Carpenters Employed in US Construction or Wood Products Industries Proportionate Mortality 1987–1990

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• Personal Author:
  Palu S ; Robinson CF
• Description:
  The study was conducted to evaluate the mortality of 27,362 members who died 1987-1990 of the U.S. Carpenters' Union for preventable causes associated with occupational exposures in the construction or wood products industries. Age- adjusted proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) and proportionate cancer mortality ratios (PCMRs) were computed using the U.S. age, gender and race specific death rates for comparison. For carpenters who were last employed while in construction industry locals, raised mortality was restricted to lung cancer (PCMR=1O7, N=2327, CI=1O3,1l1), bone cancer (PCMR=181, N=18, CI=1O7,286), lymphatic cancer (PCMR=1l2, N=326, CI=101,125), emphysema (PMR=ll5, N=274, CI=1O2,130), transportation injuries (PMR=121, N=330, CI=1O9,135), and falls (PMR=122, N=158, CI= I 04, 142). For carpenters who were last employed while in industrial wood products locals, significantly raised mortality was confined to stomach cancer (PCMR=187, N=44, CI=136,250), male breast cancer (PCMR=469, N=4, CI=128,nO), and transportation injuries (PMR=136, N=65, CI=1l0,173). Excess breast cancer was associated with last employment in wood machining trades. Nasal cancer mortality was not elevated, due to its high survival rate. 24 pleural mesotheliomas were observed among carpenters last employed in construction locals. Multiple cause of death analyses revealed raised mortality for these and additional causes. 4594 of 27,362 (18%) death certificates mentioned pneumoconioses as a contributing factor. Limitations prevent drawing firm conclusions, but raised mortality from lung and lymphatic cancer, mesothelioma, and injuries among U.S. construction carpenters confirm known hazards of construction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Construction Industry Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Lung Diseases Lymphatic System Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Wood Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Biological-effects Biological-monitoring Cancer-rates Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Exposure-assessment Lung-disease Lymphatic-system-disorders Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Racial-factors Risk-factors Sex-factors Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries Wood-products Woodworkers Woodworking-industry Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0002-9262
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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
• Volume:
  141
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035615
• Citation:
  Am J Epidemiol 1995 Jun; 141(11)(Suppl):S30
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DSHEFS, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Epidemiology. Abstracts of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Snowbird, Utah, June 21-24, 1995
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e11eee2637188937c7f444bb6d9a6bcaeef4194f610c5da8792fd3afd075b60184021a8bab9407e1d380ce52e9a52bd79e5ec15ae0f8137f321e04fa6357820c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187414/cdc_187414_DS1.pdf
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