title: Work-related traumatic injuries onboard freezer-trawlers and freezer-longliners operating in Alaskan waters during 2001-2012.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Workers onboard freezer-trawl (FT) and freezer-longline (FL) vessels in Alaska may be at high risk for fatal and non-fatal injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Traumatic occupational injuries onboard vessels in the FT and FL fleets were identified through two government data sources.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The annual risk of fatal injuries was 125 per 100,000 FTEs in the FT fleet, and 63 per 100,000 FTEs in the FL fleet. The annual risk of non-fatal injuries was 43 per 1,000 FTEs in the FT fleet and 35 per 1,000 FTEs in the FL fleet. The majority of injuries in the FT fleet occurred in the factories and freezer holds, whereas the most common injuries in the FL fleet occurred on deck while working the fishing gear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings confirmed that workers in those fleets were at high risk for work-related injuries. Injury prevention should focus on removing hazards in the work processes injuring the most workers.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health and Human Sciences, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Alaska Pacific Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
authors.forename: Devin L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Laurel D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Kincl
authors.forename: Viktor E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Bovbjerg
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lincoln
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Branscum
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009326:Naval Medicine; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D012767:Ships; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Alaska; fishing industry; injuries; occupational safety; work process