Pesticide Illness and Injury Surveillance in Michigan 2006

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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). This is the fourth annual report on work-related pesticide illnesses and injuries in Michigan. It also includes data on the first year of non-occupational surveillance in Appendix 1. From 2001 through 2006, 567 reports of occupational exposures and pesticide illness or injury were received and 396 (69.8%) were confirmed as cases according to the surveillance case definition. In 2006, there were 152 reported occupational cases; 113 (74.3%) were confirmed. Michigan's Poison Control Centers (PCC) remain the main data source, reporting 121 (84.6%) occupationally exposed individuals. Antimicrobials continue to be a major exposure source. In 2006, antimicrobials accounted for almost 40% of the confirmed occupational cases, including the one death and one of the two high-severity cases. Nineteen (17.9%) of the exposed workers in 2006 were involved in crop production. Eleven (10.4%) worked in hospitals and ten (9.4%) were landscapers. Where activity of the exposed person was known, 48 (46.2%) were exposed to pesticides inadvertently while doing their regular work that did not involve applying pesticides. Three events in 2006 were referred to the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) for investigation of possible pesticide use violations. Nine events met the criteria for priority reporting to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Three events were referred for inclusion by Michigan's other occupational health surveillance programs. These events are described on pages 18 and 19. Two hundred twenty-one non-occupationally exposed pesticide cases were identified, of which 101 (45.7%) met the definition of a confirmed case. One hundred thirty-seven reports (62.0%) were identified from poison control data. There was insufficient data to confirm many of these cases because MDCH did not have the legal authority or resources to follow-up with reported individuals. Rules giving MDCH that authority went into effect September 18, 2007. [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:
  1-42
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054328
• Citation:
  Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Community Health, 2007 Oct; :1-42
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Pesticide illness and injury surveillance in Michigan 2006
• 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/216916/cdc_216916_DS1.pdf
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