title: Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among workers in the services sector industries: 2003 to 2007.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Provide descriptive statistics and discuss priorities for injury and fatality risks among services sector workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2003 to 2007 were analyzed to identify occupational injury and fatality risks for services sector industry groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Many services sector industry groups experienced, on average, greater than one occupational fatality per week, and survey of occupational injuries and illnesses days-away-from-work rates in excess of those for all US workers. Overall, transportation incidents and homicides are leading factors contributing to fatalities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate the need for adoption of safety and health prevention practices in numerous industry groups. For groups that experience elevated injury and fatality rates, priorities for research and intervention can be identified through these data.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA. dutterback@cdc.gov
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Utterback
authors.forename: Luenda E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: Teresa M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Schnorr
authors.forename: Hope M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Tiesman
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vossenas
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000078329:Workforce