Occupational Pesticide Illness and Injury Surveillance in Michigan 2005

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• Personal Author:
  Rosenman, Kenneth D. ; Schwartz A ; Stanbury, Martha
• Description:
  This is the third annual report on surveillance of acute, work-related pesticide illnesses and injuries in Michigan. The first report covered data from 2001 - 2003 (MDCH 2005), the second covered 2001 - 2004, and this report summarizes data collected from 2001 - 2005 and presents detailed data on 2005 case reports. From 2001 through 2005, 415 reports were received and 284 (68.4%) were confirmed as cases according to the surveillance case definition. In 2005 there were 103 reported cases; 68 (66.0%) were confirmed. Eighty-nine (86.4%) of the 2005 cases were reported through Michigan's Poison Control Centers (PCC). In 2005, more than half of all confirmed cases were from exposure to antimicrobial pesticides in contrast to 2004 where a third of the confirmed cases were from exposure to antimicrobials. Antimicrobial cases differed from other pesticide cases in several ways. The workers were more likely to be female, to work in service occupations, and to have an ocular exposure. Two of the three high severity cases in 2005 were due to antimicrobial exposure. The use of splash goggles while using antimicrobials would have prevented the majority of the confirmed cases from antimicrobials. Ten (15.6%) of the exposed workers in 2005 were employed in hospitals, eight (12.5%) were employed in providing services to dwellings and other buildings, which includes structural pesticide applicators, and six (9.4%) were landscapers. Where activity of the exposed person was known, 27.1% were exposed inadvertently while doing their regular work that did not involve pesticide application. Four events in 2005 were referred to the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) for investigation of possible pesticide use violations. Two of these events met the criteria for priority reporting to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The four events are described on pages 15 and 16. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  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:
  1-29
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054329
• Citation:
  Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Community Health, 2006 Sep; :1-29
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational pesticide illness and injury surveillance in Michigan 2005
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62b9a4f772bd8d4eae64a82402505b1b822e45ba68a59c7e26eba3efa125645b38de8ae23022faf75754b55a2bdc53eb32da7c2b4eab0caf7364b781ebcc2d2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216917/cdc_216917_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 173.64 KB ]