Work-Related Burns in North Carolina, 2001–2011

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• Corporate Authors:
  North Carolina. Department of Health and Human Services
• Description:
  Burns are among the most devastating injuries affecting workers. Burns include tissue injuries caused by contact with dry heat (fire), moist heat (steam), chemicals, electricity, friction, or radiation. Thermal and chemical burns are the most frequent types of work-related burn injuries. Although work-related burn hospitalizations are unusual events, they are painful, disabling, and expensive injuries to treat. Many burn injuries result in significant disfigurement. NIOSH estimates 30-40% of burn hospitalizations are work-related, and are the most common cause of work-related hospitalizations for younger workers in the accommodation and food services industry. Describing and tracking work-related burn hospitalizations will help identify high-risk worker groups, as well as help inform and evaluate targeted prevention efforts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Burns Epidemiology Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Food Services Injuries Injury Prevention Risk Factors Service Industries Surveillance Traumatic Injuries
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061684
• Citation:
  Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, 2014 Dec; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  Work-related burns in North Carolina, 2001-2011
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e9e043c536cd757be74ca7882e75699bac7596d45e140b321cf1f608c7825e592e7f1e79495316a597a2dc2688a75e7fbdcc669be39a46129918807f27011cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229094/cdc_229094_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 147.19 KB ]