@article{ref1,
title="Practices of county medical examiners in classifying deaths as on the job",
journal="Journal of Occupational Medicine",
year="1994",
author="Butts, J. and Loomis, D. and Runyan, Carol S. Wolf",
volume="36",
number="1",
pages="36-41",
abstract="Although annual United States occupational injury fatalities range between 7,000 and 10,400, consistent rules to determine which deaths are &quot;occupational&quot; do not exist. Fifty-seven North Carolina county medical examiners (MEs), responsible for more than 50% of all medical examiner cases in 1990, received our questionnaire. Fifty-three (93%) responded, classifying 22 scenarios as on-the-job deaths and indicating usual classification practices and information sources. Agreement varied among the scenarios, but those involving transportation and nonpaid workers elicited particularly inconsistent responses. Fifty-six percent of medical examiners have a general rule for determining on-the-job status, but deaths associated with motor vehicles, farming, and occupations other than the decedent's usual job were classified most inconsistently. The lack of standard definitions of &quot;job,&quot; &quot;work,&quot; and &quot;on-the-job&quot; is apparent in classification decisions. Certain work situations need special consideration.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-1736",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}