Beryllium disease among construction trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites [2013]

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• Personal Author:
  Bingham E ; Dement, John M. ; Fisher M ; Quinn P ; Ringen K ; Shorter J ; Welch L
• Description:
  Much is already known about the risks of acute exposure to beryllium dust; researchers have extensively documented the skin and lung disorders exhibited by workers who mine, smelt or otherwise encounter high exposures to the metal. However, many construction workers at nuclear weapons facilities operated by the Department of Energy (DOE) have been exposed to relatively low levels of beryllium for many years. Researchers used data from a medical surveillance program for these workers to establish disease rates for these workers. Blood tests of nearly 14,000 of these workers revealed beryllium sensitivity in 189, or 1.4%. Of these workers, at least 28 had exhibited sufficient evidence of Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD), a chronic lung disease, to qualify for compensation from the federal government under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Beryllium Blood Construction Industry Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Hematologic Tests Lung Diseases Nuclear Power Plants Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Beryllium-compounds Beryllium-disease Blood-stream Blood-tests Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Data-processing Information-retrieval-systems Lung-disease Medical-monitoring Nuclear-energy Nuclear-hazards Nuclear-power-plants Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Sensitivity-testing Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046752
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2013 Nov; :1
• Email:
  lwelch@cpwr.com
• CAS Registry Number:
  Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Beryllium disease among construction trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5bf0e2f3bcc34cae2bd8b414e723cd17fc19da583bf3e584b5aa7b6f96d1fee12a687addffce5004a3a02c6f5d4039d1f6cd045f71decca45e04c7313b75161d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202084/cdc_202084_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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