Working with Video Display Terminals: A Preliminary Health-Risk Evaluation

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In January 1980, at the request of the Communication Workers of America, the Newspaper Guild, the Office and Professional Employees International Union, and the Typographical Workers Union, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted an evaluation of health risks due to working with video display terminals (VDTs) at 2 newspapers and 1 insurance company in the San Francisco Bay area. There are 5-10 million VDTs and more than 7 million operators of these devices in the United States. NIOSH has been involved in evaluating these devices, primarily for radiation hazards, since 1975. Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation measurements have been conducted at 6 work sites, and to date, no radiation hazards have been found. More recently, ergonomic factors - how the workplace and job and machine design affect workers - have been examined to determine the relationship between these devices and widespread operator complaints of visual and musculoskeletal problems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computers Electrical Equipment And Supplies Ergonomics Eye Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Radiation Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sense Organs Sense Organs / Injuries Surveys And Questionnaires Vision Disorders

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• Keywords:
  Communication Workers Computer Equipment Electronic Components Electronic Devices Equipment Design Eye Strain Health Effects Health Surveys Ionizing Radiation Labor Unions MSD Musculoskeletal System Musculoskeletal System Disorders Nonionizing Radiation Printing Presses Questionnaires Radiation Hazards Risk Assessment Risk Factors Video Display Terminals Vision Disorders

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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
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054691
• Citation:
  MMWR 1980 Jun; 29(25):307-308
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183347/cdc_183347_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 335.26 KB ]