Download or read book Worker Health Chartbook 2000 written by Department of Health and Human Services and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveillance is the cornerstone of prevention: It helps us identify new and emerging problems, track and monitor issues over time, target and evaluate the effectiveness of intervention efforts, and anticipate future needs and concerns. Those who have long struggled with these issues in the occupational setting will share my enthusiasm for this first edition of the Worker Health Chartbook. One of the primary goals in compiling the chartbook was to create a resource that could be used by anyone interested in workplace safety and health, including occupational safety and health practitioners, legislators and policy makers, health care providers, educators, researchers, and workers and their employers. In an attempt to reach the widest possible audience, we have made the chartbook available in printed and electronic form. Several Federal agencies worked together to organize the surveillance data sources required to produce this document. This is an important step toward identifying and filling significant gaps in occupational illness and injury information. The success of this initial effort has provided a framework for increased surveillance coordination between NIOSH and our partners in the future. The Worker Health Chartbook serves NIOSH and the occupational safety and health community well by placing surveillance in the hands of those who work to prevent occupational injuries and illnesses. The forethought and collaborative spirit that made all of this possible are commendable and bode well for future efforts to integrate Federal, State, and private-sector surveillance information.
Download or read book Worker Health Chartbook 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Worker Health Chartbook 2004 written by Department of Health and Human Services and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past 32 years, major advances have been made in recognizing, evaluating, and preventing occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths. All have declined significantly. Despite these changes, unnecessary morbidity and mortality from occupational health hazards remain a significant burden to our workers, their families, and employers. The costs to our national health care system and the economy are substantial. More than 146.5 million people make up the civilian labor force, and more than 137.7 million of them were employed in 2003 according to the U.S. Department of Labor. About 7.3 million of these workers held more than one job. The U.S. labor force is becoming older and more diverse, and the supply of labor and jobs is shifting from goods-producing industries to services. Use of temporary, contract, and contingent laborers has increased along with alternative work arrangements such as job sharing and part-time work. These changes in the labor force and the nature of work present new challenges to assuring the safety and health of Americans in the workplace. This 2004 edition of the Worker Health Chartbook builds on the foundation established in the first edition, published in 2000. The Chartbook is intended as a resource for technical and nontechnical audiences, including agencies, organizations, employers, researchers, workers, and others with a need to know about occupational injury, illness, and death.
Download or read book Worker Health Chartbook written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Worker Health Chartbook 2000 written by Roger Rudolph Rosa and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Losses attributable to fatal occupational illness over time are difficult to describe. Although efforts have been made to estimate the burden of occupational disease in the United States, no surveillance system describes the magnitude of fatal occupational illnesses other than the pneumoconioses (dust diseases of the lung). These illnesses can be described because they are attributable entirely to occupation. Since 1968, more than 113,000 deaths have occurred with pneumoconiosis diagnosed as the underlying or contributing cause - mostly coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP). Deaths with CWP have decreased in recent years, whereas deaths with asbestosis increased from 1968 to 1996 (from fewer than 100 to nearly 1,200). Deaths from diseases other than the pneumoconioses are difficult to attribute to the workplace for several reasons. For example, many diseases appear the same with or without occupational exposures. Some have latency periods of many years between exposure and disease development. Furthermore, health care professionals may not identify or consider occupational risk factors when making a diagnosis. Statistically elevated death rates for several diseases have been observed in a variety of occupations, but the degree to which these elevated rates can be directly associated with the workplace is not clear. However, these studies help set priorities for intervention and prevention as well as for future investigation. For example, death rates for persons with pneumoconiosis as an underlying or contributing cause varied by occupation and type of pneumoconiosis. Mining machine operators had high mortality rates from CWP and other/unspecified pneumoconiosis, and insulation workers and related occupations had high mortality rates from asbestosis. Various metalworking, plastic processing, and mining occupations had high mortality rates from silicosis, and textile machine operators and repairers had high mortality rates from byssinosis." - NIOSHTIC-2
Download or read book Worker Health Chartbook 2004 written by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This flyer summarizes The Worker Health Chartbook, 2004 which is a descriptive epidemiologic reference on occupational morbidity and mortality in the United States. A resource for agencies, organizations, employers, researchers, workers, and others who need to know about occupational injuries and illnesses, the Chartbook includes more than 400 figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and trends of the Nation's occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities." --NIOSHTIC-2
Download or read book Worker Health Chartbook 2000 written by Roger Rudolph Rosa and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Historically, the highest rates of fatal and nonfatal injury have occurred in the mining industry. During the 85-year period from 1911 to 1995, more than 103,000 workers were fatally injured in mining. From 1911 through 1915 alone, 16,646 fatalities occurred, and the annual average fatality rate exceeded 300 per 100,000 workers. By the early 1950s, annual fatality rates in coal mining had declined to 150 per 100,000 workers, but rates increased prior to passage of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969. Similarly, fatality rates in metal and nonmetal mining fell to 66 per 100,000 workers in the early 1960s, but rose before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 was enacted. After passage of the two Federal mine acts, mining fatality rates decreased substantially. During the 10-year period 1988 - 1997, 993 mine workers were fatally injured. The average annual mine operator fatality rate was 28.5 per 100,000 miners. Fatality rates in underground mines were higher than those in surface mines. A trend toward decreasing fatality rates with increasing mine size was observed. The types of incidents associated with the highest fatality rates were powered haulage, fall of ground from in place, and machinery. The mining industry experienced 170,635 lost-workday injury cases and 6,840,987 lost workdays (including restricted workdays) during 1988 - 1997. The average annual rate was 5.5 cases per 100 full-time workers. The average number of workdays lost per case was 40. Underground mines were associated with the highest injury rates. For example, the underground areas of coal mines accounted for 65,668 cases and an average annual rate of 11.9 cases per 100 full-time workers. The leading types of incidents associated with lost-workday cases were handling materials, slip or fall of person, powered haulage, machinery, and hand tools. Leading types of injuries associated with lost workdays included sprains to the back region, sprains to the lower extremities (primarily the knee), amputations of the arms or hands (primarily the fingers), and fractures to the lower extremities." - NIOSHTIC-2
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Download or read book Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics written by Gavriel Salvendy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 1754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of the Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics has been completely revised and updated. This includes all existing third edition chapters plus new chapters written to cover new areas. These include the following subjects: Managing low-back disorder risk in the workplace Online interactivity Neuroergonomics Office ergonomics Social networking HF&E in motor vehicle transportation User requirements Human factors and ergonomics in aviation Human factors in ambient intelligent environments As with the earlier editions, the main purpose of this handbook is to serve the needs of the human factors and ergonomics researchers, practitioners, and graduate students. Each chapter has a strong theory and scientific base, but is heavily focused on real world applications. As such, a significant number of case studies, examples, figures, and tables are included to aid in the understanding and application of the material covered.
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