ABSTRACT
Injuries may be divided into two major categories: intentional and unintentional. Intentional injuries occur when the individual or individuals want to injure either someone else or themselves. Over 180,000 people die each year in the United States from unintentional injuries and violence. Injuries are the leading cause of death in children, with over 12,000 children each year in the United States, from birth to 19 years of age, dying from unintentional injuries. There are intentional injuries, many of them due to bullying and other forms of violence, and also unintentional injuries. Bullying causes a significant number of students to seek emergency room help for physical injuries while much is unknown about the mental problems caused. The practitioners specifically help collect data, determine specific environmental causes, assist in correction of environmental problems. New York State provides an Occupational Health Surveillance Program for workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths in various industries by providing epidemiologists, industrial hygiene professionals, special evaluators, and outreach specialists.
