Interstitial Lung Disease in a Nylon Flocking Plant: An Exposure Assessment

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• Personal Author:
  Durand K
• Description:
  The purpose of this study was to complete an exposure assessment for flock workers lung using data available from a flock manufacturing facility in an effort to explore associations between different exposure metrics and disease. Two different populations of workers from the facility were studied. The first population (study population A) included all workers for whom a detailed work history and symptom data were available (n = 152). The second population (study population B) included all workers in study population A who were evaluated at the MHRI and who have had a HRCT scan (n = 45). The case definition for the study population A, based on the responses to the NIOSH questionnaire or on medical evaluation was: any worker reporting cough and shortness of breath beginning after starting work at this facility and lasting for a period of two months or longer. The case definition for the study population B described above will be any worker with a finding of either diffuse ground glass opacity, micronodularity, or honeycombing on HRCT scan. Six exposure metrics were used in the epidemiologic analysis.- duration of employment in production area, ever/never worked in each job category, ever/never having worked in a job category with peak exposures, duration in job categories with peak exposures, cumulative total dust, and cumulative respirable dust. This study showed that development of chronic respiratory symptoms among workers in a flock manufacturing plant and subsequent development of objectively diagnosed illness were not associated with duration of employment, work in particular job categories, or with a history of the potential for peak exposures. Symptoms of cough and shortness of breath were, however, shown to be associated with work in the production area of the plant and with cumulative respirable dust exposures while controlling for gender. Abnormal CT scans in symptomatic individuals were also associated with cumulative respirable dust exposures while controlling for gender. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Dust-particles Dusts Lung-disease Lung-disorders Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Plants Pulmonary-system-disorders Questionnaires Respirable-dust Respiratory-system-disorders Workers Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-30
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023736
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R03-OH-003678, 2001 Dec; :1-30
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990501
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20000630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4244388b6ba3551471e61883f9dee538f76277e79c09303734346908d444c959f250f62a1ba4a6b69443ae2c110da9541535ff4ffb3c4383cfd1c2a540094528
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218096/cdc_218096_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.58 MB ]