Nineteen Maine Workers Died from Occupational/Work-Related Injuries in 2013. The Bureau of Standards of the Maine Department of Labor annually participates in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor (US DOL). This informational report provides statistical data and charts derived from the 2013 census. It also presents key data points pertaining to Maine’s fatalities. Maine’s participation in the CFOI is funded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Safety Education and Training Fund (SETF) in Maine. States collect data through conducting research, verifying occupational fatalities with supporting documentation and submitting case data to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for review and compilation. The CFOI program limits counting occupational fatalities to those which result from injuries; the latency period of many occupational illnesses and the resulting difficulty of linking illnesses to work make it difficult to compile a complete account of all fatal illnesses in a given year. 2005 2013 Occupational Fatalities – Table 1 lists Maine’s annual totals of occupational fatalities for the years 2005 to 2013. There were 180 occupational fatalities in that period, averaging 20 fatalities per year. The largest annual total of fatalities during this period, 26, occurred in 2011. Table 1: Maine’s Occupational Fatalities from 2005 2013 – Year 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Total Fatalities 19 19 26 20 16 24 21 20 15 Fatalities within Occupational Categories
Nineteen Maine Workers Died from Occupational/Work-Related Injuries in 2013. The Bureau of Standards of the Maine Department of Labor annually participates in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor (US DOL). This informational report provides statistical data and charts derived from the 2013 census. It also presents key data points pertaining to Maine’s fatalities. Maine’s participation in the CFOI is funded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Safety Education and Training Fund (SETF) in Maine. States collect data through conducting research, verifying occupational fatalities with supporting documentation and submitting case data to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for review and compilation. The CFOI program limits counting occupational fatalities to those which result from injuries; the latency period of many occupational illnesses and the resulting difficulty of linking illnesses to work make it difficult to compile a complete account of all fatal illnesses in a given year. 2005 – 2013 Occupational Fatalities Table 1 lists Maine’s annual totals of occupational fatalities for the years 2005 to 2013. There were 180 occupational fatalities in that period, averaging 20 fatalities per year. The largest annual total of fatalities during this period, 26, occurred in 2011. Table 1: Maine’s Occupational Fatalities from 2005 – 2013 Year 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Total Fatalities 19 19 26 20 16 24 21 20 15 Fatalities within Occupational Categories
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