Comparison of occupational injury surveillance system between Korea and the United States
| Items | Korea | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Collecting agency | KOSHA (but it comes from KLWC) | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Name of surveillance system | KOSHA’s Survey of Causes of Occupational Injuries | CFOI |
| Beginning | 1998 (but KLWC started from 1983) | 1992 |
| Case definition | All work related fatal injuries of employed (paid) workers in Korea | All work related fatal injuries according to the CFOI criteria |
| Exclusion cases | Government officials, professional soldiers and educational staffs (professors and teachers) | Institutionalized persons |
| Exclusion criteria | Commuting deaths (to or from work) except deaths in commute vehicles operated by company | Commuting deaths (to or from work) |
| Recreational activity not required by employer | ||
| Deaths having only a medical origin | ||
| Sources | All occupational fatal injuries grasped by KOSHA’s Survey of Causes of Occupational Injuries (These are reviewed: KLWC data by KOSHA’s reviewer. Sometimes, KOSHA’s reviewer excluded fatalities because medical origin fatalities are included in KLWC data) | Multiple sources. Death certificates Workers’ compensation reports OSHA 01, 36, and 170 form Motor vehicle accident report Newspaper articles Autopsy report Medical examiner and coroners report CFOI follow back questionnaire State unemployment insurance address file Sheriff/police reports State farm bureaus |
| Reference population | Enrollees of KLWC (the number of workers employed by companies contracted with the KLWC | An estimation of all civilian employees age 16 years and older from Current Population Survey |
| Frequency | Annual | Annual |
| Published six months after calendar year | Published seven months after calendar year | |
| Coding industry | Korean Standard Industrial Classification (KSIC) | Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) |
| Cause of injury | Cause of Occupational Injury and Disease Classification System | Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) |