Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Program

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• Personal Author:
  Bunn T
• Description:
  The Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance (KOSHS) program expanded its technical and research capabilities, and reached agency stakeholders to effect change. County profiles of worker injuries were developed and implemented. A KOSHS sleeper berth study (Bunn TL, Slavova S, Robertson M. Motor vehicle injuries among semi-truck drivers and sleeper berth passengers. J Saf Res, 2013;44:51-5) was used as a justification for a 2016 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) revised rule that requires commercial vehicle passenger seat belt use (49 CFR 392.16). A Safety Defect Investigator with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) used our dump truck fatality report #14KY064 to justify the formation of a committee to redesign or eliminate dump truck tandems due to fatalities. Tow truck fatality report #16KY052 was incorporated into a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) first responder training offered to tow truck operators who are required to complete traffic incident management training to be considered for the interstate towing list; training was delivered to over 10,000 employees. The National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) used a KOSHS study (Bunn TL, Slavova S, Robertson M. Crash and burn? Vehicle, collision and driver factors that influence motor vehicle collision fires. Accid Anal Prev 2012;47:140-145) for their research on commercial vehicle fuel tank integrity/standards. The 2017 NTSB final report contained 13 recommendations including one based on the KOSHS report and NTSB work that stated, "The FMCSA has authority over regulations contained in 49 CFR Part 393 regarding fuel tank integrity standards the NTSB recommends that SAE International work with FMCSA and NHTSA to improve truck-tractor side-mounted fuel tank crashworthiness and develop and promulgate an updated standard." A KOSHS towing study (Chandler M, Bunn T. Analysis of roadside injuries in motor vehicle towing. J Saf Res. Dec 2019;71:191-200) was used by the Towing and Recovery Association of America (TRAA) to create an infographic reaching over 10,000 followers. TRAA said, "...when we saw your study, we felt it provided such valuable insights we just had to share with our members! The infographic was sent via e-blast to our full membership... we immediately heard from a VA company member who is going to share it during their next safety meeting." A KOSHS trucking study (Chandler MD, Bunn TL, Slavova S. Narrative and quantitative analyses of Workers' Compensation-covered injuries in short-haul vs. long- haul trucking industries. Int J Inj Control Saf Prom 2017;24[1]:120-130) was used to develop and disseminate four safety training videos with the leading causes of nondriving-related truck driver injuries. The videos are featured by the Vertical Alliance Group, which services over 1,100 companies. In June 2021, the four videos had over 100,000 downloads and views. The KOSHS program goal reduced occupational injury morbidity and mortality. There was a statistically significant decrease (52%) in Ky occupational fatality rates from 1995-2019 compared to a 30% decrease in the U.S. occupational fatality rate; occupational injury morbidity rates decreased as well but are still 7% above the national rate. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Emergency Responders Health Promotion Mortality Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Fatalities First Responders Health Programs Motor Vehicles Safety Programs Statistical Analysis Surveillance Programs Training Truck Drivers
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  1-54
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066689
• 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-008483, 2021 Sep; :1-54
• Contact Point Address:
  Terry Bunn, PhD, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Director, Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY 40504
• Email:
  tlbunn2@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e9c92c36a30e455e016524c5ebe533d88b8786249d080db2c64f97b8c0c10acb3366ee8e11e45c7aff1c301bad85c308e2ab385e95767a8a596a40196d082011
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219167/cdc_219167_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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