Fatal Injuries at Work: Massachusetts Fatality Update, 2006

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  Every year, men and women in a wide variety of jobs and industries throughout Massachusetts are fatally injured at work. These deaths are all the more tragic because they are largely preventable. Information about where and how they occur is essential in order to develop effective prevention programs. In Massachusetts, the Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) collects information on fatal occupational injuries as part of the national Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), conducted in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), US Department of Labor. OHSP also conducts in-depth investigations of fatal occupational injuries as part of the national Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) project, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The purpose of the FACE project is to develop a detailed understanding of how fatal injuries occur and to identify effective countermeasures to prevent similar incidents in the future. Excerpts from selected FACE investigations are highlighted in this report. This update provides an overview of fatal injuries at work that occurred in Massachusetts during 2006. These include fatalities traditionally linked to the work environment such as falls, electrocutions, and exposure to toxic chemicals. They also include workplace homicides and suicides as well as motor vehicle-related fatalities that occurred during travel on the job. Deaths resulting from occupational illnesses and heart attacks at work are excluded from this fatality update. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Fatalities
  • Surveillance
  • Traumatic injuries
  • FACE program
  • Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program
  • Injury prevention
• 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:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061240
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2008 Jul; :1-8
• Contact Point Address:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108-4619
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health - Boston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal injuries at work: Massachusetts fatality update, 2006
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229056/cdc_229056_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 360.15 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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