Drug overdose deaths at work, 2011–2016
| Autor: | Hope M. Tiesman, Dawn N. Castillo, Lauren Cimineri, Srinivas Konda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Adult
Male Poison control Drug overdose Suicide prevention Article Occupational safety and health Heroin 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Case fatality rate Injury prevention medicine Accidents Occupational Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Workplace Heroin Dependence business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Opioid overdose Middle Aged Opioid-Related Disorders medicine.disease 030210 environmental & occupational health United States Analgesics Opioid Female Drug Overdose business Needs Assessment medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Inj Prev |
| ISSN: | 1475-5785 1353-8047 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/injuryprev-2018-043104 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Drug overdose fatalities have risen sharply. The impact on U.S. workplaces has not been described. PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to enumerate and describe overdose deaths of workers while at work in U.S. workplaces between 2011 and 2015. METHODS: Drug overdose deaths at work were identified from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries database. Overdose fatality rates were calculated using denominators from the Current Population Survey. Fatality rates were compared among demographic groups with rate ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs). Industry-specific fatality rates were calculated. Negative binomial regression was used to analyze temporal trends. RESULTS: Between 2011 and 2015, 543 drug overdose deaths occurred among workers at U.S workplaces, for a fatality rate of 0.8 per 1,000,000 full-time equivalents (FTEs). Workplace overdose deaths significantly increased, on average, 23% annually across the 5-year period (p |
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