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Occupational Health Indicators: Louisiana 2013–2017



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    There are about two million workers in Louisiana; every year thousands of them are injured, killed, or become ill because of exposure to health and/or safety hazards at work. Not only do work-related injuries and illnesses decrease work-productivity and lead to excessive healthcare costs for both employers and employees, they are nearly always preventable. Workers' compensations claims alone in Louisiana cost more than $798 million in 2017. The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Public Health (OPH), Section of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology's (SEET) Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Program has been conducting surveillance of injuries, illnesses, deaths, and hazards among Louisiana workers since 2006 through a cooperative agreement funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The program generates a suite of occupational health indicators, developed by representatives from state occupational health programs, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), and NIOSH, as part of our primary annual surveillance activities. Each occupational health indicator is a specific measure of a work-related disease or injury, or a factor associated with occupational health, such as a workplace exposure, hazard, or intervention, in a specified population. These indicators allow a state to compare its health or risk status to that of other states, to evaluate within state trends over time, and to guide priorities for prevention and intervention efforts. Generating a report of occupational injuries and illnesses is the first step to successful identification and intervention of current and future health hazards. This document summarizes the occupational health status of Louisiana workers, including influential factors such as demographics and workforce distribution by industry and occupation, for the years 2013-2017. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Report
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-38
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20066175
  • Citation:
    Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, 2021 May; :1-38
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2021
  • Performing Organization:
    Louisiana State Office of Public Health
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20150720
  • Source Full Name:
    Occupational health indicators: Louisiana 2013-2017
  • End Date:
    20260630
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    urn:sha-512:065eee50f084de63db7afd900ab9d0c515d636d721e6aec0e7ec13013d5eb92ce06e295aa340154a20faecf3089b105ac2ba2a837f621fff5a04b6a24df86270
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