Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites

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• Personal Author:
  Bingham E ; Dement, John M. ; Quinn P ; Ringen K ; Welch L
• Description:
  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) established medical screening programs at the four DOE-operated nuclear sites (Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Oak Ridge Reservation, the Savannah River site, and the Amchitka site) starting in 1996. Using data from the medical screening program for the cohort of 8,976 construction workers and from the National Death Index researchers found significant excess deaths from cancer, especially asbestos-related cancers, as well as from asbestosis. DOE construction workers in the cohort suffered 28% more cancer deaths than other Americans of a similar age. DOE construction workers in the cohort suffered 54% more lung cancer deaths than other Americans of a similar age. DOE construction workers were almost 6 times more likely to die of mesothelioma than other Americans. DOE construction workers were more than 30 times more likely to die of asbestosis than other Americans. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Construction Industry Inorganic Chemicals Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Nuclear Power Plants Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Asbestos-products Asbestosis Cancer Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Lung-cancer Lung-fibrosis Medical-screening Nuclear-power-plants
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046802
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2015 May; :1
• Email:
  john.dement@duke.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cd16fb4b361a5747f3219f991df54ddd7f6815668c77cfc2326e4348b0da8f4e01098bf1c66e52cc63c1eb12eb175f67973e953a4fb455bb744f59d4ce98ddf3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202111/cdc_202111_DS1.pdf
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