The California Department of Health Services, in collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), has established the California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program (FACE) for the surveillance and investigation of workplace fatalities. The FACE program seeks to link multisource reporting of fatal occupational injuries with timely investigations to identify work-related risk factors, make recommendations for preventing fatalities, and facilitate workplace prevention programs. Preliminary results from 1992-1998 show that the leading cause of occupational fatalities in Los Angeles County was homicide (42%), followed by transportation-related (15%), crushed/compressed/struck by/caught in (12%), falls (12%), electrocution (5%), fire/explosion (3%), other (10%). This presentation will describe the demographics and the industry and occupation of those who died at work. Investigated deaths will be summarized and specific recommendations to prevent similar deaths will be highlighted.
Learning Objectives: The California Department of Health Services, in collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), has established the California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program for the surveillance and investigation of workplace fatalities. The FACE program seeks to link multisource reporting of fatal occupational injuries with timely investigations to identify work-related risk factors, make recommendations for preventing fatalities, and facilitate workplace prevention programs. Preliminary results from 1992-1998 show that the leading cause of occupational fatalities in Los Angeles county was homicide (42%), followed by transportation-related (15%), crushed/compressed/struck by/caught in accidents (12%), falls (12%), electrocution (5%), fire/explosion (3%), other (10%). This presentation will describe the demographics and the industry and occupation of those who died at work. Investigated deaths will be summarized and specific recommendations to prevent similar deaths will be highlighted
Keywords: Occupational Injury and Death,
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