A speical report... public health hazards to lifeguards from sun exposure.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lushniak, Boris D. ; Rosenstock L
• Description:
  In general, there is evidence that excessive ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure from sunlight, both in recreational and occupational settings, can have deleterious health effects, including increasing the risk of skin cancers. However, data specifically dealing with the risks of skin cancer in lifeguards are not available. Of concern is that: 1. outdoor workers may receive up to six to eight times the dose of UVR compared to indoor workers; and, 2. rates for some skin cancers among outdoor workers have been associated with cumulative2 UVR exposure. Skin cancers are preventable by reducing the exposure to the UVR from sunlight. In 1972, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) issued criteria for a recommended standard entitled Occupational Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation which advised that ". . . susceptible persons working outside in strong sunlight should be protected."3 But there are currently no State or Federal requirements providing outdoor workers with shelter, protective clothing/hats, sunscreens, or sunglasses. Studies have shown an association between excessive sun exposure and both premature skin aging and skin cancer.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Cancer Cancer-rates Personal-protection Protective-clothing Protective-measures Skin-cancer Skin-exposure Skin-lesions
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033647
• Citation:
  NIOSH 2001 Jul; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• 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-512:134c8ab74015818ee2fdc64629d8e41f31319ea5c3f3b9ece300fac023758c7922851f9ddae10a715fd7fc5b99ddcad7328c21c19c1fb33626c92dce48a75cbf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181485/cdc_181485_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.11 MB ]