Medical surveillance.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Morgan EJ
• Description:
  A discussion of the role and responsibilities of the industrial physician in maintaining worker health, with specific reference to the mining industry. Medical surveillance begins with appropriate preemployment physical examinations and periodic health examinations for workers exposed to risk, especially miners with uncomplicated pneumoconiosis. The physician's responsibility in the workplace also extends to environmental surveillance, such as gravimetric sampling of respirable dust, and research into new methods of dust control. The physician must also consider the psychological health of the worker. Problems of adjustment, whether work- or home-related, impair the efficiency of a worker, endangering himself and those with whom he works. It is the physician's responsibility to be aware of such patterns among workers, and where possible, to facilitate the integration of family and community resources to aid in a solution. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Safety
• Keywords:
  Miners Programs Respiration
• ISSN:
  0028-0100
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALFORD - Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Disease
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  94-99
• Volume:
  104
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00030909
• Citation:
  Natl Saf News 1971 Dec; 104:94-99
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Safety News
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:55eecb4e8b8f98b694c0c40f03837d2ce885170f163f4862b453c7ed9f073440d45fdef6b866d1d74ad28cda35a84c88ef61ffe9c9a809b3dddb63d790b73dbd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183935/cdc_183935_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.77 MB ]