Leading Causes of Fatal Work-Related Injuries in Georgia, 2013–2017

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• Corporate Authors:
  Georgia. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  There was a total of 194 fatal work-related deaths recorded among the Georgia workforce in 2017, up slightly from 171 fatal injuries reported in 2016. The rate of fatal injuries increased to 4.1 (per 100,000 FTEs) in 2017 from 3.7 (per 100,000 FTEs) in 2016. In 2017, the highest rates of fatal injuries resulted from transportation incidents, followed by violence and other injuries by person or animal, falls, slips, and trips, contact with objects and equipment, and exposure to harmful substances and environments. In 2017, work-related fatalities most frequently occurred among workers in transportation and material moving, construction and extraction, and protective service (e.g. police officers, firefighters, etc.) occupations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Health Safety Transportation Violence
• Keywords:
  Fatalities Slips, Trips, And Falls STF Surveillance Programs Traumatic Injuries
• Publisher:
  Georgia Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; 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:20066491
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: Georgia Department of Public Health, 2020 Jul; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Georgia State Department of Public Health, Atlanta
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150701
• Source Full Name:
  Leading causes of fatal work-related injuries in Georgia, 2013-2017
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230963/cdc_230963_DS1.pdf
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