Identifying
problems in traumatic injury research, as in much of public health,
is driven by surveillance. Surveillance is "the ongoing collection,
analysis and interpretation of health data in the process of describing
and monitoring a health [injury] event."*
For occupational safety research, this refers to the collection,
analysis, and interpretation of data on injuries, hazards, and exposures
for identifying potential risk factors for further research, and
for prevention planning and intervention evaluation.
(from
Traumatic Occupational Injury Research Needs and Priorities:
A Report by the NORA Traumatic Injury Team, DHHS (NIOSH) PUBLICATION
No. 98-134.)
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*
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [1988] Guidelines
for Evaluating Surveillance Systems. MMWR 37 (S-5):1-18. May 6,
1988.
Fatal Injury Data
Data
Snapshots (NTOF)
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Fatality
Trends |
Age and
Gender |
Rates by
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Leading
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1. The NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook,
2000
Fatal
Injury Charts
2. NIOSH National Traumatic Occupational Fatality (NTOF) Surveillance
System
NTOF provides a nationwide surveillance system for occupational
injury deaths. NTOF is based on death certificates as a sole source
of case identification and has been estimated to include an average
of 81 percent of all occupational injury deaths nationwide. NTOF
data are currently available for the years 1980 through 1995. NTOF
is the most comprehensive source of data on occupational injury
fatalities prior to 1992.
Fatal Injuries to Civilian
Workers in the United States, 1980-1995
Fatal Injuries to Workers in the U.S.,
1980-1989: A Decade of Surveillance: National and State Profiles
National Mortality Profile of Active
Duty Personnel in the U.S. Armed Forces: 1980-1993
3. Bureau of Labor Statistics'
(BLS) Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities Website
BLS Census of
Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)--a national census of occupational
injury fatalities, including self-employed workers, agricultural
workers, and government employees. CFOI, developed and maintained
by BLS, uses multiple sources of information, e.g. death certificates,
OSHA reports, workers' compensation data, police reports, and
newspaper clippings. CFOI is a Federal/State cooperative program
in which costs are shared. States provide data to BLS for inclusion
in a national database and maintain their own State databases.
Data are currently available for the years 1992-1998.
Nonfatal
Injury Data
Data
Snapshots (Work-RISQS)
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Rate by
Age/Sex |
Nature
of Injury |
Nature
by Age |
by Injury
Event |
4. Work-RISQS:
Work-Related Injury Statistics Query System
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Work-RISQS is an interactive system for obtaining
national estimates (number of cases) and rates (number of cases
per hours worked) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses
treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. |
NIOSH collaborates with the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission to capture nonfatal work-related
injuries and illnesses treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments
by using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
(NEISS). NEISS data are the basis of the Work-RISQS results. |
5. The NIOSH Worker
Health Chartbook, 2000
Nonfatal
Injury Charts
6. BLS
Annual Survey Data
Other Links
Tracking Occupational Injuries,
Illnesses, and Hazards:
The NIOSH Surveillance Strategic Plan
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