Locations of fatal work injuries in the United States: 1980 to 1985

Article Abstract:

The literature reporting the location of fatal injuries to US workers is incomplete and scattered, in part because no comprehensive data source exits. The information could be useful in developing and focusing intervention and investigation methods. Although all US death certificates state the place of injury, the National Center for Health Statistics does not collect this information. Data was obtained from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatality computer database developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. From these data, which consisted of 40,46 fatal work injury cases for the period 1980 to 1985, it was found that only approximately one-third of work-related fatal injuries occurred at work-related locations, and that the sites of injury in general were similar to those for nonwork-related fatal injuries. Statistical evaluation of this parameter indicates that the "place of injury" appears to have little value.

Methods, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Causes of, Death

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Mortality among men employed between 1943 and 1947 at a uranium-processing plant

Article Abstract:

Mortality among white males employed at a uranium conversion and enrichment plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee between 1943 and 1947 was studied to find effects of uranium dust. Suggestive finding was an increased amount of lung cancer deaths.

Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Men, Uranium industry

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A general mortality study of production workers in the paint and coatings manufacturing industry

Article Abstract:

Information was gathered on a cohort of 16,243 men employed for at least one year in the paint and coatings manufacturing industry. The study indicates that work in this industry presents no major health hazard.

Coatings industry, Paint industry

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