Work zone-related deaths, Oklahoma, 1998-2008

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oklahoma. Department of Health
• Description:
  Each year in the United States, approximately 100 highway and street construction industry workers die and 20,000 are injured on the job. From 1998 to 2008, 41 people were killed in fatal work zone-related incidents in Oklahoma. All the workers were male. The age of workers killed ranged from 18 to 70, with a median age of 41. The largest number of fatal injuries occurred in 2003 and 2007. Injuries were most common in the months of September and October. The most fatal injuries occurred from 3:00-4:00 PM. One-fourth of fatal injuries occurred on Tuesdays, and one-fifth on Thursdays. The least common days for injury were Saturday and Sunday. The largest number of fatal injuries occurred in Tulsa County. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction-industry Construction-workers Drivers Fall-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Safety-equipment Safety-practices

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• Publisher:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038672
• Citation:
  Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2011 Nov; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work Zone-related Deaths, Oklahoma, 1998-2008
• End Date:
  20110630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f16d1083ceada76f09c5ab6ab3b0a10b5b807c7b659c5c8202a33b542ba5f7a77f94854d0cd78c24d85c5bbd6c1dd6873f3671ad187d826034a8a540369ab76a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192308/cdc_192308_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 59.23 KB ]