Report on Work-Related Surveillance, National Academies of Sciences, January 2018

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine
• Description:
  On January 9, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) released a report titled: A Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century. Consensus Study Report. The full report can be downloaded at www.nap.edu/24835. Data from surveillance of work-related injuries and illnesses are essential to identify and target prevention for all public health activity, including occupational safety and health. Industrial hygienists and safety specialists need accurate and timely surveillance data to plan interventions and to evaluate the success of their work. Physicians, industrial hygienists and safety specialists need to understand the limitations of the surveillance data available to them in order to make the best use of the data in their work. Given the importance of accurate surveillance data in their work, occupational health and safety practitioners should be advocates for strong surveillance systems. Deficits in the system to count work-related injuries and illnesses were identified in a 1987 NAS report. Although improvements were made in the national system in accord with the 1987 report, particularly related to the identification of acute traumatic fatalities, there was less progress made in improving the surveillance of non-fatal work-related injuries and even less progress made in improving the system for both fatal and non-fatal work-related illnesses. In 1992, in response to the 1987 NAS report the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) was initiated by BLS to conduct a census of acute traumatic fatalities rather than rely on reporting by employers. This new system, which used multiple data sources, including death certificates, police reports, and news media reports, had the immediate effect of doubling the number of acute traumatic fatalities identified in the United States. Having a similar multi-source for non-fatal conditions would be ideal. Multi-source surveillance that provides an accurate count of work-related injuries and illnesses in Michigan has been the focus of a Michigan State University (MSU) program for the last 30 years. The new NAS report repeatedly cites publications from the MSU program to highlight deficiencies in the current system and as part of the recommendations to improve the national system. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety
• Keywords:
  Fatalities Injuries Occupational Accidents Occupational Safety And Health Surveillance Traumatic Injuries
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• 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:
  1-4
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054765
• Citation:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News 2018 Jan; 29(2):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  MSU-CHM, West Fee Hall, 909 Fee Road, Room 117, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
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