Surveillance of Fatal Occupational Injuries: Making the Best of What We Have

Details

• Personal Author:
  Bojes H ; Hall E ; Nogueira L ; Patel K
• Description:
  The presentation had the following objectives: What we want to know: Fatality rate over time (2006-2015).; Fatality rates for subgroups of worker population.; Identify priority issues for intervention. This presentation reached the following conclusions: Texas fatality rate was higher than the national average. Fatality rates were highest in: Men.; 65 and older age group.; Mining, quarrying, & oil & gas, and Agriculture, fishing, forestry & hunting industry. Leading cause of death: Transportation incidents: Transportation fatality rate highest in private sector transportation industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Fatalities Monitoring Systems Mortality Data Occupational Accidents Occupational Health Programs Surveillance Programs
• Publisher:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053993
• Citation:
  Tenth Annual Western States Occupational Network (WestON) Meeting, September 13-14, 2017, Denver, Colorado. Atlanta, GA: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 2017 Sep; :1-27
• Email:
  Ketki.Patel@dshs.texas.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Texas State Department of Health Services, Austin
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20160701
• Source Full Name:
  Tenth Annual Western States Occupational Network (WestON) Meeting, September 13-14, 2017, Denver, Colorado
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:52b7d91e3c508663e291841794895f94bf1f2f5129b32c85e8d035de62323fa733210f6be8b717a2d6a53eac009619f56375f4aa2676ef7ffb4c7f4732710d47
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216645/cdc_216645_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.40 MB ]