Prevention of Lead Poisoning in Construction Workers: A New Public Health Approach

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• Personal Author:
  Cullen MR ; Hammond SK ; Sparer, Judith ; Vork KL
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: In 1990, Yale University, the Connecticut Departments of Health Services and of Transportation, the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, and the state's construction trade unions created the Connecticut Road Industry Surveillance Project (CRISP). METHODS: Data from 90 bridge projects from 1991 to 1995 and approximately 2,000 workers were evaluated. The distribution of peak lead concentrations in the blood for CRISP workers classified into five groups were compared to that from workers outside of Connecticut. RESULTS: This demonstration project was instrumental in lowering bridge worker blood lead levels. After 1992, only the painting contract employees experienced peak blood lead levels with < or = 2% exceeding 50 microg/dl. Compared to similar workers in other states, Connecticut workers had significantly lower peak blood lead levels. CONCLUSIONS: Two thousand workers and over 120 contractors benefited directly from CRISP. Two key features of the CRISP model differed from the 1993 OSHA standard: a contract-specified lead health protection program and a centralized system of medical monitoring. These differences may account for the improved protection observed between the CRISP and non-Connecticut cohorts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Dust Lead Lead Poisoning Occupational Health Paint Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Abrasive-blasting Abrasive-grinding Author Keywords: Prevention Programs Construction-industry Construction-materials Construction-workers Construction Industry Lead-compounds Lead-dust Lead-fumes Lead-poisoning Lead Exposure Occupational-health-programs OSHA Lead Standard Paint-spraying Painters Painting

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  243-253
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025437
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2001 Mar; 39(3):243-253
• Contact Point Address:
  Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, 140 Warren Hall, MC 7360, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
• Email:
  hammondk@uclink4.berkeley.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8faa5ccd1049bd7e8afa36e23030c8c2df352067a21811f8cc0f3b52f8581ebae22112d193b7e14de2b044ba63482df3d6c9febc0140642e4ee377958d7d26e1
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196803/cdc_196803_DS1.pdf
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