Silicosis and highway construction workers

Details

• Personal Author:
  Valiante D
• Description:
  Surveillance of silicosis in New Jersey has identified an emerging public health concern linking silicosis and the fast-growing highway repair industry. Highway construction trends, silicosis surveillance case data, and environmental exposure data identify a risk of silicosis in highway repair operations. Silicosis case data pertaining to the construction industry from three states with silicosis registries were reviewed and highway repair worksite environmental monitoring for silica was conducted. The findings indicate that highway construction workers are at risk of developing silicosis from exposure to crystalline silica in this industry. Prevention activity in areas such as exposure control methods, medical screening, protective health standards, and safety-related contract language is necessary in preventing future occupational disease problems in this industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Environmental-exposure Environmental-hazards Exposure-levels Public-health Risk-factors Road-construction Silicosis Surveillance-programs Work-environment Workers

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• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043695
• Citation:
  APHA 133rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 10-14, 2005. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2005 Dec; :109789
• Contact Point Address:
  David Valiante, MS, CIH, Occupational Health Services, NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, P.O. Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625
• Email:
  david.valiante@doh.state.nj.us
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040930
• Source Full Name:
  APHA 133rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 10-14, 2005
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9940709796414c934617bdd236d1330bb8611e3e97e4ef2b82f74889ddd0fa37a51f0252a6c45826356ae3cfa757ea7676b1917c281754e842d9a9286bfe9cf5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195529/cdc_195529_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 164.50 KB ]