World Trade Center Disaster: Assessment of Responder Occupations, Work Locations, and Job Tasks

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Woskie, Susan R. ; Kim, Hyun ; Freund, Alice ; Stevenson, Lori ; Park, Bo Y. ; Baron, Sherry ; Herbert, Robin ; de Hernández, Micki Siegel ; Teitelbaum, Susan ; de la Hoz, Rafael E. ; Wisnivesky, Juan P. ; Landrigan, Phillip
• Description:
  Background
  
  To date there have been no comprehensive reports of the work performed by 9/11 World Trade Center responders.
  
  Methods
  
  18,969 responders enrolled in the WTC Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program were used to describe workers’ pre-9/11 occupations, WTC work activities and locations from September 11, 2001 to June 2002.
  
  Results
  
  The most common pre-9/11 occupation was protective services (47%); other common occupations included construction, telecommunications, transportation, and support services workers. 14% served as volunteers. Almost one-half began work on 9/11 and >80% reported working on or adjacent to the “pile” at Ground Zero. Initially, the most common activity was search and rescue but subsequently, the activities of most responders related to their pre-9/11 occupations. Other major activities included security; personnel support; buildings and grounds cleaning; and telecommunications repair.
  
  Conclusions
  
  The spatial, temporal, occupational, and task-related taxonomy reported here will aid the development of a job-exposure matrix, assist in assessment of disease risk, and improve planning and training for responders in future urban disasters.
  
  
• Subjects:
  9/11 Adult Article Construction Industry Disaster Disaster Planning Emergency Planning Emergency Responder Emergency Responders Exposure Exposure Assessment Female Humans Male Mass Casualty Incidents Middle Aged New York City Occupational Health Rescue Work September 11 Terrorist Attacks Task Transportation Urban Population Volunteers World Trade Center WTC

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 54(9):681-695
• Pubmed ID:
  23236634
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9449451
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U10 OH008239/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U10 OH008275/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U10 OH008223/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; HHSD200200200384C/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U10OH008275/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U10 OH008216/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UIO 0H008232/PHS HHSUnited States/ ; U10 OH008225/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 200-2002-0038/PHS HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:24c81cd245abe980a65d1b9c241f4a38fa5bd843bff0d927543823501761577b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121075/cdc_121075_DS1.pdf
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