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Comparison of fatal and severe nonfatal traumatic work-related injuries in Washington state

✍ Scribed by Bruce H. Alexander; Gary M. Franklin; Deborah Fulton-Kehoe

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
125 KB
Volume
36
Category
Article
ISSN
0271-3586

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✦ Synopsis

Objective To compare fatal and hospitalized nonfatal work-related traumatic injuries by occupation and cause. Methods Fatal and hospitalized nonfatal injuries occurring from 1991±1995 were identi®ed from Washington State workers' compensation claims data. Nonfatal injuries were classi®ed as severe if they had at least one of the following criteria: a brain or spinal cord injury, an Injury Severity Score of !16, or were hospitalized for more than 7 days. The frequency and rate of fatal and severe nonfatal injuries were then described by industrial risk class and cause.

Results

The study identi®ed 335 fatal injuries and 4,405 hospitalized nonfatal injuries, of which 1,105 were classi®ed as severe. Tree topping and pruning, carnival work, roo®ng, and metal siding and gutters risk classes had several severe nonfatal injuries, but few, if any, fatalities. Causes of fatal and severe nonfatal injuries were notably different for the roo®ng, restaurant, and orchard workers risk classes. Conclusions: The inclusion of severe hospitalized injuries in occupational injury surveillance systems will provide a broader view of high-risk occupations and pro®le of injury causation with which to direct occupational injury prevention efforts.

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