Outcomes for a Heat Illness Prevention Program in Outdoor Workers: A 9-Year Overview

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• Personal Author:
  Green-McKenzie J ; McCarthy RB ; Perkison WB ; Roy RW ; Schaefer CM ; Shofer FS
• Description:
  Objective: To describe the outcomes effect of removing the medical surveillance component from a heat illness prevention program (HIPP) for outdoor workers from a Central Texas municipality. Methods: Heat-related illness (HRI) frequency and workers' compensation (WC) cost were assessed retrospectively in a cohort of 329 workers from 2011-2019. During 2011-2017, the HIPP included training, acclimatization, and medical surveillance. In 2018-2019, a modified (mHIPP) was implemented that included training and acclimatization, but without medical surveillance. Results: The HRI rate during HIPP averaged 19.5 per 1000 workers during the first 4 years, dropped to 1.01 per 1,000 workers over the next 3 years, (2015-2017), and increased during mHIPP, to 7.6 per 1,000 workers. Discussion: Although the case increase during the mHIPP was small, medical surveillance may be an important component in lowering workforce HRI. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Acclimatization Author Keywords: Heat-related Illness Cohort Studies Heat Acclimatization Heat Illness Prevention Programs Heat Stress Intervention Effectiveness Medical Surveillance OSHA Outdoor Workers Surveillance Workers' Compensation Workers Compensation Worker Training

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  293-297
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069139
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2024 Apr; 66(4):293-297
• Contact Point Address:
  William B. Perkison, MD, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, 1200 Herman Pressler St, Ste W-1040, Houston, TX 77030
• Email:
  William.B.Perkison@uth.tmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:58676bf973404bfc446294b6051ec878db7f4fe870443b423f9b4ad433eb3deb304f2e3a5e118aed62ceb7d918f9f940c4dd6051d8c6592938f5a9ef6435c86c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207674/cdc_207674_DS1.pdf
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