Occupational Risk Assessment

Details

• Personal Author:
  Finkel AM ; Johns DO ; Whittaker C
• Description:
  A central irony in considering occupational risk assessment in the context of the broad field of risk assessment is that many environmental health standards were motivated by discoveries of human disease in the workplace and are based quantitatively on scientific studies of worker populations. In occupational risk assessment, dose-response analysis can be used with epidemiological data or animal bioassay data to predict health impacts on workers. While the primary role of the Environmental Protection Agency has focused on the protection of the health of individuals in the community setting, the agency has also been involved periodically with occupational health protection from chemical exposures. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's 1997 regulation imposing various restrictions on the industrial use of methylene chloride provides an unusually wide-ranging look at the scientific and science-policy issues that can arise in writing and implementing a risk-based regulation. Engineering controls invoke the application of mechanical solutions in an effort to reduce exposure to hazards. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Chemicals Diseases Dose Response Engineering Controls Environmental Health Hazards Risk Assessment Workers Workplace Studies
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780367261511
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division ; DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  225-265
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066655
• Citation:
  Risk assessment for environmental health, second edition. Robson MG, Toscano WA, Meng Q, Kaden DA eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2022 Dec; :225-265
• Editor(s):
  Robson MG; Toscano WA; Meng Q; Kaden DA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Risk assessment for environmental health, second edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c70b98b3401cfdb718cdf5245c632f82c7b7a7b0160ff75b2802b5cbce0f9e818ec000fc38b2c16e668555b96964e57cc05bc64e7ed5f8c34348f561b30964dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215589/cdc_215589_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.18 MB ]