Fatal Work-Related Injuries – United States, 2005–2009

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Supplement
• Personal Author:
  Baron, Sherry L. ; Chaumont Menéndez, Cammie K. ; Marsh, Suzanne M. ; Myers, John R. ; Steege, Andrea L.
• Description:
  In 2012, the U.S. civilian labor force comprised an estimated 155 million workers. Although employment can contribute positively to a worker's physical and psychological health, each year, many U.S. workers are fatally injured at work. In 2011, a total of 4,700 U.S. workers died from occupational injuries. Workplace deaths are estimated to cost the U.S. economy approximately $6 billion annually. Identifying disparities in work-related fatality rates can help public health authorities focus prevention efforts. Because work-related health disparities also are associated with social disadvantage, a comprehensive program to improve health equity should include improving workplace safety and health. This report and a similar study are part of the second CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report (CHDIR). The 2011 CHDIR was the first CDC report to assess disparities across a wide range of diseases, behavior risk factors, environmental exposures, social determinants, and health-care access. The topic presented in this report is based on criteria that are described in the 2013 CHDIR Introduction. This report provides information on disparities in work-related death and homicide rates across industry and occupation categories, a topic that was not discussed in the 2011 CHDIR. A separate report providing information on disparities in nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses also is included in this second CHDIR. The purposes of this report are to discuss and raise awareness of differences in the characteristics of work-related fatal injuries and to prompt actions to reduce these disparities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Behavior Demography Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mental Health Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Accident-rates Accident-statistics Accidents Age-factors Demographic-characteristics Disease-prevention Employee-exposure Environmental-exposure Health-care Health-services Injuries Injury-prevention Mental-health Mortality-data Mortality-rates Public-health Risk-factors Safety-education Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-practices Worker-health

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• Source:
  Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. (MMWR): Supplement, 2013; v.62, no. 3, p. 41-45 (5 pdf pages)
• Series:
  Supplements: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  2380-8950 (print) ; 2380-8942 (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043380
• Citation:
  MMWR Suppl 2013 Nov; 62(Suppl 3):41-45
• Email:
  smm2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Supplement:
  3
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182962/cdc_182962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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