2009 Annual Report: Tracking Work-Related Deaths in Michigan

Details

• Personal Author:
  Chester, Debra A. ; Kalinowski DJ ; Rosenman, Kenneth D.
• Description:
  This is the 9th annual report on acute traumatic work-related (WR) deaths in Michigan. There were 95 WR deaths in 2009, representing 92 different employers and 92 incidents. The number of WR deaths decreased 22% from 2008 when there were 121 deaths. This decrease represents fewer people working; the rate of death at 2.9/100,000 workers was essentially unchanged from 2008. Construction had the highest number of WR deaths (19), followed by Administrative & Support & Waste Management & Remediation Services (13). The largest numerical change in the number of deaths occurred in Construction - the number of deaths decreased from 28 in 2008 to 19 in 2009. However, the hours-based rate of construction deaths in Michigan at 16.5 was 1.7 times greater than the 9.7 US rate. Mining had the highest risk of incurring a WR death per 100,000 workers (18.1). Construction was next (15.3) and then Agriculture (12.9). The most common cause of death was motor vehicles (20), followed by struck by an object (17), falls (14), suicides (12), and then homicides (10). Individuals who died were most likely to be men (89%), white (92%), married (60%) and have at least a HS education (77%). The average age of death was approximately 47. The age at the time of death ranged from 16 to 88. A fatal injury occurred in 33 of Michigan's 83 counties. Wayne County had the highest number (18), followed by Macomb and Berrien (7 each). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  FACE Program Fatalities Fatality Assessment And Control Evaluation Program Mortality Data Occupational Accidents Surveillance Programs
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-55
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054496
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2011 Mar; :1-55
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  2009 annual report: tracking work-related deaths in Michigan
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a660e0543ac9b39ea7958019f18522e4908ee3d0f0df55c8f5c2885834bf7c4e881e31546e6844236c4cc1a7ac10768463e1354a507d7a6aa19ab5ec8a13752f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217040/cdc_217040_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.63 MB ]