Tag: preventable death

NIOSH: Work-Related Deaths in Alaska Remain High After 15 Years

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Jul 12, 2021 Injuries and Illness

Updated: Jul 12, 2021

Researchers with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently published their findings that workers in Alaska have a higher risk of dying on the job compared to workers in other states. Work-related deaths in Alaska are three times higher than in the rest of the United States, according to NIOSH-supported research published […]

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Overdoses and Car Crashes Affect States’ Rates of Preventable Death

By Guest Contributor Jul 3, 2019 Injuries and Illness

Updated: Jul 3, 2019

Last week, the National Safety Council (NSC) released its annual list of states with the lowest and highest rates of unintentional, preventable deaths, which include poisonings (largely from drug overdoses), car crashes, and falls. Death rates were calculated per 100,000 population, and all analysis was conducted by NSC using 2017 data from the National Center […]