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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2019 Jan 28;62(3):253–264. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22953

Table 4.

Alaska onshore seafood processing claims by work activity, source, and event/exposure, 2014–2015

Event/Exposure
Work Activity (n=1,950) & Source Contact with Object/ Equipment Overexertion, Bodily Reaction Slips, Trips, Falls Exposure Substance, Temp Other Unknown Total (%)
Process, can, freeze seafood on the 312 403 34 57 2 10 818 (42)
line (n=818)
   Bodily motion or position 0 203 8 0 0 0 211
   Fish, shellfish 84 53 0 33 2 0 172
   Tray 72 67 0 0 0 0 139
   Processing machinery 47 6 0 3 0 0 56
   Basket, bucket 9 33 0 0 0 0 42
   Knife 28 2 0 0 0 0 30
   Floor, stairs, ground 0 0 19 0 0 0 19
   Conveyor 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
   Other 62 39 7 21 0 10 139
Transport, package, handle product away from the line (n=495) 177 252 53 4 4 5 495 (26)
   Box, carton, bag 29 78 0 0 0 0 107
   Bodily motion or position 0 37 7 0 0 0 44
   Cart 21 23 0 0 0 0 44
   Rack 24 17 0 0 1 0 42
   Fish, shellfish 26 14 0 1 0 0 41
   Floor, stairs, ground 1 1 35 0 0 0 37
   Tray 17 14 0 0 0 0 31
   Basket, bucket 8 8 0 0 0 0 16
   Pallet, pallet jack 11 14 1 0 0 0 26
   Building material 4 6 0 0 0 0 10
   Other 36 40 10 3 3 5 97
Walk, Climb/Descend (n=276) 40 39 193 0 1 3 276 (14)
   Floor, stairs, ground 2 10 134 0 0 0 146
   Bodily motion 0 20 26 0 0 0 46
   Ladder 0 4 18 0 0 0 22
   Building structure 10 1 2 0 0 0 13
   Other 28 4 13 0 1 3 49
Maintenance, Repair (n=139) 84 24 8 20 0 3 139 (7)
   Processing machinery 14 0 0 0 0 0 14
   Machinery, general 12 0 0 0 0 0 12
   Other 58 24 8 20 0 3 113
Cleaning (n=120) 47 19 20 34 0 0 120 (6)
   Chemical, cleaner 0 0 0 18 0 0 18
   Processing machinery 14 0 0 0 0 0 14
   Floor, stairs, ground 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
   Bodily motion or position 0 9 4 0 0 0 13
   Other 33 10 2 16 0 0 61
Construction (n=22) 8 12 1 1 0 0 22 (1)
Food Services (n=21) 5 12 0 4 0 0 21 (1)
Quality Control (n=13) 7 2 1 3 0 0 13 (0.5)
Administrative (n=6) 0 5 1 0 0 0 6 (0.5)
Other (n=40) 23 11 4 0 0 2 40 (2)
Unknown (n=697) 297 122 121 61 3 93 697 (−)
Total 1,000 901 436 184 10 116 2,647 (100)