title: Characterization of Foreign-Born vs. Native-Born Worker Fatalities in Kentucky, 2001-2014.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY, 40504, USA.
authors.forename: Yailet
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY, 40504, USA. tlbunn2@uky.edu.
authors.forename: Terry Lee
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Bunn
authors.affiliation: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY, 40504, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hanner
authors.affiliation: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Kentucky, 333 Waller Ave., Suite 242, Lexington, KY, 40504, USA.
authors.forename: Svetla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Slavova
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Construction; Foreign-born; Native-born; Semi truck; Transportation