Fatal Occupational Injuries in the U.S. Commercial Fishing Industry: Risk Factors and Recommendations: Gulf of Mexico Region

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Lincoln, Jennifer M. ; Lucas, Devin L.
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal government agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. The purpose of the study was to identify the most hazardous fisheries around the country and to describe the unique safety issues in each. For this study the US was divided into four fishing regions: Alaska, West Coast, East Coast, and the Gulf of Mexico. This document is one in a set of four reports summarizing fatality data for US fishing regions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Produced by Jennifer Lincoln and Devin Lucas, NIOSH Commercial Fishing Safety Research Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Alaska Regional Pacific Office.
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents, Occupational Drowning Fisheries Hunting Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Factors Safety Ships

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• Keywords:
  Safety-research; Fishing-industry; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Statistical-analysis; Occupational-accidents; Occupational-hazards; Occupational-safety-programs; Sea-water; Seaman; Diving
• Source:
  Anchorage, AK: 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. 2011-106, 2010 Nov; :1-6
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  APRO - Alaska Pacific Regional Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037909
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-102738
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Commercial Fishing Safety Research Program, 4230 University Drive, Suite 310, Anchorage, AK 99508
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1141 - Fishing - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:23abf460ff1f989310595dd859e3ea71fab2470cd15af02a278ca3d34e431903507265f7079f3a1b2b983f00f851469a2d37f3a8db0b8ba32596981c5a19a145
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5876/cdc_5876_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.19 MB ]