Occupational Injury Surveillance – United States

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in conjunction with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), recently developed a new surveillance system to monitor all occupational injuries treated at a sample of 66 hospital emergency rooms, statistically selected to be representative of all U.S. hospital emergency rooms and placed in 5 categories according to hospital size and type. The number of sample hospitals selected from each category is proportional to the emergency-room usage for hospitals in that category. Data in Table 1 show the types and estimated numbers of occupational injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms in the period September 24-30, 1981. In addition to these variables, detailed occupational injury information provided through this surveillance system includes treatment date, age, sex, type of accident, cause of accident, and disposition of case. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Demography Emergency Responders Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Statistics Demographic Characteristics Emergency Treatment Health Care Health Care Facilities Information Retrieval Systems Injuries Medical Treatment Occupational Accidents Occupations Statistical Analysis Surveillance 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:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  46
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055758
• Citation:
  MMWR 1981 Nov; 30(46):578-579
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:96734765e667472ebd3a1d54227c5902d3f43d508ff3715bcfd4b26249c5da8dc92a6d4feca920fe26a666c4652e67e9e2b7897070236541a9694c5503a255b1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183233/cdc_183233_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 397.65 KB ]