The Fishermen Led Injury Prevention Program is the first and only research focused on non-fatal injury prevention among commercial fishermen.
• No fishermen reported that they had zero chance of injury, regardless of injuries sustained in career and/or in the past year.
• Fishermen who have sustained an injury in their career and/or in the past year, have a higher perception of injury risk.
• There is no connection between a fisherman’s history with injury and the amount they worry about sustaining an injury.• Commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the United States.
• Between 2002-2014 Dungeness crab fishermen had 209 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers.
• 405 surveys were collected by community researchers before the 2015-2016 Dungeness crab season.
• We examine here the association of injury and risk perception
