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 1 Is it safe on deck? Fatal and non-fatal workplace injuries among Alaskan commercial fishermen
Authors Thomas-TK; Lincoln-JM; Husberg-BJ; Conway-CA 
Source Am J Ind Med 2001 Dec; 40(6):693-702 
Link http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.10010 
NIOSHTIC No. 20021892 
AbstractBACKGROUND: Commercial fishing in Alaska accounts for an occupational fatality rate that is 28 times the rate for all U.S. workers. Most deaths are attributed to vessel sinking or capsizing. However, many deaths and most non-fatal injuries are not related to vessel loss. This paper describes injuries that occur on the dock or on the fishing vessel. METHODS: Data from fishing fatalities and non-fatal injuries between 1991-1998 were analyzed using the Alaska Occupational Injury Surveillance System and the Alaska Trauma Registry. RESULTS: There were 60 workplace deaths unrelated to vessel loss; most from falls overboard, others from trauma caused by equipment on deck. There were 574 hospitalized injuries, often from falls on deck, entanglement in machinery, or being struck by an object. SUMMARY: Fishing boats are hazardous working environments. Further efforts are required to prevent falls overboard and on deck, and to redesign or install safety features on fishing machinery and equipment. 
KeywordsFishing-industry; Workplace-monitoring; Injuries; Occupational-health; Occupational-hazards; Machine-operation; Machine-operators; Accident-analysis; Accident-statistics; Accident-rates; Mortality-rates; Mortality-data; Morbidity-rates; Seaman 
CODENAJIMD8 
Publication Date20011201 
Document TypeJournal Article 
Fiscal Year2002 
NTIS Accession No. 
NTIS Price 
Issue of Publication6 
ISSN0271-3586 
NIOSH DivisionDSR 
Source NameAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine 
StateAL 
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