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 (CA/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. The CA/FACE program conducts surveillance and investigations in Los Angeles County. Preliminary results from 1992-1999 show that the leading cause of occupational fatalities in Los Angeles County was homicide (39%), followed by transportation-related (18%), falls (11%), machine-related (7%), electrocution (5%), fire/explosion (4%), other (16%). While still the leading cause of death each year, the proportion of homicides in LA has decreased from 52% during 1992-1994 (previously published FACE data) to 24% in 1999, a downward trend that we also see in California and the United States. This presentation will describe the demographics and the industry and occupation of those who were killed by another at work. Circumstances surrounding the homicides will also be highlighted. See www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/ohsep/face
Learning Objectives: List the top 5 occupations held by those who were killed by another at work.
Keywords: Occupational Injury and Death, Occupational Surveillance
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