Nonfatal Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses – United States, 2010

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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 experience a work-related injury or illness. In 2011, approximately 3 million workers in private industry and 821,000 workers in state and local government experienced a nonfatal occupational injury or illness. Nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses are estimated to cost the U.S. economy approximately $200 billion annually. Identifying disparities in work-related injury and illness 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 can 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 concerning disparities in nonfatal work-related injury and illness, a topic that was not discussed in the 2011 CHDIR. A separate report providing information on disparities in fatal work-related injuries and homicides across industry and occupation categories also is included in this second CHDIR. The purposes of this report are to discuss and raise awareness of differences in the characteristics of workers employed in high-risk occupations 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 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 Disabled-workers Disease-prevention Diseases Employee-exposure Environmental-exposure Health-care Health-services Injuries Injury-prevention Lost-work-days Occupations Public-health Risk-factors Safety-education Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Work-practices Worker-health

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• Source:
  Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. (MMWR): Supplement, 2013; v.62, no. 3, p. 35-40 (6 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:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043379
• Citation:
  MMWR Suppl 2013 Nov; 62(Suppl 3):35-40
• Email:
  slb8@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/182968/cdc_182968_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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