Prevention of Leading Work-Related Diseases and Injuries [1987]

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This reprint includes MMWR articles published between January 21, 1983 and September 6, 1985 covering the first seven diseases and injuries. The prevention of the ten leading occupational diseases and injuries in the US was reviewed. In 1982, NIOSH developed a list of the ten leading work related diseases and injuries in the US, based on disease frequency, severity, and suitability for prevention. The list was intended to encourage professionals to discuss issues related to occupational health, to help establish national priorities for the prevention of occupational diseases and injuries, and to express the concerns and focus of NIOSH to the nation. The ten leading work related diseases and injuries were occupational lung diseases, musculoskeletal injuries, occupational cancers, severe occupational traumatic injuries, cardiovascular diseases, reproductive disorders, neurotoxic disorders, noise induced hearing loss, dermatological conditions, and psychological disorders. Important occupational lung diseases included asbestosis, byssinosis, silicosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, lung cancer, and occupational asthma. Although these diseases were preventable through effective control measures, long latency periods and the influence of cigarette smoking made research problematic. Occupational musculoskeletal injuries associated with manual materials handling, repetitive motion, and vibration were preventable through automation, improved equipment and task design, worker education, and modified work practices. Occupational cancers were associated, albeit controversially, with a variety of industries and agents. Many occupational cancers were preventable by reducing or eliminating worker exposure to the suspected carcinogens. Severe occupational traumatic injuries, including traumatic deaths, amputations, fractures, eye loss, and lacerations, were prevented through engineering controls, modified work practices, personal protective equipment usage, and workplace monitoring. Cardiovascular diseases were associated with exposures to metals, dusts, and trace elements, occupational inhalants and other chemicals, noise, and psychosocial stress. In order to prevent the reproductive disorders resulting from maternal and paternal exposures in the workplace, further research was needed to identify and control hazardous exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  In July 2025, Stacks staff located the best possible digital copy of this resource. [We acknowledge this scan is not best quality.] Stacks staff enhanced the document properties and metadata; added bookmarks; and, ran optical character recognition to improve accessibility. The publication date is an estimate, based on the GPO identifier on the last page.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Epidemiology Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Neoplasms Nervous System Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Publication; Humans; Occupational-exposure; Occupational-hazards; Epidemiology; Occupational-accidents; Occupational-diseases; Occupational-respiratory-disease; Injury-prevention; Disease-prevention; Accident-prevention; Musculoskeletal-system-disorders; Cardiovascular-system-disorders; Reproductive-hazards
• Source:
  MMWR 1986 Jan; Reprint:1-20
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• 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:
  38 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00241564
• Citation:
  MMWR 1987 Jan; Reprint
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b2d8305f1f45208ff5d9e9515ecbd3352e0b8cd5e4b7f4bb81393a372c2bebef74fcb5d1510cf92533effab26ccc3488cb8c0bb59277eae2cf7444173d3b4f5d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183357/cdc_183357_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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