2015 Annual Report: HHE

Details

• Alternative Title:
  2015 Health Hazard Evaluation Program annual report
• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The mission of the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program is to respond to requests from employees, employers, and union representatives to evaluate potential health hazards in their workplace. These evaluations are done at no cost to the requestor. Once the evaluation is complete, recommendations are made on ways to reduce or eliminate identified hazards. Health Hazard Evaluations can help reduce hazards and create more healthful workplaces. One hundred and ninety-four health hazards requests were addressed; 43 site visits were made; and outreach was achieved through various communications channels such as HHE websites, reports, databases, facebook, presentations, and publications. Some hazards reported on were: 1) Risk of Tuberculosis Exposure at an Elephant Refuge; 2) Exposure to New Solvents in Drycleaning Shops; 3) Respiratory Health at a Syntactic Foam Manufacturer; and 4) Heat-Related Illness and Rhabdomyolysis during Structural Firefighter Training. Our Followback Program - After an evaluation, we follow up with the managers, employees, and union representatives at the workplace to see how we did. We do this through mailed surveys, phone calls, and return visits. 2016 HHE projects include: 1) Modern nail salons; 2) Flame retardants in e-recycling; 3) Vape shops; 4) Coffee roasting; 5) Peroxyacetic acid disinfectant use in hospitals; and 6) Copper slag and coal slag processing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Firefighters Fires Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Promotion Hot Temperature Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preceptorship Public Health Respiratory System Risk Assessment Safety Safety Management Solvents Staff Development Tuberculosis Workplace

  More +
• Keywords:
  Occupational hazards; Occupational exposure; Health-hazards; Health-programs; Health-services; Occupational-health; Occupational-health-programs; Occupational-safety-programs; Safety-programs; Surveillance-programs; Medical-monitoring; Work-environment; Workplace-monitoring; Worker health; Worker safety; Workplace studies; Public-health; Environmental exposure; Environmental hazards; Field Study; Occupations; Tuberculosis; TB; Animals; Solvents; Dry cleaning industry; Dry cleaning solvents; Respiratory irritants; Manufacturing; Heat; Heat exposure; Fire fighters; Fire fighting; Skeletal system; Muscle necrosis; Muscle function; Information dissemination; Recommendations
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2016 Jun; :1-11
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050314
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2e9c67b1a335f8b7146f75032a8d0cd26490b8f573243e32ef8438d3031f59df2327882c3332fde71cd1c2e1baed2270d2bd382de77cac72d1f8c9597b73ac88
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41391/cdc_41391_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.93 MB ]