Fatal Occupational Injuries in the Alaska Air Transportation Industry Sector, January 1991–July 1992

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• Personal Author:
  Kennedy RD ; Kobelnyk G
• Description:
  Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of fatal occupational injuries in the Alaska air transportation industry for the period January 1991-July 1992. Methods: Surveillance data from the NIOSH Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology (FACE) Program and crash reports from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were used to enumerate occupational air transportation fatalities in Alaska. Results: During the 19-month period January 1991-July 1992, there were 34 occupational air transportation fatalities in Alaska. Exactly half (17) of workers who died were pilots, while the other 17 were from other occupations traveling as passengers. Four of the workers who died were females (one pilot and three passengers). The mean age for all victims was 38 years: Five multiple-fatality events accounted for 25 deaths. One incident was responsible for two deaths, a second for four, and a third for five; two incidents each accounted for six deaths. Two multiple-fatality helicopter crashes accounted for seven deaths. Most fatal events took place during the summer months (May-September). Weather was mentioned as a contributing factor in more than one-third of all fatal events. The 1991 estimated fatality rate for pilots in the Alaska air transportation industry sector was 100/100,000 workers, three times the state average for all occupations and 12 times the national average. Conclusions: Pilots and other workers flying in Alaskan skies face a substantially higher risk of fatality than the majority of other Alaskan workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aircraft Mortality Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Aircrews Fatalities Mortality Data Occupational Accidents Pilots Transportation Industry
• Publisher:
  Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Georgia ; Illinois ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18-19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059833
• Citation:
  Second World Conference on Injury Control, May 20-23, 1993, Atlanta, Georgia. Des Plaines, IL: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, 1993 May; :18-19
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Second World Conference on Injury Control, May 20-23, 1993, Atlanta, Georgia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:be50591781b15e9324a8643494365c37dea9334994f27d2b458ac7380ee77446e67a46676c50b6b1be472124565535259e901006ffa9d6cc98691a658e4d5010
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223900/cdc_223900_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.32 MB ]