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Indicator 6: Hospitalizations for Work-Related Burns |
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| • Annual number and rate of hospitalized state residents 16 years or older with principal diagnosis of burn and primary payer coded as workers’ compensation |
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| Data Source: Number of hospitalizations per state: state hospital discharge data. Estimated number of hospitalizations in the U.S.: National Hospital Discharge Survey. Employment statistics used to calculate rates: Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey. |
Burns encompass injuries to tissues caused by contact with dry heat (fire), moist heat (steam), chemicals, electricity, friction, or radiation. Burns are among the most expensive work-related injuries to treat and can result in significant disability. Thermal and chemical burns are the most frequent types of work-related burn injury. A substantial proportion of burns occur in the service industry, especially in food service, often disproportionately affecting working adolescents. 1,2
Nationally, it has been estimated that 150,000 people with work-related burns are treated in emergency rooms annually.3 Approximately 30% to 40% of hospitalizations for burns among adults have been found to be work-related.2
The designation of workers' compensation payment as primary payer on hospital discharge records is a good proxy for the work-relatedness of hospitalized injuries.4
There are substantial differences among states in workers’ compensation eligibility, reimbursement, and other administrative policies. Therefore, differences among states in work-related burns as defined in this occupational health indicator (OHI) reflect variations in both workers’ compensation systems and work-related burn incidence. For this reason, this OHI should be used to monitor within-state trends in work-related hospitalized burns rather than to compare data/trends between states.
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| Data |
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| • 2001 click here to view table |
| • 2002 click here to view table |
| • 2003 click here to view table |
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1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Occupational burns among restaurant workers – Colorado and Minnesota. MMWR. 1993; 42:713-716.
2Baggs J, Curwick C, Silverstein B. Work-related burns in Washington State, 1994-1998. J Occup Environ Med. 2002; 44:692-9.
3Rossignol AM, Locke JA, Burke JF. Employment status and the frequency and causes of burn injuries in New England. J Occup Med. 1989; 31:751-757.
4 Sorock GS, Smith E, Hall N. An evaluation of New Jersey's hospital discharge database for surveillance of severe occupational injuries. Am J Ind Med. 1993; 23:427-437.
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