Work zone-related deaths, Oklahoma, July 1997-December 2006

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• Personal Author:
  Archer P
• Description:
  Each year in the United States, approximately 100 highway and street construction industry workers die and 20,000 are injured on the job. Many of these workers are fatally injured when they are on foot in a work zone and struck by a vehicle. About half of workers on foot die after being struck by a passing motorist and about half by a construction vehicle. Other fatality risks to highway workers include falling from machines or structures, being struck by falling objects, and coming into contact with overhead power lines. According to the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office, 1,068 traffic crashes occurred in a work zone in 2005, with nine of these crashes involving a fatality to a worker or a motor vehicle occupant (excludes persons killed within the area restricted by signs or barriers). Almost half of the crashes (42%) occurred on an interstate highway and approximately one-fourth (24%) on a city street. The leading contributing causes for work zone crashes were: followed too closely (24%), unsafe speed (14%), inattention (12%), failed to yield (10%), and changed lanes unsafely (10%). Work zone crashes were most common on Fridays, during the month of July, and between the hours of 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Automobiles Construction Industry Epidemiology Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles Personal-protective-equipment Racial-factors Road-construction Safety-practices Sex-factors Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries

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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:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038759
• Citation:
  Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2008 Jan; :1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  Injury Prevention Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  Work Zone-related Deaths, Oklahoma, July 1997-December 2006
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b5e8fc4f9f1445b166198f6ab9ea7475363762005cc5a64af89064039bc4c15b390f5912c541b61bb8d780130b45cc3d159257a9b439b3fdb8da57b927fc19aa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192360/cdc_192360_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 198.63 KB ]