Proceedings of the International Fishing Industry Safety and Health Conference, October 23-25, 2000, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
"Fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The International Labor Organization (ILO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimate that seven percent of all worker fatalities occur in the fishing industry, despite the industry accounting for less than one percent of the wo...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Cincinnati
2003
NIOSH |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19299183124910173659-Proceedings-of-the-internation.htm |
| Summary: | "Fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The International Labor Organization (ILO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimate that seven percent of all worker fatalities occur in the fishing industry, despite the industry accounting for less than one percent of the worldwide workforce. The occupational fatality rate for Alaskan and U.S. commercial fishers was 140/100,000 per year (1991-1997) and 168/100,000 per year (1994-1998), 32 and 38 times the overall U.S. occupational fatality rate (4.4/ 100,000 per year, NTOF, 1990-1994), respectively. In countries as distant as Australia, Denmark, Finland, Korea, and Sweden, occupational fishing fatality rates range from 16 to as much as 79 times higher than the respective countries’ overall occupational fatality rate. The ILO has estimated that the fishing industry experiences 24,000 deaths and as many as 24 million nonfatal injuries each year worldwide. The fatality rate for the world’s fishermen is estimated to be 80/100,000 workers/year (ILO estimate)...." |
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| Physical Description: | 465 p. Paper |