Worker Illness Related to Ground Application of Pesticide – Kern County, California, 2005

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Beckman, John ; Carrigan, K. ; Das, R. ; Ibarra, M. ; Marcellin, M. ; Materna, Barbara L. ; Sumner, A. ; Windham, Gayle C.
• Description:
  In California, suspected pesticide and work-related illnesses and injuries are reportable conditions. The Occupational Health Branch (OHB) of the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) conducts surveillance of work-related pesticide illness with support from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On May 12, 2005, CDHS received a report from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) of a suspected pesticide incident in Kern County involving 27 farmworkers (age range: 21--61 years; median: 32.5 years) and six emergency responders (age range: 28--51 years; median: 33.5 years). CDHS investigated this incident by conducting a site visit; reviewing medical and meteorologic records; and interviewing affected workers, pesticide applicators, and the farmworker employer. Findings indicated that workers became ill from drift of a pyrethroid pesticide (cyfluthrin) that was being applied in a neighboring field. Pyrethroid pesticide applicators should always operate in a manner that ensures workers are not exposed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emergency Responders Environmental Exposure Environmental Health Farmers Hazardous Substances Insecticides Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Occupational-exposure; Pesticides; Agricultural-chemicals; Agricultural-industry; Worker-health; Farmers; Work-environment; Environmental-exposure; Environmental-factors; Region-9; Regulations; Emergency-responders; Hazardous-materials; Surveillance-programs
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  28 pdf pages
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030089
• Citation:
  MMWR 2006 May; 55(17):486-488
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cyfluthrin (CAS RN 68359-37-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248471/cdc_248471_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 487.83 KB ]