NIOSH report on occupational safety and health for FY 1985 under Public Law 91-596.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The organization of NIOSH itself was briefly described and highlights of the occupational safety and health program conducted by NIOSH during fiscal year 1985 were reviewed. To combat illnesses related to work it is necessary to identify them and to establish various surveillance studies to quantify their existence. Studies conducted include the National Occupational Health Survey of Mines, a national study of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, a fatal accident circumstances and epidemiology study, an analysis of injury data bases, work injury report surveys, a health interview survey, studies of Social Security disability files, analyses of death certificates, and health studies in emerging energy industries. Health hazard evaluations were made during 1985 concerning occupational lung disease, indoor air quality, musculoskeletal injuries, occupational cancer, hazardous waste sites, severe occupational traumatic injuries, neurotoxic disorders, noise induced hearing loss, psychological disorders, and mixed categories such as exposure of roofers to chemicals and changes in lipid levels in workers exposed to cattle growth promoters. Efforts made to control exposures included studies of respirator limitations, protection against fibrous aerosols, vapor breakthrough times, physiological response to wearing protective clothing, ventilation systems, ethylene-oxide control, semiconductor manufacturing, and asbestos removal. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Hearing Loss Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-care-facilities; Health-hazards; Health-protection; Hearing-impairment; Work-areas; Worker-health; Workplace-studies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-73
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00165813
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87163374
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1986 Sep; :1-73
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIOSH
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242192/cdc_242192_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]