Pesticide Illness and Injury Surveillance in Michigan 2007

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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 fourth annual report on work-related pesticide illnesses and injuries in Michigan. It also includes data on cholinesterase and non-occupational surveillance. From 2001 through 2007, 696 reports of occupational exposures and pesticide illness or injury were received and 488 (70.1%) were confirmed as cases according to the surveillance case definition. In 2007, there were 132 reported occupational cases; 87 (65.9%) were confirmed. Michigan's Poison Control Centers (PCC) remain the main data source, reporting 108 (81.8%) occupationally exposed individuals. Antimicrobials continue to be a major exposure source. In 2007, antimicrobials accounted for over 40% of the confirmed occupational cases, including the only death. Seven (9.1%) of the confirmed cases in 2007 involved agricultural workers. Twelve (15.6%) worked in food service and another 12 in Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services, which includes applicators and landscapers. Eleven (14.3%) worked in retail and nine (11.7%) in health care. Where activity of the exposed person was known, 31 (37.8%) were exposed to pesticides inadvertently while doing their regular work that did not involve applying pesticides. Five cases in 2007 were referred to the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) for investigation of possible pesticide use violations. One event met the criteria for priority reporting to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Four events were referred for inclusion by Michigan's work-related asthma surveillance program and one to the MDCH Hazardous Substance Emergency Event Surveillance (HSEES) program. These events are described on pages 17 and 18. Two hundred sixty non-occupationally exposed pesticide cases were identified, of which 144 (55.4%) met the definition of a confirmed case. One hundred fifty-eight reports (60.8%) were identified from poison control data. There was insufficient data to confirm many of these cases because MDCH did not have the resources to follow-up with reported individuals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Antimicrobials Chemical Hazards Cleaning Compounds Monitoring Systems Occupational Health Programs Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Surveillance Programs
• 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:
  1-43
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054326
• Citation:
  Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Community Health, 2009 Feb; :1-43
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Pesticide illness and injury surveillance in Michigan 2007
• 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/216915/cdc_216915_DS1.pdf
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