Work Related Deaths in West Virginia: Targeting Research and Prevention Efforts

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• Personal Author:
  Helmkamp JC ; Higgins, Doloris N. ; King ME ; Williams JC
• Description:
  Deaths from injuries at work have been identified as a major public health problem in the United States (Bell, 1990; Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1993). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) monitors occupational injury deaths through death certificates compiled for the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system. NTOF findings on the magnitude of work related injury deaths for the United States from 1980 through 1994 indicate the annual total number of deaths and crude death rates decreased from 7,405 (7.5 per 100,000 workers) in 1980 to 5,406 (4.4 per 100,000 workers) in 1994 (CDC, 1998). While the downward trend is encouraging, the magnitude of the problem requires more be done to prevent these needless deaths. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Injuries Mortality Data Mortality Rates Occupational Hazards Traumatic Injuries Work Environment Workers
• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• 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:
  331-333
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020698
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2000 Jul; 48(7):331-337
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b31b6309fcb256b79844bbcade72bd58d3662bb1f026c7f6b19b93ba5a5af27c94e6d41c8d4700642162c98258a48c0d367c8ea094b5b2f8b0c63a60e206096b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198376/cdc_198376_DS1.pdf
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