Oklahoma State Department of Health - Occupational Injuries

Occupational Injuries

Occupational Health Indicators

Work-related injuries, deaths, and illnesses substantially impact Oklahoma's civilian workforce of 1.6 million persons. These incidents involve multiple risk factors, including workplace procedures and design, work organization, worker characteristics, economics, and a variety of social factors. Although many of these incidents are preventable, they continue to occur and affect the physical, mental, and economic status of Oklahoma workers and their businesses. By collecting data on the magnitude and occurrence of work-related incidents, prevention programs can be targeted to reduce exposures.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to collect fundamental data on occupational hazards, diseases, injuries, and deaths in Oklahoma. Although work-related incidents are likely underreported, information was collected from multiple sources to obtain a more complete profile of important illnesses and injuries affecting Oklahoma's workforce. These indicators serve as an important tool for occupational health surveillance, which is generally inadequate across the U.S. Trends within Oklahoma will be monitored and compared over time to national and other state data and will be used to help inform program and policy planning.

Summary of Oklahoma Occupational Health Indicators, 2003.

Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance Advisory Committee

Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
(OKFACE)

The Injury Prevention Service, in conjunction with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, has implemented the Oklahoma Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation project. OKFACE is a surveillance project to determine the epidemiology of fatal occupational injuries, and identify and recommend prevention strategies.

The overall goal was to create a timely, comprehensive statewide surveillance system using multiple sources. To achieve that goal, OKFACE developed a Death Certificate "Injury At Work" Check List. This check list gives the national criteria for determining if the injury death should be listed as work-related on the death certificate.

The OKFACE project conducted in-depth studies of fatal injuries including:

Machinery-related deaths,
Highway work zone fatalities, and
Work-related fatalities among youth under 18 years of age.

Injury Update reports on various work-related injuries

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