Legal requirements for medical surveillance of asbestos workers in Malaysia, the USA and under international law.

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• Personal Author:
  Feitshans IL ; Rampal KG
• Description:
  The regulatory requirements for the medical surveillance of asbestos (1332214) workers under international laws in Malaysia and the United States were examined. Specific topics addressed included: the general basis for statutory protections; the scope of medical surveillance coverage; and medical surveillance requirements such as medical examinations, cost of medical surveillance, information provided to workers regarding results of medical examinations, alternative sources of income for those workers for whom asbestos exposure is medically inadvisable, and a notification system for asbestos related disease. The International Labour Organization Convention-162 (C-162) concerning safety in the use of asbestos was included as an analytical framework. The authors conclude that medical surveillance among asbestos workers represents a fundamental protection that has been codified in international and national asbestos standards and is an extremely useful tool for measuring compliance as well as evidence of disease in cases of torts. C-162 provides a comprehensive medical surveillance program to control occupational lung disease and provides a sound blueprint for good medical surveillance programs.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Asbestos Workers Health Protection Legislation Medical Examinations Medical Monitoring Occupational Health Occupational Health Services Surveillance Programs Worker Health
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  965-971
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00198865
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-108, 1990 Nov; (Pt II):965-971
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Part Number:
  II
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the VIIth International Pneumoconioses Conference, August 23-26, 1988, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180696/cdc_180696_DS1.pdf
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