Schnitzer P G, Bender T R
Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888.
Public Health Rep. 1992 Jan-Feb;107(1):70-4.
Data on occupational injury fatalities in Alaska for the period 1980-85 were complied from workers' compensation claims and death certificates. These data yielded 422 unique cases for the 6-year period, for an average annual fatality rate of 36.3 per 100,000 workers. This rate is 5 times higher than the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate of 7.6 per 100,000 for the United States during the same period. The four industries with the highest fatality rates were the same for Alaska as for the nation (agriculture-forestry-fishing, construction, mining, and transportation-communication-public utilities). The leading causes of occupational fatalities in Alaska, however, were considerably different than for the United States as a whole. Nationally, motor vehicles and industrial equipment accidents are the leading causes of death. In Alaska, the leading causes of occupational injury mortality are aircraft crashes and drowning. These findings highlight the benefit of local surveillance in planning prevention strategies.
1980 - 1985年阿拉斯加职业伤害死亡数据是从工人赔偿申请和死亡证明中整理出来的。这些数据显示，在这6年期间共有422起独立案例，平均年死亡率为每10万名工人中有36.3人死亡。这个比率比劳工统计局估计的同期美国每10万人中有7.6人的比率高出5倍。阿拉斯加死亡率最高的四个行业与全国相同（农业 - 林业 - 渔业、建筑业、采矿业和运输 - 通信 - 公用事业）。然而，阿拉斯加职业死亡的主要原因与美国整体有很大不同。在全国范围内，机动车和工业设备事故是主要死因。在阿拉斯加，职业伤害死亡率的主要原因是飞机坠毁和溺水。这些发现突出了地方监测在制定预防策略方面的益处。
