Wisconsin FACE 1991-1997: on-site investigation findings and recurrent themes for fatality prevention.

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• Personal Author:
  Braddee R ; Hanrahan LP ; Tierney J
• Description:
  As of March 1, 1997, 109 of 629 (17%) fatalities entering the Wisconsin surveillance system met the NIOSH criteria for an on-site investigation. They included 5 confined space deaths, 11 electrocutions, 42 falls, 51 machine related fatalities and one firefighting fatality. From these, a total of 51 (47% of eligible cases) on-site investigations were completed. They included four confined space studies, 8 electrocution investigations, 23 falls, and 16 machine related fatalities. Characteristics were examined and prevention recommendations were summarized for this case series. Farmers were involved in over half of the investigated fatalities, and were represented in each of the in-scope types: confined space (asphyxiations), machines (tractor rollovers, run overs, and machine entanglements), falls, and electrocutions. Causal factors were summarized using the Haddon Matrix and recommendations to prevent similar occurrences were categorized into meaningful groupings. The Haddon Matrix and prevention recommendation analyses are still underway and will be presented at the conference.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Carcinogens Chemistry Ether Hydrocarbons Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Electrocutions Farmers Injuries Injury-prevention Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-hazards Tractors Traumatic-injuries

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  57
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027743
• Citation:
  NOIRS 1997 Abstracts of the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium 1997. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1997 Oct; :57
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181360/cdc_181360_DS1.pdf
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