Commercial Fishing Fatality Summary - West Coast Region: 2015-2019

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lucas, Devin L. ; Teske, Theodore D. ; Kloczko, Dimitreus
• Description:
  NIOSH recently completed an analysis of commercial fishing fatalities in the United States for the years 2015-2019 in order to identify current hazards among fisheries in different regions of the country: Alaska, West Coast, East Coast, and the Gulf Coast. This document is one in a set of four reports summarizing the most recent fatality and vessel disaster data for the United States. This report is a five-year update (2015-2019) on commercial fishing fatalities on the West Coast of the United States. Two related reports were previously published on commercial fishing fatalities on the West Coast during 2000-2009 and 2010-2014.. They are available here and can be used for comparison with this current report. This updated report is one in a set of four summarizing the most recent fatality and vessel disaster data for US fishing regions: Alaska, West Coast, East Coast, and the Gulf Coast.
• Subjects:
  Hunting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Fishing industry; Fatalities; Surveillance; Drowning; Personal flotation device; PFD; Safety practices
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Washington ; Oregon ; California ; San Francisco Region [OSHA]
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071056
• Citation:
  Spokane, WA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2025-113, 2025 May; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:61fd28e72a3ea61beb2eb15b5f092341efd8cd08ea9c5bd862ac59c8b0b98f72207b0b27b1ef4d159aa0392564dec3dc23d0515fd3efd11a3084f550a04ef6a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/257832/cdc_257832_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.08 MB ]