Trends in fatal occupational injuries and industrial restructuring in north carolina in the 1980s

D. Richardson and D. Loomis

American Journal of Public Health, 1997, vol. 87, issue 6, 1041-1043

Abstract: Objectives. This study examined the relationship between changes in employment in North Carolina in the 1980s and fatal occupational injury rates. Methods. Unintentional fatal occupational injuries (n = 1989) in North Carolina between 1978 and 1991 were identified via the medical examiner's system. Results. Overall fatal injury rates declined during the 1980s, but rates increased 9.6% per year among manufacturing industries that declined in employment size; rates fell among service sector and manufacturing industries that grew. Conclusions. Increasing occupational fatal injury rates accompanied the decline in workforce in North Carolina's traditional, labor- intensive manufacturing industries during the 1980s, while service sector and expanding manufacturing industries have experienced declining fatal injury rates.

Date: 1997
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