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2010 Annual Report: Tracking Work-Related Deaths in Michigan



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    This is the 10th annual report on acute traumatic work-related (WR) deaths in Michigan. There were 144 WR deaths in 2010, representing 138 employers and 139 separate incidents. The number of deaths increased 50.0% from 2009 when there were 96 WR deaths. Fewer individuals were working in Michigan in 2010 compared to 2009 and the rate of WR death per 100,000 workers increased 54.5% from 2.2 in 2009 to 3.4 in 2010. Agriculture had the highest number of WR deaths (25), followed by Construction (22) and then Transportation and Warehousing (20). Agriculture and Transportation and Warehousing had the largest numerical change in the number of deaths-the number of deaths in-creased by 14 in each industry sector from 2009 to 2010. Agriculture had the highest risk of incurring a WR death per 100,000 workers (29.3) followed by Construction (18.2) and then Transportation and Warehousing (16.8). The most common cause of death was motor vehicle (28), followed by homicide (26), and then falls (24). The number of WR homicides in-creased by 160% compared to 2009 (26 in 2010 compared to 10 in 2009). Individuals who died were most likely to be men (91%), white (82%), married (64%), and have at least a high school education (84%). The average age was 49 and ranged from 16 to 87. Most WR fatal injuries occurred on a Tuesday (20.1%). August was the month in which most of the WR fatalities occurred (17, 11.8%). Work-related fatal injuries occurred in 43 of Michigan's 83 counties. Wayne County had the highest number (35), followed by Kent (11) and Oakland (10). Of the 144 WR fatalities, 38 (26.4%) were MIOSHA program-related. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    Michigan State University
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Annual Report
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-73
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20054495
  • Citation:
    East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2012 Feb; :1-73
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2012
  • Performing Organization:
    Michigan State University
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    2010 annual report: tracking work-related deaths in Michigan
  • End Date:
    20260630
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    urn:sha-512:a8122b8afb13669a7e7b162c9fd1c6881dec55e6a17a0daf0284aef28804ea8a43fef7e066c6bfd8a38813fd71df604f134187c2c815c8cb5bb0a9d55995149d
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