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Use of OSHA inspections data for fatal occupational injury surveillance in New Jersey.

Author(s) -

Martha Stanbury,

Marcia Goldoft

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.2.200

Subject(s) - medical examiner , jurisdiction , occupational safety and health , environmental health , medicine , agency (philosophy) , occupational injury , medical emergency , public health , medical surveillance , poison control , occupational medicine , injury prevention , occupational exposure , law , nursing , political science , pathology , philosophy , epistemology

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) computerized inspections data, death certificates, and medical examiner records identified 204 fatal occupational injuries in New Jersey, 1984-85. OSHA computerized data uniquely identified seven cases. They did not identify 35 fatalities under OSHA's jurisdiction, of which 24 were investigated by OSHA but not recorded, four were not considered work-related, and seven were not known to OSHA. Eighty-seven were outside OSHA's jurisdiction; 28 were among the self-employed who are not under the health and safety protection of any governmental agency.

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