Cone J E, Daponte A, Makofsky D, Reiter R, Becker C, Harrison R J, Balmes J
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
J Occup Med. 1991 Jul;33(7):813-7.
We examined deaths due to injury on the job reported from three readily accessible data sources in California for a 1-year period. Of 682 deaths identified as of February 1990 as having occurred on the job in 1983, county coroners identified 607 (89.0%), workers' compensation records identified 294 (43.1%), and the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated 141 (20.7%). Most fatal injuries at work resulted from events that are not covered by current California Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards: transportation vehicle accidents and homicides. Demographic patterns suggest that fatal injuries on the job are nonrandom events, which may be prevented by additions to existing standards or increased enforcement of workplace safety standards and by efforts to target groups at highest risk. Improved surveillance of fatal occupational injuries will require changes in existing reporting mechanisms, similar to those proposed by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
我们对加利福尼亚州三个易于获取的数据源报告的一年内因工伤导致的死亡情况进行了调查。在截至1990年2月确定于1983年发生在工作岗位上的682例死亡案例中，县验尸官确认了607例（89.0%），工人赔偿记录确认了294例（43.1%），加利福尼亚职业安全与健康管理局调查了141例（20.7%）。大多数工作中的致命伤害是由当前加利福尼亚职业安全与健康管理局标准未涵盖的事件导致的：运输车辆事故和凶杀案。人口统计学模式表明，工作中的致命伤害并非随机事件，通过增加现有标准或加强工作场所安全标准的执行力度，以及针对高危群体开展工作，这些伤害可能会得到预防。改善对致命职业伤害的监测将需要改变现有的报告机制，类似于美国劳工统计局提议的那些机制。
