Fire and Flame Related Events with Multiple Occupational Injury Fatalities in the United States, 1980–1995

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• Personal Author:
  Biddle, Elyce A. ; Hartley D
• Description:
  The National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance system recorded 1587 fire and flame related occupational fatalities among the civilian workforce in the United States between 1980 and 1995. Of these fatalities, 433 resulted from 127 incidents that involved two or more victims. For purposes of this study, these victims were categorized into one of three cause-of-death classifications: burns, inhalation or other traumatic injury. The classification 'Burns' accounted for 232 or just over one-half of the fatalities and an additional 172 cases were coded as inhalation. Other traumatic injury was named as the cause of death for another 23 fatalities or five percent of the multiple victims. The cause of death for the remaining six fatalities could not be determined from the death certificates. This study revealed the similarities and disparities of the demographic and employment characteristics associated with these three cause-of-death classifications. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Burns Fires Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Fatal Injuries Fire-hazards Fire-safety Fires Inhalation Inhalation-studies Occupational-hazards Occupational Trauma Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  1566-0974
• 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:
  9-18
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022322
• Citation:
  Inj Control Saf Promot 2002 Mar; 9(1):9-18
• Contact Point Address:
  Ms Elyce Anne Biddle, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale Rd., Morgantown, WV 26505-2888, USA
• Email:
  egb6@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Control and Safety Promotion
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4434ccd1817f7f43fef9779e048bf8312f9bbb5dd5439419415bddf1350e38f603b704ea443e886605d51a1918a4669472b8caa832515d2638e997a5d8a90ee3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199134/cdc_199134_DS1.pdf
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