Occupational injuries

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• Personal Author:
  Archer P ; Samuel E
• Description:
  In Oklahoma, approximately 100 occupational injury deaths are reported each year to the Injury Prevention Service. Transportation incidents account for the highest number of deaths, followed by agriculture-related deaths. From January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2007, 1,122 workers in Oklahoma lost their lives to work-related deaths - an average of 112 deaths per year. Historically, Oklahoma's annual death rate has been higher than the national average. Twenty-four percent of deaths occurred among workers between 35 and 44 years of age, and 20% of deaths were among those 45 to 54 years of age. Ninety-three percent of all work-related deaths were among males. Sixty-nine percent of work-related incidents occurred between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., with the highest occurrences between noon and 4:00 p.m. The leading causes of work-related deaths included motor vehicle crashes (37%), machinery (16%), and falls from elevation (12%). Truck driving/delivery was the occupation resulting in the greatest number of fatalities (24%), followed by farming/ranching (17%), and construction (10%). Workers who were involved in fatal injuries most frequently suffered multiple traumatic injuries (35%). Traumatic head injuries accounted for 21% of fatalities and traumatic chest injuries accounted for 7%. Occupational health indicator data revealed that Oklahoma rates were higher than national rates for the following work-related conditions: hospitalizations, amputations, and pesticide-associated illnesses/injuries reported to poison control centers. Work-related rates were lower in Oklahoma than the United States for hospitalized burn injuries, pneumoconiosis and malignant mesothelioma as well as for elevated blood lead levels. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Automobiles Burns Epidemiology Insecticides Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Transportation

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Head-injuries Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Motor-vehicles Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Pneumoconiosis Sex-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers

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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:
  13-17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038782
• Citation:
  Injury Free Oklahoma 2010-2015: Strategic Plan for Injury and Violence Prevention. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2009 Oct; :13-17
• Contact Point Address:
  Injury Prevention Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Free Oklahoma 2010-2015: Strategic Plan for Injury and Violence Prevention
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:420780ed7bdf060178fa05216c52d787a431944eb69234db5f7b1a54ee338ead1ac80f55410d984ecfe7897f762e37422bf3f281c8f91ac6d027420956046709
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192372/cdc_192372_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 50.92 KB ]