Occupational Injury Research and Prevention in Alaska

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• Personal Author:
  Bensyl, Diana M. ; Conway, George A. ; Husberg BJ ; Lincoln, Jennifer M. ; Manwaring, Jan C.
• Description:
  Using surveillance data as information for action, collaborative efforts in Alaska have been very successful in applying these insights toward preventing occupational mortality and serious injury. Specifically, epidemiological analysis has been effectively applied toward reducing mortality in Alaska's rapidly expanding helicopter logging industry, and it played an important supportive role in tracking the continuing progress made in reducing the mortality rate in Alaska's commercial fishing industry, as well as numerous local injury prevention efforts. Some of the methodological refinements presented here may be useful elsewhere. Layering Haddon matrices provides a useful insight for planning for injury prevention. This method should be widely applicable. The results suggest that the extension of Alaska's approach to occupational injury surveillance and prevention to other locales, and the application of these strategies to the full spectrum of occupational injury hazards, could have a broad impact on the reduction of occupational injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Accident Statistics Injuries Injury Prevention Surveillance Traumatic Injuries
• ISSN:
  1045-4764
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation
• 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:
  AFS - Alaska Field Station ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  14-26
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021707
• Citation:
  Arct Res U.S. 2001 Spring/Summer; 15(4):14-26
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Arctic Research of the United States
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5886fa497590efe1befd087bc0ddde58bbe555a365988424cab7e8c34ff3c6a052a68df999b312852d58c4573ac7f25e6f18f6f3060478f63de4aeaed2b2a4a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198822/cdc_198822_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.67 MB ]