Morbidity Patterns Among Heavy Equipment Operators Exposed to Whole-Body Vibration-1975 (Followup to a 1974 Study) [final contract report]

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• Personal Author:
  Behrens, Virginia ; Keller, Carl ; Spear, Robert C. ; Huder, Mark ; Tarter, Tarter
• Description:
  Workers exposed to long term, whole body vibration had been shown to have an increase in medical claims for ischemic heart disease, obesity of nonendocrine origin and displacement of intervertebral discs. In order to determine the effect of selection out of jobs on concomitant decreases in claims for ischemic heart diseases, metabolic diseases, bone and joint disease for workers longest exposed to vibration, statistical studies were performed. Approximately 1,376 work histories of workers in vibrated and nonvibrated jobs were analyzed. Logistic analysis was used to control for the effects of age and work experience. There was an association, not statistically significant, between the number of workers with claims for ischemic heart disease, and bone and joint diseases and the number of workers leaving vibrated jobs. No significant association was seen between numbers of workers leaving vibrated vs. nonvibrated jobs. Differential selection influenced to some degree but not totally the pattern of increasing then decreasing morbidity vs work experience. There may be some disease conditions whose onset is hastened by exposure to whole body vibration. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Construction Industry Energy Metabolism Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Urogenital Diseases Vibration
• Keywords:
  Bone-disorders Cardiovascular-system-disorders Construction-Search Construction-workers Contract-210-75-0022 Hazards Metabolic-disorders Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Contract Reproductive-system-disorders Vibration-disease

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DLCD - Division of Laboratories and Criteria Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-153
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00068906
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1976 Nov; :1-53
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234058/cdc_234058_DS1.pdf
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