Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project Final Progress Report

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• Personal Author:
  Archer P ; Wendling T
• Description:
  The Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service (IPS) conducted a project to identify risk factors for workers at highest risk of fatal or severe injuries in order to develop strategies for injury prevention. The project included collection of statewide population-based occupational fatality surveillance data, on-site investigations of specific work-related deaths, data analysis, preparation of reports on work-related deaths, and making prevention recommendations. In Oklahoma, approximately 100 occupational injury deaths are reported annually. Transportation incidents account for the highest number of deaths; a high rate of agriculture-related deaths also occur. Men accounted for 93% of work-related deaths in 1998-2006. Injuries occurred most commonly among workers 35-54 years of age. Site visits were conducted and in-depth reports of investigation were prepared for targeted occupational fatalities. Occupational fatalities targeted for this project included youth (<18 years) fatalities, machinery-related fatalities and immigrant fatalities. The reports included a summary of the incident, information from the investigation, recommendations for prevention, and references. The impact of the reports was evaluated with report-specific feedback surveys. Evaluation surveys obtained information on the overall impression of the report, report length, technical level of writing, if the report would influence their work practices, and how they would utilize the information in the report. Response rates were as high as 48%. Feedback obtained was used to improve the quality of future reports of investigation. In addition to the groups of workers studied in the in-depth reports of investigation, additional subgroups of work-related deaths were examined. Detailed data collected in the comprehensive, multi-source, statewide occupational fatality surveillance system were analyzed and reports were prepared on work-related homicides: jump-start/bypass-start-related fatalities, work-related deaths among young workers under 25 years of age, and highway work zone-related deaths. Summary data reports were also prepared annually with the final data report covering occupational fatalities from 1998-2006. The summary reports included epidemiologic analyses on age, gender, race, ethnicity, time of day, month of incident, industry, geographic location, and trends by year. The Occupational Injury chapter of Injury Free Oklahoma: Strategic Plan for Injury and Violence Prevention provided guidance for the IPS on conducting farm safety education in targeted areas of Oklahoma. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Agriculture Automobiles Construction Industry Epidemiology Farmers Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Transportation

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Motor-vehicles Personal-protective-equipment Racial-factors Seasonal-factors Sex-factors Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Tractors Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038818
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-110839
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U60-OH-008342, 2007 Nov; :1-16
• Contact Point Address:
  Pam Archer, Injury Prevention Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19970701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:46bb575e78b1daa4555b980f7c3d426925537c31384e2f96cb70777a3e437d6fe7143ae82afe8ff0e8646b5e31d0853146779e4cd752d9c0ac41b7517ff80932
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218422/cdc_218422_DS1.pdf
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