U.S. correctional officers killed or injured on the job

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• Personal Author:
  Hartley D ; Konda S ; Reichard, Audrey ; Tiesman, Hope M.
• Description:
  Correctional officers are at risk for work-related injuries due to both fatal and nonfatal assaults and violent acts, transportation-related fatalities and overexertion. While there are some prevention efforts currently in place to reduce inmate assaults, efforts to reduce other work-related injuries are rare. However, the National Institute of Corrections has recommended that the overall safety of a correctional facility can be improved if facilities address staffing shortage issues; follow good operational procedures; and provide adequate facilities - such as basic medical and mental health care needs, qualified health care staff, personal protective equipment and safety training programs. In addition, future research should identify risk factors unique to each event type so that appropriate prevention efforts can be developed and implemented to reduce these injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Correctional Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Correctional-facilities Correctional-officers Injuries Injury-prevention Job-stress Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Stress Surveillance Training Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0190-2563
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  122-125
• Volume:
  75
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043438
• Citation:
  Correct Today 2013 Nov/Dec; 75(5):122-125
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Corrections Today
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6bb3fd086b600b06baf817dbb5510381aa8098b709a70092f96c59e72514d7c8ae599609f610ea410e65a5ca7199ca27c0ea3b43c27f02b890a2ca26ec550476
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195331/cdc_195331_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 327.96 KB ]