CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.
As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i
Fatal Injuries to Workers in the United States, 1980–1989: A Decade of Surveillance: National Profile
-
1993/08/01
-
-
Series: NIOSH Numbered Publications
[PDF-1.48 MB]
Details:
-
Personal Author:
-
Corporate Authors:
-
Description:Occupational injury mortality in the United States for 1980 through 1989 was investigated using information from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance system. Data were obtained from death certificates for workers 16 years of age or older who died as a result of a work related injury. The findings indicated that from 1980 through 1989, a total of 63,589 workers died from occupationally sustained injuries
62,289 deaths were in civilian workers. Males accounted for 56% of the civilian work force at this time, but for 94% of the fatal occupational injuries. The age group that accounted for the largest number of deaths was between 25 to 29 years, followed by the 30 to 34 year old age group. The leading causes of occupational injury death were motor vehicle crashes (23%), machine related incidents (14%), homicides (12%), falls (10%), electrocutions (7%), and being struck by falling objects (7%). When ranked by industry and rate per thousand of workers, the mining industry appeared to be the most hazardous followed in decreasing order by construction, transportation and communication, agriculture with forestry and fishing, public administration, and others. [Description supplied by NIOSH]
-
Subjects:
-
Keywords:
-
Series:
-
DOI:
-
Publisher:
-
Document Type:
-
Genre:
-
Place as Subject:
-
CIO:
-
Division:
-
Topic:
-
Location:
-
Pages in Document:53 pdf pages
-
Contributor:Linn, Herbert I.;Spiker, Joyce R.;Myers, John R.;Carr, Shirley M.;Holloway, Forest C.;Bloom, rebecca S.;Wyatt, John A.;Baker, Susan P.;Davis, Letitia K.;Harshbarger, Dorothy S.;Parrish, R. Gibson;Conroy, Carol S.;Pollack, Earl S.;
-
NIOSHTIC Number:nn:00217270
-
NTIS Accession Number:PB94-140191
-
Citation:Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 93-108, 1993 Aug;:1-43;
-
Federal Fiscal Year:1993
-
Peer Reviewed:False
-
NAICS and SIC Codes:
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type: