Table 4.
Alaska onshore seafood processing claims by work activity, source, and event/exposure, 2014–2015
| Event/Exposure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |