Pesticide Illness and Injury Surveillance in Michigan 2008

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• Personal Author:
  Rosenman, Kenneth D. ; Schwartz A ; Stanbury, Martha
• Description:
  The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has been conducting surveillance for acute work-related pesticide illnesses and injuries since 2001, and began collecting data on non-occupational cases in 2006. The Public Health Code grants Michigan the authority to do public health surveillance for work-related conditions (PA 368 of 1978, Part 56, as amended), for chemical poisoning (R325.71-R325.75), and for laboratory cholinesterase test results (R325.61 and R325.68). This is the sixth annual report on work-related pesticide illnesses and injuries in Michigan. It includes data on laboratory reporting of cholinesterase blood results and non-occupational surveillance. From 2001 through 2008, 862 reports of occupational exposures and pesticide illness or injury were received and 615 (71.3%) were confirmed as cases according to the surveillance case definition. In 2008, there were 165 reported occupational cases; 125 (75.8%) were confirmed. Michigan's Poison Control Centers (PCC) remain the main data source, reporting 114 (69.1%) occupationally exposed individuals. Antimicrobials continue to be a major type of exposure. In 2008, antimicrobials accounted for over two-thirds of the confirmed occupational cases. The most common contributing factors involved in confirmed occupational cases were spills or splashes of liquid or dust (29 or 25.0%) and mixing incompatible products (27 or 23.3%). Fourteen (16.1%) of the confirmed cases in 2008, where occupation was known, involved cleaners or housekeepers. Ten (11.5%) were in sales. Eight each (9.2%) were farm workers or inspectors, food service workers, and applicators or landscapers. Where activity of the exposed person was known, 31 (28.4%) were exposed to pesticides inadvertently while doing their regular work that did not involve applying pesticides. Three cases in 2008 were referred to the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) for investigation of possible pesticide use violations. Five events met the criteria for priority reporting to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Two events were referred for inclusion in the MDCH Hazardous Substance Emergency Event Surveillance (HSEES) program. These events are described on pages 22 and 23. Three hundred seventy-six non-occupationally exposed pesticide cases were reported, of which 131 (34.8%) met the definition of a confirmed case. The most common contributing factors for confirmed non-occupational cases were excessive applications and other non-specified label violations (18 or 16.5% each), followed by mixing incompatible products (11 or 10.1%). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disinfectants Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Chemical Hazards Cleaning Compounds Occupational Health Programs Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Michigan Department of Community Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-56
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054325
• Citation:
  Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Community Health, 2009 Dec; :1-56
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Pesticide illness and injury surveillance in Michigan 2008
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216914/cdc_216914_DS1.pdf
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