Protecting Workers with Developmental Disabilities

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• Personal Author:
  Lenhart, Steven W.
• Description:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) researchers finished a health hazard evaluation at a sheltered workshop in 1999. (1) A sheltered workshop is a nonprofit business employing predominantly people with developmental disabilities and other chronic mental and physical impairments. The study's findings suggested that sheltered workshop employees would benefit from increased management awareness and a more proactive approach to worker health and safety. A search for occupational health and safety information focusing on workers with developmental disabilities produced few results. Therefore, NIOSH researchers visited 10 additional sheltered workshops to learn more from workshop managers, staff members, and workers. From these visits, issues affecting the health and safety of workers with developmental disabilities were determined. Ten of the issues are discussed in this report. Recommendations for protecting workers with developmental disabilities and issues needing research are also given. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Disorders Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Disabled Workers Employee Health Employees Mental Disorders Mental Health Mental Illness Occupational Health Safety Measures Safety Monitoring Safety Research Worker Health Workers Work Practices

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• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  171-181
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020729
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 2000 Feb; 15(2):171-181
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198402/cdc_198402_DS1.pdf
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