Technical Assistance Report No. TA-77-67: Federal Aviation Administration, O'Hare International Airport: Chicago, Illinois

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Singal, Mitchell
• Description:
  Stress among air traffic controllers (SIC-4583) at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois was surveyed on July 26 and 27, 1977. The survey was requested by the Director of the Office of Federal Agency Safety Programs, OSHA on behalf of 137 controllers at O'Hare. Medical records of the controllers were reviewed. Of nine controllers disqualified for medical reasons, eight had a primary psychiatric diagnosis, six of which were anxiety neurosis. Gastrointestinal complaints were reported by six of these controllers; two had peptic ulcers. Among the controllers, medical histories revealed 19 percent with stomach trouble, 4.5 percent with hemorrhoids, 10 percent with headaches or nervousness, and 1.5 percent each with high blood pressure and angina. The work site was exceptionally busy with no apparent physical stressors such as excessive noise, poor lighting conditions, or uncomfortable temperatures. The claim by controllers that they are asked to cut corners to maintain airline schedules, could result in a particularly stressful working condition. The authors conclude that there are unresolved labor management issues, however no specific occupational health hazard exists. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Aircraft Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-77-76; Region-5; Hazards-Unconfirmed; Psychological-stress; Airport-personnel; Health-surveys
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 77-67, 1977 Sep; :1-13
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115516
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-181009
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 77-67, 1977 Sep; :1-13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4583 - Airport Terminal Services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173381/cdc_173381_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]