Heat-Related Deaths Among Crop Workers – United States, 1992–2006

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn N. ; Jackson, Larry L. ; Loringer, Kelly A. ; Luginbuhl, R. C.
• Description:
  Workers employed in outdoor occupations such as farming are exposed to hot and humid environments that put them at risk for heat-related illness or death. This report describes one such death and summarizes heat-related fatalities among crop production workers in the United States during 1992--2006. During this 15-year period, 423 workers in agricultural and nonagricultural industries were reported to have died from exposure to environmental heat; 68 (16%) of these workers were engaged in crop production or support activities for crop production. The heat-related average annual death rate for these crop workers was 0.39 per 100,000 workers, compared with 0.02 for all U.S. civilian workers. Data aggregated into 5-year periods indicated that heat-related death rates among crop workers might be increasing; however, trend analysis did not indicate a statistically significant increase. Prevention of heat-related deaths among crop workers requires educating employers and workers on the hazards of working in hot environments, including recognition of heat-related illness symptoms, and implementing appropriate heat stress management measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Forestry Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Humidity Hunting Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Fishing-industry Forestry-workers Heat Heat-exposure Heat-stress Heat-stroke Hot-environments Mortality-data Mortality-rates Outdoors Racial-factors Surveillance-programs

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• 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:
  5 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Myers, John R.
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034001
• Citation:
  MMWR 2008 Jun; 57(24):649-653
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• 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/183129/cdc_183129_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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