Hazardous Materials Events: An Industrial Comparison

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• Personal Author:
  Burgess JL ; Harter L ; Kovalchick D ; Kyes K ; Thompson J
• Description:
  Identifying industries at high risk for hazardous materials releases can facilitate prevention and preparation for such events. A retrospective review by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes was conducted on non-petroleum hazardous materials emergency events from 1993 to 1995 and collected by the Washington State Department of Health in a program supported by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Annual US Census data were used to determine the number of facilities and employees by SIC code in the state of Washington. SIC codes with the most total events and events per 10,000 employees were ranked and characterized by type of releases. In 3 years, 1269 events were recorded, with 294 involving human victims. Industries with the highest average annual number of events per 10,000 employees were agricultural chemical manufacturing (142); petroleum refining (122); industrial and miscellaneous chemical manufacturing (56); electric light and power (54); and pulp, paper, and paperboard mills (39). Industries with high rates of hazardous materials emergency events should continue to develop methods of preventing these releases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Employee-health Employees Environmental-pollution Hazardous-materials Hazards Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031175
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2000 May; 42(5):546-553
• Email:
  jburgess@u.arizona.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19950701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20060630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:60cec8467f38e53115099fe5052b15d4f77686630efcbc15ce5f6f46902073e594713803d26ac991cc4215ace67cb72b056333ffe63f632cfa60662b83d3efa1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191503/cdc_191503_DS1.pdf
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