Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-85-175-1621: Mansfield Post Office; Mansfield, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  London, Matthew A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation was conducted at Mansfield Post Office (SIC-4311), Mansfield, Ohio in May, 1985. The evaluation was requested to investigate a possible excess of cancer among current and former employees. Fourteen current or former employees had reportedly been diagnosed with cancer. Six of the individuals were described as being mail handlers, 4 as clerks, 1 a carrier supervisor, 1 a carrier/mail handler, and 2 did not have a job classification. The cases included one cancer of the kidney, two lung cancers, one leukemia, and three lymphomas. No year of diagnosis or other information were provided. The reported number of cases was compared with cancer incidence rates published by the National Cancer Institute. The numbers of reported cancers and the expected number of each type were: cancer of the kidney and renal pelvis, 1 reported, 0.89 expected
  
  leukemias, 1 reported, 0.85 expected
  
  cancer of the lung and bronchus, 2 reported, 6.67 expected
  
  lymphomas, 3 reported, 1.38 expected
  
  and all cancers, 14 reported, 30.84 expected. The author concludes that there is no evidence of an excess of cancer among employees at this post office.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Carcinogens Hazardous Substances Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Cancer Carcinogenesis Hazards-Unconfirmed Health-hazards HETA-85-175-1621 Kidney Cancer Leukemia Lung Cancer Lymphoma NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 5 Physiological-measurements Postal-employees U.S. Postal Service

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA851751621
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00147410
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-192705
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 85-175-1621, 1985 Aug ; :1-15
• Editor(s):
  Frey, Toni
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4311 - U.S. Postal Service - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a26ebab726bfca4e122f8153dfebb6fb817a39de1930478b2f340307e73fdba078d6d12ef218e6106a499839e6469b4f334f7901597f47d418b9062909858ea7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172706/cdc_172706_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.43 MB ]