Occupational Disease… the Silent Enemy

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The health of workers affects everyone in a nation of workers. Even so, many workers are suffering from illnesses directly related to their jobs. In 1970 alone a total of 33,085 cases of occupational diseases were reported in California. Occupational accidents and illnesses may result from a sudden and unexpected occurrence or they may result from slow and subtle exposures over periods of years resulting in shortened live spans or reduced quality of life for the workers involved. Current efforts being taken to safeguard the health of workers include studies designed to understand the effects of dusts, chemicals and other environmental hazards on the body and develop preventive and control measures which can be effectively applied in industry. Occupational health units have been developed in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico as well as in 37 local jurisdictions. Estimates indicate that industry spends over 320 million dollars annually for health services and professional surveillance of facilities to ensure a safe work environment for employees. Even so, no more than 20 percent of the national work force is employed in companies where such health services exist. In order to protect yourself and your workers on the job it is necessary that you understand what you are working with, what precautions are required, how to maintain a healthy workplace, watch for unexpected hazards, and understand what health services are available to meet you needs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Cancer-rates Dust-inhalation Industrial-health-programs Lung-disorders Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Pulmonary-system-disorders Skin-exposure
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  California ; District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Puerto Rico
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00184098
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-179812
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-110, 1974 Jan; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1974
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209541/cdc_209541_DS1.pdf
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