What’s Killing Carpenters? Injury and Illness Prevention for the Future

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• Personal Author:
  Alterman, Toni ; Durst J ; Robinson CF ; Sieber, W. Karl
• Description:
  A pilot intervention was conducted with 79 attendees at a national conference held by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA) in 1997. NIOSH education documents and mortality study results were provided, as well as an opportunity for participants to share their experiences. Participants were carpenters, business agents, health and safety personnel, trainers, and apprenticeship coordinators. NIOSH investigators, along with a UBCJA member led two workshops. Focus groups were used to discuss injuries, illnesses, and "stresses that carpenters experience." Training needs were also discussed and results from a recently completed NIOSH mortality study of 27,362 UBCJA members was presented. Although mortality studies have been instrumental in identifying are for further research and examination of risks, results have typically not been disseminated to workers. Suggestions for improved injury and illness prevention were made, and demonstrated the need to take into account social, economic, situational, behavioral, and environmental factors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Burns Construction Industry Digestive System Digestive System Diseases Electric Injuries Epidemiology Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Liver Lung Diseases Morbidity Mortality Musculoskeletal Diseases Nervous System Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Safety Skin Skin Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Chemical-burns Construction-industry Construction-workers Electrocutions Head-injuries Hearing-disorders Hearing-impairment Hearing-loss Injuries Injury-prevention Liver-damage Liver-disorders Lost-work-days Lung-disease Lung-disorders Morbidity-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Risk-analysis Skin-diseases Skin-disorders Statistical-analysis Stress Traumatic-injuries

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• ISBN:
  9058090361
• Publisher:
  AA Balkema Publishers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Hawaii ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028082
• Citation:
  Implemetation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites - Proceedings of the Second International Conference of CIB, March 24-27, 1999, Honolulu, Hawaii. Brookfield, VT: AA Balkema Publishers, 1999 Mar; :1-7
• Editor(s):
  Singh A; Hinze J; Coble RJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Implemetation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites - Proceedings of the Second International Conference of CIB, March 24-27, 1999, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:07d46cd92ccd2136b235adafcebb710ef4b7d7204dc486718b26352c432c72ebaf89dc39d8e02a44cd84b4a6f4a586bff1d58b2428fdae7400ebd9a108af4861
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189764/cdc_189764_DS1.pdf
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