Alaska's model program for occupational injury prevention: applying surveillance for effective public health practice.

NIOSH established its Alaska Field Station in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1991, after identifying Alaska as America's highest-risk state for traumatic worker fatalities. Since then, NIOSH established comprehensive occupational injury surveillance in Alaska, and formed and facilitated interagency work...

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Main Authors: Conway, G A, Lincoln, J M, Husberg, B J, Manwaring, J C, Bensyl, D M, Choromanski, D M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Atypon 2001
Subjects:
Circumpolar Health
Alaska
Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11768453
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Summary:NIOSH established its Alaska Field Station in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1991, after identifying Alaska as America's highest-risk state for traumatic worker fatalities. Since then, NIOSH established comprehensive occupational injury surveillance in Alaska, and formed and facilitated interagency working groups (of state and federal agencies) and industry, labor, and professional organizations to address major factors leading to occupational death and injury in the state.

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