Surveillance for Nonfatal Work-Related Injuries in Alaska, 1991–1995

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• Personal Author:
  Conway, George A. ; Husberg BJ ; Johnson MS ; Moore MA
• Description:
  Historically, Alaska has had an occupational fatality rate five times greater than that for the United States. This article reports recent surveillance results for hospitalized nonfatal work-related injuries in Alaska, using the population-based Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR) from 1991 through 1995. The fishing, construction, and logging industries led with the highest number of reported cases in the ATR. Workers in the logging, transportation, and wood product manufacturing industries had the highest injury rates. Cause, severity, type, and body region of injury were examined for each target industry. For industries with the highest numbers and rates of injuries, in most cases, falls were identified as a common cause of injuries. A fractured bone was the most common type of injury, and the extremities were the most common body region affected. The ATR has proved to be a reliable tool for work-related injury surveillance and will be helpful in planning research priorities and targeting injury prevention efforts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Forestry Hunting Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Occupational Injury Construction-workers Fishing-industry Injuries Injury Surveillance Logging-workers Occupational Epidemiology Occupational Safety Surveillance-programs Transportation-industry

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10 ; 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:
  493-498
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000794
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1998 Nov; 34(5):493-498
• Contact Point Address:
  Bradley J. Husberg, Alaska Field Station Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4230 University Drive, Suite #310, Anchorage, AK 99508
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3222aeb53476989a7b2a3c3e275c1df7d8acd3daadc783d979919041433c664e7109058fa299ea2505bfdfdd21fbdfd722618804be3b7c2d19320b1e2d167aa3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198190/cdc_198190_DS1.pdf
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