Traumatic fatalities at work. American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1980 through 1988

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• Personal Author:
  Layne LA ; Stout N ; Sugarman JR
• Description:
  Traumatic occupational fatalities of American Indians and Alaska natives (AI/AN) from 1980 through 1988 were retrospectively investigated by examining death certificates included in the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities database. There were 274 AI/AN work related deaths in the database for the period. The rate of occupational fatalities of AI/AN for 1980 was calculated using estimates of employed AI/AN from the 1980 Census of Population as the denominator and the number of AI/AN occupational fatalities in 1980 as the numerator. Motor vehicle accidents, machine related injuries, and water transportation incidents accounted for almost half of the occupational fatalities. Seventy five percent of the water transportation deaths were incurred in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Fishing deaths in Alaska accounted for 45% of all water transportation deaths in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry. Possible limitations of the data were discussed. The authors conclude that occupational injury prevention programs may require a different focus for AI/AN workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Agriculture Epidemiology Hunting Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics

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• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Age-factors Agricultural-industry Fishing-industry JOCMA7 Mortality-rates NIOSH-Author Occupational-accidents Racial-factors Sex-factors Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0096-1736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Washington ; 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:
  35
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00218180
• Citation:
  J Occup Med 1993 Nov; 35(11):1117-1122
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:320c6c54a9d034d7f86d5130afa4bac1ce6ea7a7844c243a78f79db569373691002f315df36b89c0d0315fad057d083ed526da400d60344e8aa20a31ba3e34e9
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205808/cdc_205808_DS1.pdf
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