@article{ref1,
title="Work-related bystander deaths in New Zealand: a significant hidden problem",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="2006",
author="Langley, John Desmond and McNoe, Bronwen and Feyer, Anne Marie",
volume="119",
number="1247",
pages="U2357-U2357",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To estimate the extent of bystander work-related traffic fatal injury for New Zealand as well as the contribution of all bystander events to the total burden of work-related fatal traffic injury and work-related fatal injury in general. METHODS: Potential cases were identified from national administrative databases. The circumstances of the deaths in each incident were reviewed directly from coronial files to determine work-relatedness. RESULTS: For 1985-1998 we identified 1447 people whose death was associated with another person's work activity on a public road and who were not working at the time. This compares with 241 &quot;working&quot; and 192 &quot;commuting&quot; deaths on a public road for the same period. Bystanders thus represented approximately 75% of the work-related fatal traffic crash injury problem. We estimate that (on average) approximately 115 bystanders were killed each year and this represents approximately 52% of the total work-related fatality problem. CONCLUSIONS: Work-related bystander deaths are a major contributor to work-related injury in New Zealand, the majority occurring in the context of road traffic crashes. These deaths deserve more attention than they have received to date.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}