ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2018
Work-related mortality in the US fishing industry during 2000-2014: New findings based on improved workforce exposure estimates.
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- Social determinants of occupational injuries among US-based commercial fishermen: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
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- Adding Insult to Injury: The Impact of Musculoskeletal Pain on Fishermen's Sleep Patterns.Journal of agromedicine · 2025Article
- The Epidemiology of Maritime Patients Requiring Medical Evacuation: A Literature Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Commercial Fishing Fatalities and Injuries Described by Linked Vessel Incidents.Journal of agromedicine · 2023Article
- Utilizing Haddon matrix to assess nonfatal commercial fishing injury factors in Oregon and Washington.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- Have you met Angus? Development and evaluation of a social marketing intervention to improve personal flotation device use in commercial fishing.Journal of safety research · 2022Article
- Application of data linkage techniques to Pacific Northwest commercial fishing injury and fatality data.Injury epidemiology · 2021Article
- Occupational Health Research in the Commercial Fishing Industry.Journal of agromedicine · 2021Article
- Predicting commercial fishing vessel disasters through a novel application of the theory of man-made disasters.Journal of safety research · 2020Article
- Persistent and emerging hazards contributing to work-related fatalities in Alaska.American journal of industrial medicine · 2020Article
- Using Workers' Compensation Claims Data to Describe Nonfatal Injuries among Workers in Alaska.Safety and health at work · 2020Article
- Non-Fatal Injuries and Injury Treatment in the West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery.Journal of agromedicine · 2019Article
- Emergency Medical Training for the Commercial Fishing Industry: An Expanded Role for Wilderness Medicine.Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2019Article
- Fatal Falls Overboard in Commercial Fishing - United States, 2000-2016.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundCommercial fishing is a global industry that has been frequently classified as high-risk. The use of detailed surveillance data is critical in identifying hazards.
methodsThe purpose of this study was to provide updated statistics for the entire US fishing industry during 2010-2014, generate fleet-specific fatality rates using a revised calculation of full-time equivalent estimates, and examine changes in the patterns of fatalities and in risk over a 15-year period (2000-2014).
resultsDuring 2010-2014, 188 commercial fishing fatalities occurred in the United States. Vessel disasters and falls overboard remain leading contributors to commercial fishing deaths. The Atlantic scallop fleet stands out for achieving substantial declines in the risk of fatalities over the 15-year study period. However, fatality rates ranged from 21 to 147 deaths per 100 000 FTEs, many times higher than the rate for all US workers.
conclusionsAlthough the number of fatalities among commercial fishermen in the United States has generally declined since 2000, commercial fishing continues to have one of the highest occupational fatality rates in the United States. The sustainable seafood movement could assist in improving the health and safety of fishing industry workers if worker well-being was integrated into the definition of sustainable seafood.
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