TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Trends in fatal occupational injuries and industrial restructuring in North Carolina in the 1980s
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Loomis, D. P.
A1  - Richardson, Deborah
SP  - 1041
EP  - 1043
VL  - 87
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationship between changes in employment in North Carolina in the 1980s and fatal occupational injury rates. METHODS: Unintentional fatal occupational injuries (n = 1989) in North Carolina between 1978 and 1991 were identified via the medical examiner's system. RESULTS: Overall fatal injury rates declined during the 1980s, but rates increased 9.6% per year among manufacturing industries that declined in employment size; rates fell among service sector and manufacturing industries that grew. CONCLUSIONS: Increasing occupational fatal injury rates accompanied the decline in workforce in North Carolina's traditional, labor-intensive manufacturing industries during the 1980s, while service sector and expanding manufacturing industries have experienced declining fatal injury rates.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -