Occupational Burn Surveillance in Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  Scheerer A
• Description:
  In October 1997, the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) at the University of Kentucky received funding to conduct surveillance of work-related burn injuries. This project is supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health through an agreement with the Kentucky Department for Public Health. The purpose of the project is to collect data on occupational burn injuries, then use the data to identify high risk jobs and develop intervention strategies. Information and prevention materials are disseminated to workers, employers and others interested in occupational safety. Initial case notification is obtained through a network of facilities that identifies and reports persons who meet the case definition of a worker who is burned on the job and seeks medical treatment for the injury. Participating facilities include hospital burn units and emergency departments, occupational medicine clinics, outpatient treatment centers, and Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance, a workers' compensation insurance provider. Through follow-up phone interviews with injured workers and employers, details are obtained about the injury event and work practices. This report presents a summary of the data collected for the 30-month period of April 1998 - September 2000. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Burns Fires Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Risk Assessment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Fire-hazards Fire-safety Occupational-hazards Occupational-health-services Occupational-safety-programs Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Protective-materials Risk-analysis Safety-education Safety-practices Safety-programs Work-analysis Work-operations

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021866
• Citation:
  Ky Epidemiol Notes & Rep 2001 May; 36(5):1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  Kentucky Epidemiological Notes & Reports
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8e2d8ab18a00c4169891611e844da570d3ecbd2ba4ecd0abe2c73b02fb2490dc0aba0e732d693e04a0aa9a0fa5bfc217e653e224c8c46de8bf13d149eb7f304e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198956/cdc_198956_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 78.44 KB ]