353Circumpolar Health 2003 • Nuuk Scientific worker and licensed professional deaths in Alaska, 1990-2002
Objectives. Between 1990-2002, 797 Alaskans died while working. After a scientific survey team member drowned, we examined the hazards of traumatic death to scientific and professional workers in Alaska. Study design. Surveillance and analysis methods for acute traumatic occupational injuries: The A...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.1027.5210 2023-05-15T17:48:13+02:00 353Circumpolar Health 2003 • Nuuk Scientific worker and licensed professional deaths in Alaska, 1990-2002 George A. Conway Katherine A. Moran Nicolle A. Mode The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1027.5210 http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/17934/20410/ en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1027.5210 http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/17934/20410/ Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/17934/20410/ aircraft crash drowning hunting mountaineering text ftciteseerx 2016-10-30T00:04:48Z Objectives. Between 1990-2002, 797 Alaskans died while working. After a scientific survey team member drowned, we examined the hazards of traumatic death to scientific and professional workers in Alaska. Study design. Surveillance and analysis methods for acute traumatic occupational injuries: The Alaska Occupational Injury Surveillance System (AOISS) uses direct investigation, jurisdictional agency reports, and death certificates to gather data for active surveillance on occupational injury deaths in Alaska. We searched AOISS for deaths which occurred while engaged in scientific or professional work. Commercial pilots, fishermen, loggers, taxi drivers and miners were excluded, as these have been previously studied. Results. During 1990-2002, 85 scientific/professional worker deaths (including 2 suicides) occurred. Fish, game, and mountaineering guides accounted for 28 (33%) of the worker deaths, followed by biologists, who accounted for 11 (13%). Aircraft crashes accounted for 42 (49%) of all these deaths, followed by drownings, 12 (14%), and falls, 9 (11%). A seismologist was fatally mauled by a bear. Of the 14 hunting guide fatalities, 11 were the result of aircraft crashes, one was a sui-cide, one was a drowning, and one resulted from a motor vehicle crash. Of the 11 hunting guide fata-lities, eight died in aircraft crashes, one drowned, one walked into an aircraft prop, and one sustained a fatal head injury in a fall. Conclusions. Scientific and professional workers in Alaska experienced a substantial number of fatalities from traumatic injury. Nearly half of these deaths occurred in aircraft crashes. Text Nuuk Alaska Unknown Nuuk ENVELOPE(-52.150,-52.150,68.717,68.717) |
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Objectives. Between 1990-2002, 797 Alaskans died while working. After a scientific survey team member drowned, we examined the hazards of traumatic death to scientific and professional workers in Alaska. Study design. Surveillance and analysis methods for acute traumatic occupational injuries: The Alaska Occupational Injury Surveillance System (AOISS) uses direct investigation, jurisdictional agency reports, and death certificates to gather data for active surveillance on occupational injury deaths in Alaska. We searched AOISS for deaths which occurred while engaged in scientific or professional work. Commercial pilots, fishermen, loggers, taxi drivers and miners were excluded, as these have been previously studied. Results. During 1990-2002, 85 scientific/professional worker deaths (including 2 suicides) occurred. Fish, game, and mountaineering guides accounted for 28 (33%) of the worker deaths, followed by biologists, who accounted for 11 (13%). Aircraft crashes accounted for 42 (49%) of all these deaths, followed by drownings, 12 (14%), and falls, 9 (11%). A seismologist was fatally mauled by a bear. Of the 14 hunting guide fatalities, 11 were the result of aircraft crashes, one was a sui-cide, one was a drowning, and one resulted from a motor vehicle crash. Of the 11 hunting guide fata-lities, eight died in aircraft crashes, one drowned, one walked into an aircraft prop, and one sustained a fatal head injury in a fall. Conclusions. Scientific and professional workers in Alaska experienced a substantial number of fatalities from traumatic injury. Nearly half of these deaths occurred in aircraft crashes. |
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