@article{ref1,
title="Work-related aviation fatalities in Colorado 1982-1987",
journal="Aviation, space, and environmental medicine",
year="1991",
author="Keefer, S. M. and Vancil, R. and Marine, W. M. and Baker, Susan Pardee and Wiant, C. J.",
volume="62",
number="9 Pt 1",
pages="827-830",
abstract="On-the-job deaths related to aviation are the seventh leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. In Colorado, they comprise 37% of all air transport deaths. A review of all occupational aviation-related fatalities in Colorado during 1982-1987 identified 86 deaths. Data sources were death certificates, Workers' Compensation records, and National Transportation Safety Board reports. Of the fatalities, 5 involved commercial air service, 16 were military personnel, and 65 (76%) were associated with general aviation. Non-military occupations included 21 pilots, 5 flight instructors, 4 crop sprayers, and 3 search and rescue workers or firefighters. There were 18 people going to or from work sites. The 15 weather cases, 7 aircraft malfunctions, and 4 power transmission wire strikes were the most significant factors in two-thirds of the crashes of civilian aircraft. Even experienced pilots exercised poor judgement. The prominence of general aviation in work-related aviation fatalities indicates a need for greater attention to the safety of workers whose jobs entail flying.",
language="",
issn="0095-6562",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}