Occupational Poisonings: Lessons Learned from Poison Center Narratives

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• Personal Author:
  Armenti KR ; Heinen M ; Quinn M ; Simone K ; Skinner D
• Description:
  Poison center data offer a valuable source of information that can help us better understand the magnitude and characteristics of work-related poisonings. Harmful chemical substances are common in manufacturing, construction, and service-sector workplaces. Often workers perform activities involving these substances, resulting in inhalation, ingestion, and dermal and ocular exposures. Workers concerned about exposures to hazardous substances often call their local poison center to seek advice about any harm they may experience as a result of their exposure. Most occupation-related calls to poison centers are the result of exposures to known workplace chemical hazards where concern of adverse health effects prompts a call. Information on occupational poisonings in other data sets, such as hospital discharges, is limited in that the capture of work-related events is based on the workers' compensation as payer field and on an accompanying external cause code for poisoning. These often lack any descriptive data of the event (aside from information in the medical record itself). To address the need for more descriptive information about work-related poisonings, we developed and piloted a methodology to qualitatively analyze the circumstance-related narrative text provided in the Northern New England Poison Center's (NNEPC) unintentional occupational poisoning cases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Body Weight Chemistry Demography Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Poisoning Race Factors Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age Groups Body Weight Chemical Composition Chemical Hazards Demographic Characteristics Exposure Levels Gender Factors Health Care Health Effects Monitoring Systems Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Poisons Racial Factors Risk Factors Sociological Factors Surveillance Surveillance Programs Toxic Effects Toxins Work Environment Workers

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• Publisher:
  New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049758
• Citation:
  Concord, NH: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 2015 Feb; :1-8
• Contact Point Address:
  Karla R. Armenti, ScD, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Bureau of Public Health Statistics & Informatics, Division of Public Health Services, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301
• Email:
  karmenti@dhhs.state.nh.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  New Hampshire State Department of Health Statistics and Data Management
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational poisonings: lessons learned from poison center narratives
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210396/cdc_210396_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 234.96 KB ]