Non-Fatal Injuries and Injury Treatment in the West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Non-fatal injuries in the high risk US Dungeness crab fishery have been under-documented, despite their potential for lost work time and income, long-term disability, and early unwanted retirement. The Fishermen Led Injury Prevention Program (FLIPP) characterized injuries in this fishery, in order to identify work hazards and inform injury control measures.Methods: The FLIPP injury survey was completed by 426 fishermen in 23 Washington, Oregon, and California fishing ports prior to the 2015-2016 Dungeness crab season; 413 (97%) provided injury information for this analysis. Participants indicated whether they had been injured in the previous 12 months, described the injury, any treatments received, and whether the injury limited their ability to work.Results

SUBMITTER: Bovbjerg VE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10063242 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature