Occupational Aviation Fatalities – Alaska, 2000–2010

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• Personal Author:
  Conway, George A. ; Lincoln, Jennifer E. ; O'Connor M
• Description:
  Aircraft crashes are the second leading cause of occupational deaths in Alaska; during the 1990s, a total of 108 fatal aviation crashes resulted in 155 occupational fatalities (1). To update data and identify risk factors for occupational death from aircraft crashes, CDC reviewed data from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Alaska Occupational Injury Surveillance System. During 2000-2010, a total of 90 occupational fatalities occurred as a result of 54 crashes, an average of five fatal aircraft crashes and eight fatalities per year. Among those crashes, 21 (39 percent) were associated with intended takeoffs or landings at landing sites not registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Fifteen crashes (28 percent) were associated with weather, including poor visibility, wind, and turbulence. In addition, 11 crashes (20 percent) resulted from pilots' loss of aircraft control; nine (17 percent) from pilots' failure to maintain clearance from terrain, water, or objects; and seven (13 percent) from engine, structure, or component failure. To reduce occupational fatalities resulting from aircraft crashes in the state, safety interventions should focus on providing weather and other flight information to increase pilots' situational awareness, maintaining pilot proficiency and decision-making abilities, and expanding the infrastructure used by pilots to fly by instruments. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Aircraft Decision Making Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Transportation

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Aircraft-parts-and-auxiliary-equipment Aircrews Airports Decision-making Equipment-reliability Flight-personnel Industrial-safety Information-retrieval-systems Injury-prevention Mortality-data Mortality-rates Pilots Region-10 Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-measures Surveillance-programs Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries Work-performance

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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:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  APRO - Alaska Pacific Regional Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039004
• Citation:
  MMWR 2011 Jul; 60(25):837-840
• Email:
  mboconnor@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• 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/183216/cdc_183216_DS1.pdf
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