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Linking Occupational Injury and Illness Data Bases.

PB2006112859

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Rosenman, K. D.; Gardiner, J.; Reilly, M. J.; Kalush, A.; Reeves, M.; Kalinowski, D.
Page Count	26
Abstract	The national surveillance system for occupational injuries and illnesses, which is administered by the U.S. Deparment of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is based on reports from employers. The national estimates are derived from a sampling strategy rather than a census of all work-related injures and illnesses. In response to a National Academy of Sciences report in 1987 (NRC, 1987) which showed that the BLS national estimates missed 50% of acute work-related deaths, BLS began the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). CFOI is a complete census that uses multiple data sources, covers all workers and is not dependent on an employer either being aware of the condition or responding to a survey. No such change was implemented to improve the national estimates for non-fatal work-related injuries and illnesses.
Keywords	Occupational injuries Occupational illnesses Data bases Surveys Epidemiology Industrial accidents Surveillance Fatalities Census Working conditions Estimates Occurrence Manufacturing Occupational safety and health Statistical data Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final progress rept.
NTIS Issue Number	200622

Linking Occupational Injury and Illness Data Bases.

Linking Occupational Injury and Illness Data Bases.
PB2006112859

Publication Date	2004
Personal Author	Rosenman, K. D.; Gardiner, J.; Reilly, M. J.; Kalush, A.; Reeves, M.; Kalinowski, D.
Page Count	26
Abstract	The national surveillance system for occupational injuries and illnesses, which is administered by the U.S. Deparment of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is based on reports from employers. The national estimates are derived from a sampling strategy rather than a census of all work-related injures and illnesses. In response to a National Academy of Sciences report in 1987 (NRC, 1987) which showed that the BLS national estimates missed 50% of acute work-related deaths, BLS began the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). CFOI is a complete census that uses multiple data sources, covers all workers and is not dependent on an employer either being aware of the condition or responding to a survey. No such change was implemented to improve the national estimates for non-fatal work-related injuries and illnesses.
Keywords	Occupational injuries Occupational illnesses Data bases Surveys Epidemiology Industrial accidents Surveillance Fatalities Census Working conditions Estimates Occurrence Manufacturing Occupational safety and health Statistical data Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final progress rept.
NTIS Issue Number	200622