Delivering health services to small industry in Colorado.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Buchan RM ; Majestic JR
• Description:
  A study was conducted in North Dakota to determine a profile of occupational health services for small industry in that state. The survey showed that 15 percent of the small industries had access to a physician on a part time basis, 9 percent were served by occupational health nurses, and none had access to industrial hygiene services. A study in Colorado investigated industries employing 99 or fewer persons. The results indicated a general lack of in house health services among the community. One third of the industrial population did not feel that present company structures allowed for services which were adequate to the needs of the employees. Not only did there appear to be a lack of services, but there also did not exist at the time of the study the mechanisms needed to deliver services to the small industrial enterprises. The authors recommend that quality services be offered to small industries from a broad base that includes both government supported services and services from within the private sector. Government supported services were deemed more likely to succeed if delivered at the state level, while in the private sector the development of cooperatives should be strongly considered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  IOHSA5; NIOSH-Publication; NIOSH-Grant; Grants-other; Industrial-safety; Industrial-health-programs; Occupational-health-programs; Worker-health
• ISSN:
  0362-4064
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; North Dakota ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  42-45
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00187031
• Citation:
  Occup Health Saf 1979 Sep; 48(6):42-45
• Contact Point Address:
  Microbiology Colorado State University Department of Microbiology Fort Collins, Colo 80523
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19750701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health and Safety
• End Date:
  19940630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247686/cdc_247686_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]