Work-Related Exposures to Pesticides in Iowa, 2008–2012

Details

• Personal Author:
  Walker R
• Description:
  The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) receives an average of 3800 reports annually from the Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center (ISPCC). Of these reports around 500 are occupational in nature. Over the past 5 years, Iowa had 331 reports that met the Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risk (SENSOR) case definition for pesticide poisoning that must be reported to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This averages to approximately 66 cases per year. Over half of all pesticide exposures reported to IDPH happened in the months of May through August. Male was the most common gender reported (63%) and age groups of 20-29 and 30-39 made up around half of the exposures. Of all exposures, 65% were "targeted" which is the exposure to a pesticide that was released at the target site and not carried away by air. Applying, mixing, transporting and disposing of pesticides were the most common activity during the exposure. 60% of exposures had a contributing factor of not wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment. Almost half (47%) of the cases went to the emergency room for evaluation and another 39% only used poison control advice as medical treatment. Disinfectants made up over 60% of the cases of pesticide exposure reported to IDPH. An exposure that caused some type of health reaction to the skin, eye or respiratory track but resolved without medical treatment made up 82% of the cases. 26% of reports had signs or symptoms of the eyes, followed by 22% for the skin and 23% for the respiratory system. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disinfectants Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Poisoning Safety
• Keywords:
  Occupational Exposure Pesticides And Agricultural Chemicals Poison Control Poisons Surveillance
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Iowa Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059048
• Citation:
  Des Moines, IA: Iowa Department of Public Health, 2013 Oct; :1-16
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Iowa State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Work-related exposures to pesticides in Iowa, 2008-2012
• End Date:
  20210630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228940/cdc_228940_DS1.pdf
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