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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 100667 |
| CIS number |
02-1616 |
| Year |
2001 |
| Convention or series no. |
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No.2001-129
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| Author(s) |
Marsh S.M., Layne L.A. |
| Title |
Fatal injuries to civilian workers in the United States, 1980-1995 (National profile) |
| Bibliographic information |
Publications Dissemination, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998, USA, June 2001. xiv, 56p. 55 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/NTOF2000/pdfs/ntof2fbc.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
This document contains data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities surveillance system for the years 1980 to 1995, during which more than 93,000 workers were fatally injured while working in the United States. On average, there were 16 occupational fatalities per day. The leading causes were motor vehicle accidents, homicides, machines, falls of persons, electrocutions and falling objects. Tables provide details on the frequency of fatal occupational accidents by year, age group, sex, race, cause, industry and occupation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; fatalities; statistical trends; USA |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
falls of persons; frequency rates; electricity; drivers; statistics; construction industry; transport industry; agriculture and forestry; fishing; causes of accidents; mechanical hazards; falling objects; age-linked differences; sex-linked differences; mining industry; violence; race-linked differences |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Statistics
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
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Violence and terrorism
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