Machinery-Related Occupational Fatalities in the United States, 1980 to 1989

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• Personal Author:
  Kisner, Suzanne M. ; Pratt, Stephanie G.
• Description:
  The National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system, based on death certificates, identified machinery-related incidents as the second leading cause of traumatic occupational fatalities in the United States for the period from 1980 through 1989. During this 10-year period, there were 8,505 machinery-related deaths for an average annual fatality rate of 0.80 per 100,000 workers. Annual machinery-related fatality rates declined steadily from 1.01 in 1980 to 0.63 in 1989. The rate for males (1. 40) was 3.5 times higher than that for females (0.04). Workers aged 65 and older had 5.8 times the fatality rate of workers below age 65 (4.06 vs. 0.70). The highest industry-specific rates were in agriculture (7.43), mining (7.23), and construction (3.48). The rate for farming occupations (6.82) was 13.9 times that for all other occupations (0.49). Among specific machine types, tractors accounted for the highest fatality rate (0.25), although annual rates declined markedly over the decade. Tractor-related fatalities remained disproportionately high among older workers, primarily in the agriculture industry. The next highest rates- for forklifts, cranes, excavating machines, and loaders-ranged from 0.04 to 0.06, with smaller decreases in rates over the decade than those observed for tractors. High industry-specific rates were noted for: tractors, harvesting machinery, and power take-offs in agriculture; mining and drilling machinery and oil rigs in mining; and cranes, excavating machinery, and tractors in construction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Agriculture Construction Industry Epidemiology Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Accident Rates Accident Statistics Age Factors Agricultural Industry Agricultural Machinery Construction Industry Machine Operation Mine Workers Sex Factors Tractors
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053441
• Citation:
  Public Health and Diversity: Opportunities for Equity, APHA 122nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 30 - November 3, 1994, Washington, DC. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 1994 Oct; :182
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Public Health and Diversity: Opportunities for Equity, APHA 122nd Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 30 - November 3, 1994, Washington, DC
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:75b5b74548d7ce613e210b7e9b16a5c09761a19014513b3d287fe64387878c60faab25f2666dabdafec4db6dedc2925edfabf0e55484ad495b59823c9f11def4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216193/cdc_216193_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.33 MB ]