National Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Issues Affecting Minority Workers, July 6-8, 1981, Cincinnati, OH.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The proceedings of the National Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Issues affecting minority workers held in July 1981 are presented. The need for monitoring occupational safety and health by government agencies is discussed. It is noted that industrial operations cause about 100,000 deaths per year. The difference in the performance of blacks and caucasians on forced vital capacity (FVC) and other pulmonary function tests is considered. The differences in the incidence of cancer and cancer survival rates between blacks and caucasians are discussed. It is suggested that socioeconomic factor rather than race are more important in affecting cancer survival. Specific types of occupational diseases are described. The historical development of worker's compensation programs is discussed. It is noted that 53 percent of the income for severely disabled workers comes from social security and only 5 percent from worker's compensation. Discrimination based on the presence of the sickle cell trait is discussed. Recommendations for improving the status of minority workers are presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Occupational-safety-programs; Occupational-health-programs; Health-hazards; Accident-rates; Accident-prevention
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-173
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000716
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84201540
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Jul; :1-173
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• 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/245737/cdc_245737_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]