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1
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Injury vs. Accident

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I: PREVENTABLE
A: implies that it can’t be prevented… we don’t use this word

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Injury:

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physical damage due to exposure to an energy agent or lost of an essential agent (usually oxygen-suffocation/drowning)

Kenetic
Mechanical 
Thermal
Chem
Radiation 
Electrical
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Intentional vs. Unintentional nrg

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Intentional: suicide, homicide, assult

Unintentional: Car crash, alls

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4
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Kinetic nrg

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motor vehicles, bullets

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5
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potential nrg

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fals

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mechanical nrg

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dog bite, chain saw injury

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chemical nrg

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poisoning

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lack of oxygen

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suffocation, drowning, sewage workers

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NIOSH…is injury work related?

If injury occurs in work activity/training

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YES

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10
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NIOSH…is injury work related?

If you’re on break?

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YES…unless you’re eating, applying cosmetics

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NIOSH…is injury work related?

If you’re in the parking lot?

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yes! if youre going to/leaving work

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NIOSH…is injury work related?

Engaged in recreational activity for personal enjoyment (company picnic)

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NO

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13
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NIOSH…is injury work related?

if you’re just a visitor

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NO

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NIOSH…is injury work related?

If you’re commuting to work?

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NO

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NIOSH…isinjurywork related?

if your job is a “homemaker”

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no… not a real job

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NIOSH…is injury work related?

if you’re driving FOR work

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YES

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17
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NIOSH…is injury work related?

If you’re working for pay at home

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yes

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NIOSH…is injury work related?

Working in family profit-oriented buisness

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yes

if family members are EMPLOYED… farmers make sure all family is employed

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19
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NIOSH…is injury work related?

traveling t/from customer for buisness contract

20
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commuting

21
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NIOSH…is injury work related?

using company vehicle not for work

22
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NIOSH…is injury work related?

work is motor vehicle

23
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NIOSH…is injury work related?

student engaged in school activities?

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only if you work for school

24
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An injury is work related IF

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  • Person injured while engaged in work activity

- injury occurs to worker at work location…even if on break!!!

25
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Leading CODs in US

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#1: Heart disease
#2 Cancer
#3 Stroke
#4 UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES ...leading in people under 24
26
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deaths and disabilities due to injjury

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90K deaths a year
19M disabling injuries a year
Firearm deaths on the rise hugely

27
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what do we need to consider a public health issue?

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car crashes

28
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cost estimate per year due to injuries

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$400 billion per year

direct medical costs for ex

29
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Injury Direct costs

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$51 billion for ALL injuries in 1992

$55 billion in 20122 JUST FOR THE TOP 10

30
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Industrial death rates per 100K people

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30% Ag and logging
18% mining
15% transportation, warehousing
10% construction
2.5% manufacturing
2.6% Other Services
31
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SEE PAGE 369

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SEE PAGE 369

32
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Heinrich’s Domino Theory (1931)

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Change the behavior, but blame the worker

for each major reported injury: 29 minor, 300 incidents with no injury

unsafe acts by worker account for 90%

injuries usually caused by a single event

33
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Energy Exchange Concept:

A 
Dehaven (1942) and Gibson (1961)
control nrg transfer, engineering control
five basic nrg forms
-mechanical/kinetic
-chemical 
-thermal
-electrical 
-radiation
34
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Community Injuries: Car Crashes

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33,000 deaths/year
death per 1M miles has dropped due to engineering changes
2M bad injuries per year (.5 of all brain damages)
Costs about 99Bill a year

35
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Car Crashes…what is the exposure?

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whenever you get into a vehicle

this the the DENOMINATOR

36
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Why have the trends in vehicle crashes changed?

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increased with increase of # of cars
people died from being thrown from vehicles
60’s: seat belt and replace metal with plastic

37
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Control Strategies

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Safety rating systems for cars
Ergonomics: design and system layout
Protection of occupants:airbags
Control to allow for human error: antilock breaks, stability control
Better emergency treatment: jaws of life
38
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important things to remember with cars…

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MASS of vehicle… whoever is in the lighter car is in more trouble :(

39
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Injuries of children

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#1 COD is trauma (all under 24)
44% of trauma deaths occur in 1-14 yr olds

we spend on childhood disease…but not childhood injury

lack of data and control strategies

40
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Fires

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More smoke alarms and firefighters… death rate from fires 1.5-3X higher than other countires

41
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why is our fire death rate higher

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we don’t make sure that our fire detectors work

we have improved fire codes…but that only applies to new buildings

42
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Residential Fires

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85% all fire deaths in US
66% of fire related injuries 
50% property loss
leading causes: cooking and bad heating systems
Leading cause of fire deaths: smoking!
43
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Leading cause of fire

44
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three major risk factors associated with fire deaths

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  • poverty: older houses, no batteries in fire alarms
  • cigarettes
  • alcohol
45
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injury rates in workers…

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120 mill workers…usually females, usually older

LESS manufacturing, more services… so we have more high tech and toxicity injuries

46
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10 leading injuries in the workplace

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#1 Over exertion 
#2 slipping/tripping
#3 Falling from Heights 
#4 Reaction Injuries 
#5 Falling Object injuries 
#6 "Walking into" injuries
#7 Vehcile Accidents
#8 Machiene Entanglement
#9 Repetitive motion 
#10 on the job VIOLENCE
47
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injury rate in workplace…

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more people working, more injuries

rate may not change

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