Trends of occupational fatalities involving machines, United States, 1992-2010

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• Personal Author:
  Fosbroke DE ; Marsh, Suzanne M.
• Description:
  Background: This paper describes trends of occupational machine-related fatalities from 1992-2010. We examine temporal patterns by worker demographics, machine types (e.g., stationary, mobile), and industries. Methods: We analyzed fatalities from Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. We used injury source to identify machine-related incidents and Poisson regression to assess trends over the 19-year period. Results: There was an average annual decrease of 2.8% in overall machine-related fatality rates from 1992 through 2010. Mobile machine-related fatality rates decreased an average of 2.6% annually and stationary machine-related rates decreased an average of 3.5% annually. Groups that continued to be at high risk included older workers; self-employed; and workers in agriculture/forestry/fishing, construction, and mining. Conclusion: Addressing dangers posed by tractors, excavators, and other mobile machines needs to continue. High-risk worker groups should receive targeted information on machine safety. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Agriculture Construction Industry Demography Forestry Hunting Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Men Mining Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Age-groups Agricultural-machinery Author Keywords: Occupational Fatal Injuries CFOI Construction-equipment Demographic-characteristics Equipment-operators Excavation-equipment Fishing-industry Humans Industrial-hazards Injuries Machine-operation Machine-operators Machine-shop-workers Machine-tools Machinery Mining-industry Mobile Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-hazards Risk-factors Sociological-factors Stationary Surveillance-programs Tractors Traumatic-injuries Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• 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
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046726
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2015 Nov; 58(11):1160-1173
• Contact Point Address:
  Suzanne M. Marsh, MPA, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road., MS 1808, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
• Email:
  smm2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:11dc12a19df157fc1e2020d454ff9e46b9b58c9a7c3b75195b0f551c757dea714acf7c329ee12c910979af3741da17cdeff6d5bccdcae9f42634a12f514d41b0
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202061/cdc_202061_DS1.pdf
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