Trends in Fatal Occupational Injuries in Latino/a Workers Relative to Other Groups, North Carolina 2000–2017

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• Personal Author:
  Golightly Y ; Keil AP ; Marshall SW ; Nocera M ; Novicoff W ; Richardson DB ; Richey MM
• Description:
  Background: Latino/a workers may experience higher fatal occupational injury rates than non-Latino/a workers. In North Carolina, the Latino/a population more than doubled between 2000 and 2017. We examined fatal occupational injuries among Latino/a and non-Latino/a workers in North Carolina over this period. Methods: Information on fatal occupational injuries was abstracted from records of the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the death certificate records held by the North Carolina Office of Vital Records. Estimates of the working population were derived from the decennial census and American Community Survey. Estimates of annual rates of fatal occupational injury for the period January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2017 were derived for Latino/a workers and compared to Black and White workers not identified as Latino/a. Results: Over the study period, 1,783 fatal occupational injuries were identified among non-Latino/a workers and 259 fatal occupational injuries among Latino/a workers in North Carolina. The majority of fatal occupational injuries among Latino/a workers occurred among males employed in construction and agriculture. While the fatal occupational injury rate among Latino/a workers declined over the study period, the rate among Latino/a workers was higher than among non-Latino/a White and Black workers; moreover, fatal occupational injury rates for Latino/a workers trended upwards during the most recent years of the study period. Conclusions: Latino/a workers in North Carolina have the highest fatal occupational injury rate of any race/ethnicity group. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Construction Industry Healthcare Disparities Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Latino/A Latinx Hispanic Construction Workers Death Certificates Fatalities Fatal Occupational Injury Health Disparities Inequity Disparity Mortality Rates North Carolina Racial Factors Surveillance Traumatic Injuries

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  242-247
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064519
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2022 Apr; 65(4):242-247
• Contact Point Address:
  Morgan M Richey, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill, 215 Morris St, Suite 210, Durham, NC 277011, USA
• Email:
  mrichey@email.unc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20180901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20220831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8b613deda2683cff41e6d2a48b9910fe26710c766861c59fe2edcb4419b9e6610945cc33782798808b5748a9ffa2ab5fbf4b2dea24e43de984001c283e497792
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