Recent risk rates of occupational fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in U.S. industries and their use in planning environmental controls

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• Personal Author:
  Saltzman BE
• Description:
  Cost/benefit justifications are now required for new environmental regulations. The benefit is related to the difference between the currently existing health risk rate and the rate corresponding to the proposed permissible exposure limit. The adoption of many permissible exposure limits has been delayed by the lack of supporting human data and the use of animal data instead. This has resulted in difficulties and controversies not likely to be resolved soon. Meanwhile, a review of currently existing occupational risk rates can provide a perspective for best use of available funds. Tables and text are presented summarizing published occupational risk data for 1996.Transportation incidents cause 42 percent of occupational fatalities. Proper selection and training of workers and proper work rules should be cost effective, also especially in other listed dangerous industries. Annual risk rates per hundred workers for occupational nonfatal injuries and illness were surprisingly high: for manufacturing 10.6, and for the entire private sector, 7.4. Seven worst industries ranged from 25.8 to 30.3. The benefit from controlling such high rates is almost the same whether the final rate is 10(-3) or 10(-6).Thus, specifying a good low-cost procedure that reduces most of the initial risk can provide the lowest cost/benefit ratio, eligible for priority use of available funds. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environment Epidemiology Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Risk Rates Control Methods Control Technology Dangerous Occupations Dose Response Employee Exposure Environmental Control Environmental Factors Exposure Assessment Industrial Exposures Mathematical Models Mortality Data Mortality Rates Occupational Fatalities Occupational Injuries And Illnesses Planning Environmental Controls Risk Analysis Statistical Analysis

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• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040170
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2001 Jul; 16(7):742-744
• Contact Point Address:
  Bernard E. Saltzman, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19920701
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• End Date:
  20070630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193125/cdc_193125_DS1.pdf
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