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Occupational injuries & fatalities due to falls; employers and employees in manufacturing need your help
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May 2010
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Series: NIOSH Numbered Publications
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Alternative Title:Occupational injuries and fatalities due to falls
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Description:"An estimated 15.9 million people worked in the Manufacturing Sector in 2008, which accounted for approximately 10.9% of the employed U.S. workforce. In 2008, 411 manufacturing sector workers died from occupational injuries. The leading causes of death were contact with objects and equipment (116), transportation incidents (104), and falls (58). The Sector reported 689,700 non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses with more than half requiring days away from work, job transfer, or restriction. The leading causes of days away from work cases were: contact with objects or equipment (60,430), overexertion and repetitive motion (47,190), and falls (24,260). These data substantiate that Strategic Goal 1 of the National Manufacturing Agenda focuses on one of the three leading sources of occupational injuries and fatalities - falls.: - NIOSHTIC-2
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Content Notes:At head of title: "Manufacturing Sector: Occupational Safety and Health Research Needs and Partnerships for the Second Decade of NORA."
"The NORA Manufacturing Sector Council has developed goals to enhance the state of knowledge related to reducing the incidence and prevalence of cancer due to exposures in the manufacturing sector." - p. [2]
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Pages in Document:print; [2] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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NIOSHTIC Number:nn:20036815
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