National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, Analysis and Field Evaluations Branch, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA.
Am J Ind Med. 2010 Sep;53(9):940-9. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20863.
Occupational injury deaths remain high for Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs). This study describes and compares intentional and transportation-related fatality rates in US LEOs between 1992 and 2002.
Workplace injury deaths among LEOs from 1992 to 2002 were categorized into "Intentional," "Transportation-related," and "Other," using the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Occupations included in this analysis were sheriffs and bailiffs, police and detectives, non-public service guards, and correctional officers. Fatality rates were compared among law enforcement occupations, cause of death, and demographics with rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals.
During the 11-year period, 2,280 workers died from an occupational injury, for a fatality rate of 11.8 per 100,000 across all LEO occupations. Forty-seven percent were homicides (n = 1,072, rate 5.6 per 100,000), 36% transportation-related (n = 815, rate 4.2 per 100,000), 11% were due to other causes (n = 249, rate 1.3 per 100,000), and 5% were workplace suicides (n = 122, rate 0.6 per 100,000). The proportion of fatalities by cause of death differed significantly between occupations (P < 0.0001). Sheriffs and bailiffs experience a high risk for occupational injury death compared to other law enforcement occupations. Of the transportation-related fatalities, LEOs were operating a motor-vehicle in 58% of the incidents and 22% of the fatalities were struck by incidents.
Transportation-related deaths were nearly as common as homicides as a cause of occupational injury death among US LEOs. Struck by vehicle incidents remain an important and overlooked cause of death. This research points to opportunities for the prevention of transportation-related deaths in law enforcement.
执法人员的职业伤害死亡人数仍然很高。本研究描述并比较了 1992 年至 2002 年期间美国执法人员的故意伤害和交通相关死亡率。
使用职业伤害死亡普查，将 1992 年至 2002 年期间执法人员的工作场所死亡事故分为“故意伤害”、“交通相关”和“其他”。本分析中包括的职业有治安官和法警、警察和侦探、非公共服务警卫和惩教官员。使用率比和 95%置信区间，比较了执法职业、死因和人口统计学之间的死亡率。
在 11 年期间，2280 名工人因职业伤害死亡，所有执法人员的死亡率为每 10 万人 11.8 人。47%是凶杀案（n=1072，死亡率为每 10 万人 5.6 人），36%是交通相关（n=815，死亡率为每 10 万人 4.2 人），11%是其他原因（n=249，死亡率为每 10 万人 1.3 人），5%是工作场所自杀（n=122，死亡率为每 10 万人 0.6 人）。死因的死亡率在职业之间有显著差异（P<0.0001）。与其他执法人员相比，治安官和法警的职业伤害死亡风险很高。在交通相关的死亡中，执法人员在 58%的事故中驾驶机动车，22%的死亡是被事故撞击造成的。
交通相关死亡与美国执法人员职业伤害死亡的凶杀案一样常见。被车辆撞击仍然是一个重要而被忽视的死亡原因。这项研究为预防执法人员交通相关死亡提供了机会。
