Occupational injury in North Carolina

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• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn N. ; Higgins S
• Description:
  In 2008, 161 North Carolina workers died from work-related injuries, 3,324 were hospitalized, and 119,000 reported work-related injuries. Workers' compensation costs in the state exceeded $1.3 billion in 2007. Concerted efforts by the private and public sectors will be needed to reach goals to reduce the incidence of occupational injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Injuries Injury-prevention Public-health Surveillance Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  0029-2559
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039622
• Citation:
  NC Med J 2010 Nov-Dec; 71(6):569-573
• Contact Point Address:
  Dawn N. Castillo, MPH chief, Surveillance and Field Investigations Branch, Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Email:
  dcastillo@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  North Carolina Medical Journal
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0a5ae50ba4c2a348b86d354c9f9b376c1add71c430d004ca63c4be785bb7a9082679a08befeaaf76aabcf909a5370377471776ea3ce738546e0a3c63d7e12bfc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192797/cdc_192797_DS1.pdf
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