Heat-related deaths among crop workers - United States, 1992-2006 [2008-09]

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• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn N. ; Jackson, Larry L. ; Loringer, Kelly A. ; Luginbuhl RC ; Castillo, Dawn N. ; Jackson, Larry L. ; Loringer, Kelly A. ; Luginbuhl RC
• Description:
  Workers employed in outdoor occupations such as farming are exposed to hot and humid environments that put them at risk for heat-related illness or death. This report describes one such death and summarizes heat-related fatalities among crop production workers in the United States during 1992--2006. During this 15-year period, 423 workers in agricultural and nonagricultural industries were reported to have died from exposure to environmental heat; 68 (16%) of these workers were engaged in crop production or support activities for crop production. The heat-related average annual death rate for these crop workers was 0.39 per 100,000 workers, compared with 0.02 for all U.S. civilian workers. Data aggregated into 5-year periods indicated that heat-related death rates among crop workers might be increasing; however, trend analysis did not indicate a statistically significant increase. Prevention of heat-related deaths among crop workers requires educating employers and workers on the hazards of working in hot environments, including recognition of heat-related illness symptoms, and implementing appropriate heat stress management measures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Forestry Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Humidity Hunting Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Heat; Heat-exposure; Heat-stress; Heat-stroke; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Agricultural-workers; Farmers; Racial-factors; Hot-environments; Humidity; Surveillance-programs; Outdoors; Fishing-industry; Forestry-workers
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.300.9.1017
• ISSN:
  0098-7484
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Georgia ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  300
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034420
• Citation:
  JAMA 2008 Sep; 300(9):1017-1018
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of the American Medical Association
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6fe030a1e9de42f8b1c1337068389bd0e92d711fd9d34340bb662881b2e8f301c32f7fc736c56cbc9fb8d222095ec51bb9aa2b8e38f1d34f1dde04b662e3aaa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248975/cdc_248975_DS1.pdf
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