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FATAL INJURIES AT WORK Massachusetts Fatality Update, 2002 Occupational Health Surveillance Program Massachusetts Department of Public Health March, 2005 Every year, men and women in a wide variety of jobs and industries throughout Massachusetts die as a result of traumatic injuries at work. These deaths are all the more tragic because they are largely preventable. Information about where and how they occur is essential in order to develop effective prevention programs. In Massachusetts, the Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) collects information on fatal occupational injuries as part of the national Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), conducted in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor. OHSP also conducts in-depth work site investigations of targeted fatal occupational injuries as part of the national Fatality Assessment Control and Evaluation (FACE) project, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The purpose of the FACE project is to develop a detailed understanding of how fatal injuries occur and to identify effective countermeasures to prevent similar incidents in the future. Excerpts from selected FACE investigations are highlighted in this report. This update provides an overview of fatal injuries at work that occurred in Massachusetts during 2002. These include fatalities traditionally linked to the work environment such as falls, electrocutions and exposure to toxic chemicals. They also include homicides and suicides at work and motor vehicle-related fatalities that occurred during travel on the job. Deaths caused by occupational illnesses are not included in this fatality update. In 2002, 42 men and four women suffered fatal injuries at work in Massachusetts. The overall rate of fatal occupational injury for all workers was 1.4 per 100,000 workers. The average age at de