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Title: Trends in fatal occupational injuries and industrial restructuring in North Carolina in the 1980s.

Authors: Richardson, D; Loomis, D

Published In Am J Public Health, (1997 Jun)

Abstract: This study examined the relationship between changes in employment in North Carolina in the 1980s and fatal occupational injury rates.Unintentional fatal occupational injuries (n = 1989) in North Carolina between 1978 and 1991 were identified via the medical examiner's system.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.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.

PubMed ID: 9224194 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: No MeSH terms associated with this publication

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