A major prevention programme for mortality in small-scale fishermen in Southern Asia.

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• Personal Author:
  Conway GA ; Yadava YS
• Description:
  Background: Over 30 million individuals work in commercial fishing operations worldwide. Although <1 % of the worldwide workforce, fisherman account for >7% of workplace mortality. In July, 2007, as part of a major multi-nation Safety at Sea effort, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) asked BOBP and APRO/NIOSH to provide technical assistance in enumerating, understanding, and preventing commercial fishing mortality worldwide, particularly focusing in south Asian developing nations around the Bay of Bengal without extant, formal fisherman-mortality surveillance systems. Since then, APRO/NIOSH and BOBP-IGO have collaborated in assessments in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the Maldives. Methods: Each assessment has included: 1) on-site fishing community field work in each nation; 2) worker, vessel owner, and employer focus groups in multiple fishing communities in each nation, in developed and remote sites; 3) regional workshops involving germane ministry, fisher associations and NGO representatives from each of the nations; 4) on-site reconnaissance for availability of death records, insurance data, and search and rescue (SAR) data, and 5) abstraction of these data of a sample of available records. Results: The records and abstracted data were sufficiently detailed to permit analysis for problems potentially amenable to intervention. Discussion: Initial assessments have no been successfully complete in fishing communities in each nation, and pilot programs being established. Terms of reference have been established with key ministries in each nation, and key findings shared with host governments and FAO. Conclusion: This major project has high potential for increasing national and international understanding and fostering prevention of fishing-related deaths in south Asia.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Epidemiology Fishing-industry Injuries Injury-prevention Monitoring-systems Morbidity-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  APRO - Alaska Pacific Regional Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  39
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036154
• Citation:
  IFISH4: Proceedings of the Fourth International Fisheries Industry Safety and Health Conference, May 10-14, 2009, Reykjavik, Iceland. Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2009 May; :39
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181546/cdc_181546_DS1.pdf
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