Occupational Injury Mortality: New Mexico 1998–2002

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• Personal Author:
  Crandall C ; Kesler DO ; Moraga-McHaley S ; Mulloy KB
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: The current study characterizes patterns of occupational injury fatalities in New Mexico for the 5-year period 1998-2002. METHODS: The study applied methods developed by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CSTE/NIOSH) Occupational Health Indicator Work Group and compared the relative strength and weakness of two different datasets (CFOI and NMVRHS) for occupational injury fatality surveillance. RESULTS: Annual occupational injury mortality rates ranged from 4.4 to 7.6 per 100,000 employed persons aged 16 and over compared to annual US rates of 4.0-4.6 per 100,000. Risk factors for higher mortality rates included age over 65 years, self-employment, non-US citizenship, being African-American or Hispanic, and occurrence in rural counties. The top industry for fatality rate was mining followed by transportation, public utilities, agriculture, and construction. CONCLUSIONS: Applying CSTE/NIOSH Occupational Health Indicator protocol and using both CFOI and NMVRHS data improved the characterization of occupational injury mortality and the setting of priorities for prevention intervention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Construction Industry Mining Occupational Health Safety Transportation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Construction-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Mine-workers Occupational-health Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Transportation-workers Worker-health Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033342
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2007 Dec; 50(12):910-920
• Contact Point Address:
  Karen B. Mulloy, Denver Health Occupational Health and Safety, 605 Bannock Street, MC 1423, Denver, CO 80204-4507
• Email:
  Karen.Mulloy@dhha.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1482f0d290f9328d75aaa2eed7930ccaf26823632e6e7e50e435428a2804eb52c47a13f062b336447a8b1ea3ec508f43a02792cc9b591e4728fa34b3194ace5a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188959/cdc_188959_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 188.58 KB ]