Fatal Occupational Injuries in Massachusetts 1991–1999

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• Personal Author:
  Bekele TM ; Davis LK ; Fiore MA
• Description:
  Work-related fatalities are a significant public health problem in Massachusetts, as they are in the United States. Information about the occupations, industries and circumstances in which these fatalities occur is essential to guide efforts to prevent future fatalities. Since 1991, the Massachusetts Department of Public health has collected information on all fatal occupational injuries in the Commonwealth as part of the national Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, conducted in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S. Department of Labor. This report provides a comprehensive overview of fatal occupational injuries in Massachusetts during 1991-1999. It includes a comparison of the occupational fatality experience in Massachusetts with that of the nation as a whole. It also includes more detailed findings on three specific topics: falls to lower levels, work related homicides, and fishing-related fatalities. Findings are intended to guide the many players-government agencies, employers, unions, safety professionals, advocacy organizations, researchers, job trainers, and equipment design engineers - who have important roles to play in preventing fatal injuries at work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Explosions Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Adolescents Age-factors Age-groups Agricultural-workers Agriculture Construction Construction-workers Demographic Characteristics Fall-protection Farmers Fishing-industry Forestry Forestry-workers Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Men Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Protective-measures Racial-factors Sex-factors Small-businesses Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Transportation Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries Women

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-57
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034149
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health 2002 Jan; :1-57
• Contact Point Address:
  Letitia Davis, ScD, Director, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108
• Email:
  Letitia.Davis@state.ma.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  19920930
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal occupational injuries in Massachusetts 1991-1999
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:98a0411ca54be1dcde1ce60309fa795aef7459e6b29ae6aebab2b1f8eb74406e42fc50dc8e59b36aa02e7848924284efd57f6b9fff744b14ce72d24476632e77
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228569/cdc_228569_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 648.41 KB ]