Mortality Patterns Among Construction Site Electrical Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Palu S ; Petersen, Martin R. ; Robinson CF
• Description:
  This study evaluated the mortality of 31,068 U.S. members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers who primarily worked in the construction industry and died 1982-} 987. Comparison to the U.S. population showed significantly elevated proportionate mortality for the diseases caused by asbestos: lung cancer (PMR=117), asbestosis (PMR=247), and malignant mesothelioma (PMR=356) and from fatal injuries, particularly electrocutions (PMR=1180). The findings of excess deaths for prostate cancer (PMR=107), musculoskeletal disease (PMR=130), suicide (PMR=113), and disorders of the blood-forming organs (PMR=141) were unexpected. Elevated mortality for leukemia (PMR=1 15) and brain tumors (PMR=136) is not inconsistent with previous reports of electricians with occupational exposure to electric and magnetic fields. Excess deaths due to melanoma skin cancer (PMR=123) are consistent with other findings of PCB-exposed workers. Results suggest that more detailed investigations of occupational risk factors are needed to prevent excess mortality for this occupation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Asbestos Construction Industry Dust Electric Injuries Electricity Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Magnetic Fields Morbidity Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Skin Skin Diseases Urogenital Diseases Urogenital System

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Asbestos-dust Asbestosis Cancer Cancer-rates Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Electrical-fields Electrical-hazards Electrical-industry Electrical-workers Exposure-assessment Injuries Lung-cancer Lung-disorders Lung-irritants Magnetic-fields Mesothelial-cells Morbidity-rates Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Prostate-cancer Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-analysis Risk-factors Skin-cancer Skin-disorders Skin-exposure Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries

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• ISBN:
  9789058090362
• Publisher:
  A. A. Balkema Publishers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Hawaii ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028178
• Citation:
  Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites - Proceedings of the Second International Conference of CIB Working Comission '99, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24-27, 1999. Rotterdam, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema Publishers, 1999 Feb; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Editor(s):
  Singh A; Hinze J; Coble RJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Implementation of Safety and Health on Construction Sites - Proceedings of the Second International Conference of CIB Working Comission '99, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 24-27, 1999
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee28a33c1122d53536e5f3a75d3e8ce6c995d6f07a8d326f8bff13e5ab7de64519b54baad3479401f710ad579edb70489207cc22243cba660d5431980a1692d6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189802/cdc_189802_DS1.pdf
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