Immediate Work-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in Crop & Animal Production Agriculture: Washington State, 2011–2015

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson NJ ; Wuellner SE
• Description:
  Work-related injuries so severe they result in immediate hospitalization of the worker can be prevented. We examined in-patient hospitalization data and workers' compensation claims data to learn more about incidents involving hospitalization within one day of work-related injury among Washington workers in the Crop and Animal Production industries (NAICS subsectors 111, 112, and 1151-1152) during the 5-year period, 2011-2015. There were 305 immediate work-related hospitalizations in Crop/Animal Production Agriculture linked to WC claims over the 5-year period. On average, there were 61 immediate hospitalizations per year. The majority of hospitalized workers were men (85%). Hospitalized workers ranged in age from 15 to 77 years old. The leading cause of hospitalized injuries was falls (31%). The total Paid-To-Date cost of the 299 SF claims was: $21.5 million dollars. SF claim cost ranged from $395 to $1.8 million dollars. Average cost: $72,066; median cost: $39,993. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Epidemiology Livestock Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Animal Husbandry Workers Costs Injuries Livestock Industry Surveillance Surveillance Programs Traumatic Injuries
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059145
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Technical Report 96-03-2017, 2017 Feb; :1-7
• Contact Point Address:
  Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, PO Box 44330, Olympia, Washington 98504-4330
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Immediate work-related inpatient hospitalizations in crop & animal production agriculture: Washington State, 2011-2015
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:453e1aff9e0f88974fc9f40cc5144d7bfbefbc2f26f3ee405216e8cbba1d257076806a07ef02cff1bc841b3f86fb94fce372c6e9c46c7f33094f5f179c65d23f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223455/cdc_223455_DS1.pdf
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