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01-04-2018 | Original Paper

Characterization of Foreign-Born vs. Native-Born Worker Fatalities in Kentucky, 2001–2014

Authors: Yailet Cruz, Terry Lee Bunn, Nancy Hanner, Svetla Slavova

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 2/2018

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Information on foreign-born worker (FBW) and native-born worker (NBW) fatal injuries is scarce. The Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program analyzed 2001–2014 worker fatality data. The Kentucky FBW fatality rate was double the US FBW and NBW rates, and 50% higher than the Kentucky NBW fatality rate. FBW average age at death was 38 years; NBW age was 47 years. FBW deaths occurred in construction (26%) and services (22%) industries, and transportation [28% (54% due to semi truck crashes)] and construction [26%(48% due to roofing, scaffolding, and ladder-related falls)] occupations; in contrast, NBW deaths occurred in services (22%), and transportation (18%) industries, and transportation (25%) and management (20%) occupations, and were due to exposures to inanimate mechanical forces (38%), and transport accidents (30%). Enhanced FBW cultural competent interventions and policies are needed to prevent FBW occupational injuries, and improve FBW workplace safety and health.

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Title: Characterization of Foreign-Born vs. Native-Born Worker Fatalities in Kentucky, 2001–2014
Authors: Yailet Cruz
Terry Lee Bunn
Nancy Hanner
Svetla Slavova
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-017-0550-3

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