Surveillance for Silicosis – Michigan and New Jersey, 2003–2010

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Filios, Margaret S. ; Lumia, Margaret E. ; Mazurek, Jacek M. ; Reilly, Mary J. ; Rosenman, Kenneth D. ; Schleiff, Patricia L. ; Worthington, Karen A.
• Description:
  CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), state health departments, and other state entities maintain a state-based surveillance program of confirmed silicosis cases. Data on confirmed cases are collected and compiled by state entities and submitted to CDC. This report summarizes information for cases of silicosis that were reported to CDC for 2003-2010. The data for this report were final as of December 31, 2010. Data are presented in tabular form on the prevalence of silicosis, the number of cases and the distribution of cases by year, industry, occupation, and the duration of occupational exposure to dust containing respirable crystalline silica. The number of cases by year is presented graphically. This report is a part of the first-ever Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks, which encompasses various surveillance years but is being published in 2015. The Summary of Notifiable Noninfectious Conditions and Disease Outbreaks appears in the same volume of MMWR as the annual Summary of Notifiable Infectious Diseases. Silicosis is a progressive and preventable occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation, deposition, and retention of respirable dust containing crystalline silica. As a sentinel event, a case of silicosis indicates a failure to prevent exposure to crystalline silica dust. For the period 2003-2010, silicosis surveillance programs in Michigan and New Jersey identified and confirmed 273 cases; 25 (9.2%) had <10 years of potential exposure to silica dust. The manufacturing, construction, and mining industries accounted for 92% (n = 251) of the cases, with the greatest number of cases (175 [64%]) associated with manufacturing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Demography Dust Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Lung Diseases Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Compounds Silicon Dioxide

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• Keywords:
  Surveillance-programs; Epidemiology; Statistical-analysis; Employee-exposure; Environmental-exposure; Occupational-exposure; Silicosis; Silica-dusts; Silicon-compounds; Demographic-characteristics; Respiratory-system-disorders; Pulmonary-system-disorders; Lung-disease; Lung-disorders; Respirable-dust; Mining-industry; Construction-industry; Industrial-dusts; Industrial-environment; Industrial-processes
• 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:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  12 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  54
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046889
• Citation:
  MMWR 2015 Oct; 62(54):81-85
• Email:
  pls1@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248503/cdc_248503_DS1.pdf
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