Epidemiology of Work-Related Aviation Fatalities in Alaska, 1990–94

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• Personal Author:
  Conway, George A. ; Garrett LC ; Manwaring, Jan C.
• Description:
  Alaska, with less than one-half of 1% of the United States workforce, accounts for 9% of all occupational aviation fatalities nationally; 30% of all occupational fatalities in Alaska are related to aviation. To understand this high mortality, we investigated occupational aviation crashes to identify risk factors. Occupational aviation fatalities in Alaska during 1990-94 were examined using National Transportation Safety Board reports and merged with records from the Alaska Occupational Injury Surveillance System. There were 876 aircraft crashes; 407 (46%) were work-related. Occupational crashes were 2.2 times (CI: 1.5, 3.2) more likely to result in fatalities than non-occupational crashes. Risk factors identified included poor weather conditions defined as Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). A crash during IMC was 5.3 times (CI: 3.5, 7.9) more likely to result in fatalities than crashes in other conditions. Of aircraft involved in fatal occupational incidents, 33% were not completely destroyed, allowing the potential for survivors. An estimated 30% reduction in fatalities could have occurred if current technology in occupant protection had been used. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-hazards Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  0095-6562
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025246
• Citation:
  Aviat Space Environ Med 1998 Dec; 69(12):1131-1136
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:86d949a2f5acddd16da4927caa94294e4bdf991f998d18379636d9198f8a7189e27d7c6ac32ebe6a8b69a2fe8a4e93027a254996990e99d1a5e04277e01d2594
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196703/cdc_196703_DS1.pdf
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