Table 1 A-priori Haddon matrix of nonfatal injury associated factors in commercial fishing (RISC-data variables are in parentheses)

Pre-event

Hazardous work task

(Position, work process). Lack of safety knowledge

(Safety training, train year)

Fishing/working under the influence

(Drugs, alcohol)

Medical conditions

(Preexisting condition)

Lack of PFD use

(PFD worn)

Fatigue

(Incident notes)

Potential injury vehicles

(Incident type, injury source, gear type, injury event, cause of instability, type of flooding, cause of flooding, final vessel event, initial injury event, incident notes)

Vessel activity during the incident

(Vessel activity, vessel type, Fishery type, species)

Vessel capacity

(People onboard)

Housekeeping status

(Incident notes)

Adverse weather conditions

(Weather-related, sky condition, wind speed, air temp, and water temp)

Light conditions

(Incident time, incident notes)

Physical infrastructure

(Vessel length/size, hull material, year built)

Safety equipment status

(PFD location donned, incident notes)

Vessel/equipment maintenance

(Incident notes)

Federal/state/regional fishing safety compliance

(USCG Decal, EPIRB present, PFD policy, fishery jurisdiction)

Language barriers

(English fluency, primary language)

Safety training status

(Safety training, train year, incident notes, PFD policy)

Event

The task associated with injury

(Position, work process)

Human error

(Incident notes)

Workload status

(Incident notes)

Crew experience and expertise

(Age, year’s fishing)

Safety gear use

(PFD worn, abandon to, why water, incident notes)

Lack of situational awareness

(Incident notes)

Panic response

(Incident notes)

Injury vehicle

(Injury source, injury event, incident notes)

Injury severity

(Nature of injury, body part injured, injury severity, incident notes)

Injury location

(Location onboard, abandon to, incident notes)

Vessel location

(Latitude, longitude, miles from shore, vessel activity)

Safety equipment status (PFD type, why water, incident notes)

Language barriers

(English fluency, primary language)

Safety training status

(Safety training, train year, incident notes, PFD policy)

Post-event

Injury response activity

(Injury response, incident notes)

Injury treatment description

(Injury treatment, incident notes)

Improved vessel maintenance

(Final vessel event, cause of instability, type of flooding, cause of flooding, fire cause, fire location, incident notes)

Delayed injury response

(Mayday method, miles from shore, incident notes)

Adverse weather conditions

(Weather-related, sky condition, wind speed, air temp, and water temp)

Light conditions

(Incident time, incident notes)

Revised regulations and safety measures

(USCG Decal, EPIRB present, PFD policy, safety training, train year, incident notes)