Report to Congress - health effects of diesel fumes on workers in underground mines.

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• Personal Author:
  Satcher D
• Description:
  The Senate Appropriations Report 105-58, accompanying S. 1061, the bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for fiscal year (FY) 1998, requested that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), submit a report responding to six questions regarding a multi year study jointly funded by NIOSH and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health, to investigate the health effects of diesel fumes on workers in underground noncarbon mines. Specifically, the Senate report requested that NIOSH submit a report by December 1, 1997, detailing the following: 1. The extent to which time was been given for public comment on the draft study protocols; 2. The extent to which the study protocols have undergone peer review; 3. The makeup of the review group and the extent to which labor and industry were represented; 4. The extent to which modifications have been made to the study protocols which resulted from recommendations from the review process and/or public comment; 5. Whether any feasibility study has demonstrated the effectiveness of the study equipment, protocol, and design, particularly with regard to the accuracy of historical diesel exposure assessment; and 6. The extent to which data will be shared with participating organizations as it is collected.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Acids Chemistry Cytotoxins Dust Lipids Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Biological-effects Biomarkers Data-processing Diesel-exhaust Government-agencies Health-risk-assessment Mining Occupational-medicine Occupational-safety-programs Underground-mining Unions

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-194
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000666
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1997 Dec; :1-194
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d0c15f1e17f864982e9f787a234fb4d241afc020e546bedf3d912b3e5e29f70093e3fedb6e29e33bbc24ece363a9fc8e33223788c1fec8bf70dbc72d7bce7ae6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181040/cdc_181040_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.91 MB ]