Tracking Serious Injury: Surveillance of Work-Related Trauma

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• Personal Author:
  Brown M ; Larson C ; Todd A
• Description:
  A machine malfunction, a momentary lapse in concentration, a misjudgment of the weight of the box. Every day, about 450 Minnesotans are hurt at work or become ill from an occupational-related cause, according to recent Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNDLl)-figures. Workplace injuries are expensive. Compensation amounted to an estimated $1 billion for the approximately 165,000 cases in Minnesota · in 1998. However, experts consider that estimate conservative because it ignores costs associated with delayed production, hiring and training replacement workers, underreporting of work-related injury, and the economic losses due to pain, suffering and home care provided by families. Even more disturbing, Minnesota's occupational injury rates have been above the national average since 1993. According to the MNDLI 1998 Workplace Safety Report, the incidence rate of occupational injury in the United States is 6.7 injured workers per 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers, while Minnesota's occupational injury rate is 7.7 injured workers per 100 FTE. Similarly, the number of "lost work days" (LWD) due to occupational injury in Minnesota is slightly higher than the national average - 3.4 lost workdays per 100 FTE workers versus a national rate of 3.1 lost workdays per 100. A unique grant to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) aims to make it easier to identify and, ultimately, prevent serious occupational injuries in the state. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health-care-facilities Health-hazards Injuries Morbidity-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-health Public-health Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058694
• Citation:
  Minnesota Phys 2001 Aug; XV(5):36,38
• Contact Point Address:
  Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease, Minnesota Department of Health, 717 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  International Species Inventory System, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Minnesota Physician
• End Date:
  20030929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221727/cdc_221727_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.09 MB ]