Developing a national occupational health surveillance system in the United States.

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• Personal Author:
  Frazier, Todd M.
• Description:
  The NIOSH occupational health surveillance system is described. Methods for compiling and identifying occupational health hazards and effects nationwide are detailed. Using this system, the frequency and types of injuries in a study of the United States logging industry are reported. Mortality studies from Washington and California are included. The author concludes that upon completion of the logging study recommendations for improving safety monitoring and for further studies to improve health and accident prevention programs will be generated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Analytical-methods Author Keywords: Accidents Biostatistics Death Disability Disease Hazards Industrial-health-programs Information Systems Loggers Medical-monitoring NIOSH-Author Occupational-medicine Occupational Health Surveillance Tradename Products

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• ISSN:
  0355-3140
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  127-132
• Volume:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00122627
• Citation:
  Scand J Work Environ Health 1981 Dec; 7(Suppl 4):127-132
• Contact Point Address:
  Mr TM Frazier, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Robert A Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• Supplement:
  4
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1de844636663a518655ed09c2731cbf6a988dea91fe11224a45ccad264d66fff92615642086818c9ec400ea4df9ff0477be92ee306c8ae4b502d23ffe0daaeba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184542/cdc_184542_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.57 MB ]