60-63
• 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:c0bda8bac1d94b306638fe0723c36428f9a106c7037103e2bc9a0fc214cb3e59416a2fcec4f5aa3d229384707a8d7f27cd8c11593d8d4093d8c0cceca191a6c6
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