Characterization of Foreign-Born vs. Native-Born Worker Fatalities in Kentucky, 2001–2014

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• Personal Author:
  Bunn TL ; Cruz Y ; Hanner N ; Slavova S
• Description:
  Information on foreign-born worker (FBW) and native-born worker (NBW) fatal injuries is scarce. The Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program analyzed 2001-2014 worker fatality data. The Kentucky FBW fatality rate was double the US FBW and NBW rates, and 50% higher than the Kentucky NBW fatality rate. FBW average age at death was 38 years; NBW age was 47 years. FBW deaths occurred in construction (26%) and services (22%) industries, and transportation [28% (54% due to semi truck crashes)] and construction [26%(48% due to roofing, scaffolding, and ladder-related falls)] occupations; in contrast, NBW deaths occurred in services (22%), and transportation (18%) industries, and transportation (25%) and management (20%) occupations, and were due to exposures to inanimate mechanical forces (38%), and transport accidents (30%). Enhanced FBW cultural competent interventions and policies are needed to prevent FBW occupational injuries, and improve FBW workplace safety and health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Construction Industry Emigration And Immigration Mortality Occupational Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Foreign-born Construction Construction Industry Fatalities Immigrant Workers Motor Vehicles Native-born Semi Truck Service Industries Trucking

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• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  448-455
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053760
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2018 Apr; 20(2):448-455
• Contact Point Address:
  Terry Lee Bunn, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY 40504
• Email:
  tlbunn2@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:83e1745cb55d3d9bb388addda8b61a63eaefa4a8978c91fca2585a5dd2c0098e28b96b92e832e2400614962a20abd5ce8c867c340538aef7281e684b73bb5c0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216468/cdc_216468_DS1.pdf
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