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Occupational Fatalities in North Carolina, 2007–2016



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  • Personal Author:
    Dong G
  • Description:
    Reduction of deaths from work-related injuries is a Healthy People 2020 objective. The United Health Foundation's 2017 America's Health Rankings report ranked North Carolina as having the tenth lowest rate of occupational fatalities in the nation. In 2017, North Carolina experienced a rate of 3.9 deaths per 100,000 workers in the construction, manufacturing, trade, transportation, utilities and professional and business services industry sectors compared with a national average of 4.3 deaths per 100,000 workers. According to the report, the rate of overall occupational fatalities in North Carolina has been declining since 2000, though an uptick has been observed in recent years. Although reductions in occupational morality rates is encouraging, occupational fatalities remain a public health concern, as work-related fatalities are almost always preventable. Despite a decrease in the overall rate of occupational fatalities, there are increasing or steady rates of occupational fatalities that persist within specific populations such as workers identifying as Hispanic/Latino, foreign-born, paid low-wages, or workers employed in high-risk industry sectors such as construction or agriculture. Public health prevention strategies should continue to address the burden of occupational fatalities on the state by highlighting, describing and targeting high-risk workforce populations and occupational sectors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Newsletter
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    2-3
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20067498
  • Citation:
    The EpiNotes Newsletter. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 2018 Fall; 18(2):2-3
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2019
  • Performing Organization:
    North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20150701
  • Source Full Name:
    Occupational fatalities in North Carolina, 2007-2016
  • End Date:
    20260630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:470fccdddd52d168f544905c43ecc9532b8f9199032e6f8556874aa6dc1d98283dfaabab75ed2fd4247b4138a9eb8cdf256d8c42fd2f7d3d41bfd33d9c86599d
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