Mississippi Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Report: 2018

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• Personal Author:
  He Y ; Zhang L
• Description:
  In 2014, more than one million people aged 16 years and older made up Mississippi's workforce. It accounted for 38% of the state population. More than 15% of employees were at high-risk occupation of morbidity/mortality, and 61 of every 100,000 workers experienced a work-related injury or illness, including a total number of 75 work-related fatalities. Occupational health indicators can provide information on workers' health status and the associated risk factors. The current recommended set of indicators for occupational health surveillance is developed by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Work Group. These indicators can be used by programs to prevent workplace injuries and illness in the state. The most updated list contains 24 indicators. They are: 16 Health effect indicators (measures of injury or illness that indicate adverse effects from exposure to known or suspected occupational hazards); 1 Exposure indicator (measures of markers in human tissue or fluid that identify the presence of a potentially harmful substance resulting from exposure in the workplace); 4 Hazard indicators (measures of potential for worker exposure to health and safety hazards in the workplace); 2 Intervention indicators (measures of intervention activities or intervention capacity to reduce workplace health and safety hazards), and 1 Socioeconomic impact indicator (measure of the economic impact of work-related injuries and illnesses). Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) currently identifies and tracks 21of the 24 indicators. The establishment of the Occupational Health Surveillance (OHS) Program enables the MSDH to: Identify and track occupational health risks, safety exposures, and health effects; Increase the awareness of how the workplace impacts the health and lives of MS workforce; Prioritize occupational health needs; Design and implement outreach programs and preventive services; Collaborate with strategic partners and affect policy change in occupational health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Fatalities Morbidity Rates Occupational Health Public Health Surveillance Programs Worker Health Worker Safety
• Publisher:
  Mississippi State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Mississippi ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-35
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066252
• Citation:
  Jackson, MS: Mississippi State Department of Health, 2018 Aug; :1-35
• Contact Point Address:
  Lei Zhang, PhD, MBA, Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Health Data and Research, 570 East Woodrow Wilson, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, MS 39215-1700
• Email:
  Lei.Zhang@msdh.ms.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Mississippi State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150701
• Source Full Name:
  Mississippi occupational health and safety surveillance report: 2018
• End Date:
  20210630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212732/cdc_212732_DS1.pdf
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