Fatal Drug Overdose in the Workplace

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• Corporate Authors:
  University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  What is a hazard? In 2020 the Kentucky Fatality Assessment Control Evaluation program recorded 12 workplace drug overdose fatalities-the highest number since its inception in 1994. This alarming trend continued into 2021 with 18 drug overdose fatalities occurring in Kentucky workplaces, which was three times higher than the number recorded in 2019. The number of workplace overdoses decreased to 7 in 2022. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Drug Overdose Drugs Fatalities Substance Use
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069102
• Citation:
  Hazard alert. Lexington, KY: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, 2023 Aug; :1-2
• Email:
  kyfaceprogram@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatal drug overdose in the workplace
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce40488e2353729fd894bec3b00d96a58f77624f37c58e11807a0168a42e357be46c29e4b9919b6b63c5a050c8c56e5e7dd914588acfd52f4513207827d94468
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229204/cdc_229204_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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