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OSH-1 Reduce deaths from work-related injuries
OSH-1.1 Reduce deaths from work-related injuries in all industries
Baseline: 4.0 work-related injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers occurred in 2007
Target: 3.6 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-01a.
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OSH-1.2 Reduce deaths from work-related injuries in mining
Baseline: 21.4 mining work-related injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers occurred in 2007
Target: 19.3 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-01b.
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OSH-1.3 Reduce deaths from work-related injuries in construction
Baseline: 10.8 construction work-related injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers occurred in 2007
Target: 9.7 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-01c.
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OSH-1.4 Reduce deaths from work-related injuries in transportation and warehousing
Baseline: 16.5 transportation and warehousing work-related injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers occurred in 2007
Target: 14.8 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-01d.
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OSH-1.5 Reduce deaths from work-related injuries in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Baseline: 26.7 agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting work-related injury deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers occurred in 2007
Target: 24.3 deaths per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-01e.
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OSH-2 Reduce nonfatal work-related injuries
OSH-2.1 Reduce work-related injuries in private sector industries resulting in medical treatment, lost time from work, or restricted work activity, as reported by employers
Baseline: 4.2 injuries per 100 full-time equivalent workers in private sector industries resulted in medical treatment, lost time from work, or restricted work activity, as reported by employers in 2007
Target: 3.8 injuries per 100 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-02a.
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OSH-2.2 Reduce work-related injuries treated in emergency departments (EDs)
Baseline: 2.4 injuries per 100 full-time equivalent workers were treated in EDs in 2007
Target: 2.2 injuries per 100 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Work Supplement (NEISS-WORK), CDC/NIOSH and CPSC; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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OSH-2.3 Reduce work-related injuries among adolescent workers aged 15 to 19 years
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Baseline: 5.5 injuries per 100 full-time equivalent workers occurred among adolescent workers aged 15 to 19 years in 2007
Target: 5.0 injuries per 100 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Work Supplement (NEISS-WORK), CDC/NIOSH and CPSC; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-02h.
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OSH-3 Reduce the rate of injury and illness cases involving days away from work due to overexertion or repetitive motion
Baseline: 29.6 injury and illness cases per 10,000 workers involved days away from work due to overexertion or repetitive motion in 2008
Target: 26.6 injury and illness cases per 10,000 workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-03.
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OSH-4 Reduce pneumoconiosis deaths
Baseline: 2,430 pneumoconiosis deaths occurred in 2005
Target: 2,187 deaths
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Surveillance System for Pneumoconiosis Mortality (NSSPM), CDC/NIOSH
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-04.
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OSH-5 Reduce deaths from work-related homicides
Baseline: 628 deaths occurred in 2007
Target: 565 deaths
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-05.
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OSH-6 Reduce work-related assaults
Baseline: 8.4 assaults per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers occurred in 2007
Target: 7.6 assaults per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-Work Supplement (NEISS-WORK), CDC/NIOSH and CPSC; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-06.
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OSH-7 Reduce the proportion of persons who have elevated blood lead concentrations from work exposures
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Baseline: 26.6 persons per 100,000 employed adults had elevated blood lead concentrations from work exposures in 2010
Target: 23.9 persons per 100,000 employed adults
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program (ABLES), CDC/NIOSH
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-07.
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OSH-8 Reduce occupational skin diseases or disorders among full-time workers
Baseline: 4.4 occupational skin diseases or disorders per 10,000 full-time workers occurred in 2008
Target: 4.0 occupational skin diseases or disorders per 10,000 full-time workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-08.
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OSH-9 Increase the proportion of employees who have access to workplace programs that prevent or reduce employee stress
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Baseline: 36 percent of all adult workers indicated that they had access to stress management/reduction programs in the workplace in 2010
Target: 40 percent
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Quality of Worklife Module (QWL), CDC/NIOSH and NSF
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-09.
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OSH-10 Reduce new cases of work-related, noise-induced hearing loss
Baseline: 2.2 new cases of work-related, noise-induced hearing loss per 10,000 workers occurred in 2008
Target: 2 new cases of work-related, noise-induced hearing loss per 10,000 workers
Target-Setting Method: 10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), DOL/BLS; Current Population Survey (CPS), Census and DOL/BLS
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Healthy People 2010 The HP2010 objective with the same definition was 20-11.
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