This compendium included information related to fatal injuries occurring among United States workers, 16 years of age or older, during the period from 1980 through 1989. Data were derived from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance system. Analysis of occupational injury deaths was made by demographic, employment, and injury characteristics. Data were also broken down by state. Of the 63,589 workers who died in this period from injuries sustained while working, 62,289 were civilian laborers, for a rate of 7.0 per 100,000 workers. The largest number of fatalities occurred in the construction industry (18%) with transportation/communication/public utilities second (18%), followed by manufacturing (14%), and agriculture/forestry/fishing (12%). The average annual fatality rate decreased from 8.9 in 1980 to 5.6 in 1989.
Fatal Injuries to Workers in the United States, 1980-1989: A Decade of Surveillance. National and State Profiles
1993
303 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Environmental Health & Safety , Job Environment , Accident investigations , Occupational safety and health , Mortality , United States , Injuries , Personnel , Demography , Employment , States(United States) , Risk factors , Age , Race , Industries , Sex , Statistical analysis , Health statistics , Occupational fatalities
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