2017 Annual Report: Tracking Silicosis & Other Work-Related Lung Diseases in Michigan

Details

• Personal Author:
  Reilly MJ ; Rosenman, Kenneth D.
• Description:
  This is the 26th annual report on silicosis in Michigan. This is the 7th year of the expansion of the annual report to include surveillance data on the magnitude and nature of all work-related lung diseases in Michigan. In 2011, we expanded surveillance of silicosis in Michigan to include other lung disease, including asbestosis, work-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis, hard metal lung disease, minor pneumoconiosis, and emerging work-related lung diseases. Work-related asthma has always been covered under a separate annual report. From 1985-2017, 1,197 silicosis cases have been identified through the Michigan tracking system. On average since 2000, 22 new cases of silicosis were reported to LARA each year. We estimate there were 67-139 adults in Michigan with silicosis who were not reported in 2017. Asbestos-related lung changes are the most common work-related lung disease in Michigan, identified through hospital discharge data, B-Readers, the courts and other sources. 552 cases of Other Work-Related Lung Disease (OLDs) were identified in 2017; chemical irritation, asbestosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were among the conditions reported. Adherence to the new federal silica standard, which, beginning in 2018, requires medical monitoring for construction workers and in 2020 for general industry workers, should result in more timely identification of silicosis and silica overexposures [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Inorganic Chemicals Lung Diseases Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Lung Disease Occupational Diseases Respiratory Diseases Silica Silicosis Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Annual 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:
  1-22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066764
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2019 Sep; :1-22
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  2017 annual report: tracking silicosis & other work-related lung diseases in Michigan
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:65c69a4f20ecba64b72df353b73d25eccf940241bb483c993c1395ddcc898e0b93fcf438afd6fe364ecf6e4191ca4b297cd1b51756ecb4f9d813bdcf69ca17a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230900/cdc_230900_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]