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OSH-1.4 Reduce deaths from work-related injuries in transportation and warehousing
About the Data
Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the national estimate.
Number of work-related injury deaths among full-time equivalent workers aged 16 years and older in the transportation and warehousing industry (North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2007 codes 48-49)
Average annual hours at work for workers aged 16 years and older in the transportation and warehousing industry (NAICS 2007 codes 48-49)
- Yes
- No
- Retired
- Disabled
- Unable to work
- Yes
- No
- Enter number of hours (00-99) Hours each week
- (V) Hours vary each week
- Enter number of hours (00-99) Hours each week
- (V) Hours vary each week
- Yes
- No
From the 2007 Current Population Survey - Labor Force Questionnaire:
[DENOMINATOR:]
WORK
(THE WEEK BEFORE LAST/LAST WEEK), did (name/you) do ANY work for (pay/either pay or profit)?
BUS1
((THE WEEK BEFORE LAST/LAST WEEK), did (name/you) do any unpaid work in the family business or farm??
HRUSL1
(How many hours per week (do/does) (name/you) USUALLY work at (your/his/her) (job?/ main job?)
HRUSL2
How many hours per week (do/does) (you/he/she) USUALLY work at (your/his/her) other (job/ jobs)?
HROT1
(THE WEEK BEFORE LAST/LAST WEEK), did (name/you) work any overtime or extra hours (at(his/her) MAIN job that / that)(you/he/she) (do/does) not usually work?
HROT2
How many ADDITIONAL hours did (you/he/she) work?
Enter number of hours
HRACT1
(LAST WEEK/THE WEEK BEFORE LAST), how many hours did ( you/he/she) ACTUALLY work at (your/his/her) (job?/MAIN job?)?
Enter number of hours
(00 - 99)
HRACT2
(THE WEEK BEFORE LAST/LAST WEEK), how many hours did ( you/he/she) ACTUALLY work at (your/his/her) other (job/ jobs?)?
Enter number of hours
(00 - 99)
CFOI uses multiple data sources, including death certificates, workers' compensation reports, reports to various regulatory agencies, police reports, medical examiner records, and newspaper reports, to identify and verify work-related fatalities.
Beginning with data for 2008, CFOI applied a new rate methodology, changing the denominator from employment-based to hours-based. CFOI uses hours worked data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly household survey that collects data on the employment status of the civilian, non-institutionalized population aged 16 years and older. For the baseline year (2007), BLS produced both employment- and hours-based rates; the baseline estimate is for hours-based employment.
Hours-based rates are based on the average number of employees at work and the average hours each employee works. Hours-based rates measure fatal injury risk per standardized length of exposure, and are generally considered more accurate than employment-based rates. Employment and hours-based rates will be similar for groups of workers who tend to work full-time. However, differences will be observed for worker groups who tend to have a high percentage of part-time workers, such as younger workers.
Rates are expressed for full-time equivalent workers. Full-time equivalent employees equal the number of employees on full-time schedules plus the number of employees on part-time schedules converted to a full-time basis. The number of full-time equivalent employees in each industry is the product of the total number of employees and the ratio of average weekly hours per employee for all employees. An industry’s full-time equivalent employment will be less than the number of its employees on full- and part-time schedules, unless the industry has no part-time employees.
For consistency with the CPS data, workers under the age of 16, volunteers, and military personnel are excluded from the CFOI counts used to calculate rates. Information on the type of industry is converted to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes.
References
Additional resources about the objective
- Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) - Current and Revised Data. Washington, DC: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Thomsen C.; McClain J,; Rosenman K,; Davis L.; Indicators for Occupational Health Surveillance. MMWR 56(RR-1). 2007.