Use of Respiratory Protection Among Responders at the World Trade Center Site – New York City, September 2001

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Baron, Sherry L. ; Bernard, Bruce P. ; BerryAnn, R. ; Feldman, Debra M. ; Hoffman, B. ; Jackson, Brendan R. ; Kelly, Kevin M. ; Lushniak, Boris D. ; Mueller, Charles A. ; Peterson, D. ; Prezant, David J. ; Smith, L.
• Description:
  The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001, created an occupational health and safety challenge for New York City (NYC) firefighters and rescue workers responding to the disaster. Immediate respiratory hazards included explosions, fire, falling debris, and dust clouds containing particulate matter comprised of pulverized building materials. Ongoing risks included lingering particulate matter in the air and intermittent combustion products from initial and persistent fires beneath the rubble pile. Because the nature and extent of exposures in disaster situations are complex and difficult to characterize, the use of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), including respiratory protection, is essential in protecting the health of firefighters and other rescue workers. During the weeks after September 11, the NYC Fire Department's Bureau of Health Services (FDNY-BHS) and CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) organized a collaborative study to evaluate occupational hazards and exposures for these workers, including their use of respiratory protection. This report summarizes the results of that study, which indicate that the majority of firefighters did not use adequate respiratory protection during the first week of the rescue/recovery operation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Respiratory System Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks

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• Keywords:
  Emergency-responders Fire-fighters Fire-fighting-equipment Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Personal-protective-equipment Region-2 Respirable-dust Respirators Respiratory-equipment Respiratory-protection

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Lenhart, Steven W.
• Volume:
  51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022609
• Citation:
  MMWR 2002 Sep; 51(Special Issue):6-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  New York City Fire Department
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040701
• End Date:
  20110630
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf438db0ce65867e3bde2f5b40a163354d2ad6cddf5fbdadcf3d61c6f28f8f5497fffc7c1ca7d2d6070c43641979f225e65a5e054a059fb35c3a18dadb009f1e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183325/cdc_183325_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB ]