Occupational safety and health for fiscal year 1989.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This report summarized NIOSH activities during fiscal year 1989. Specific topics addressed included: surveillance of occupational diseases and injuries; the Health Hazard Evaluation program; occupational lung diseases; musculoskeletal injuries; occupational cancers; occupational traumatic injuries; occupational cardiovascular diseases; reproductive disorders; neurotoxic disorders; noise induced hearing loss; dermatological conditions; psychological disorders; controlling workplace hazards; and dissemination of the results of research. Highlights of the activities for the fiscal year included research on exposure to radon progeny in uranium miners, preparation of Current Intelligence Bulletins on ethylene-oxide (75218) and propylene-oxide (75569), preparation of guidelines for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis-B virus transmission to health care and public safety workers, research on cumulative trauma disorders in the meat and poultry industries, publication of NIOSH ALERTs concerning electrocutions associated with the use of metal ladders and deaths associated with exposure to chlorofluorocarbons, research on exposure to aerosolized pharmaceuticals in health care workers, and technical assistance to the Jamaican Ministry of Health on occupational and environmental exposures to lead (7439921) in Jamaica. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Communicable Diseases Cumulative Trauma Disorders Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Occupational-exposure; Occupational-medicine; Traumatic-injuries; Industrial-hygiene; Infection-control; AIDS-virus; Viral-infections; Cumulative-trauma-disorders; Occupational-safety-programs; Occupational-health-programs; Safety-research; Surveillance-programs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-83
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00208299
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92222777
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1991 Sep; :1-83
• CAS Registry Number:
  (±)-Propylene oxide (CAS RN 75-56-9) ; Ethylene oxide (CAS RN 75-21-8) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243162/cdc_243162_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]