Descriptive evaluation of methods for identifying work-related emergency department injury visits.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metal fabrication workers experience high rates of traumatic occupational injuries. Machine operators in particular face high risks, often stemming from the absence or improper use of machine safeguarding or the failure to implement lockout procedures. METHODS:The National Machine Guarding Program (NMGP) wa...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Parker DL,Yamin SC,Brosseau LM,Xi M,Gordon R,Most IG,Stanley R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Demographic, labor market and economic forces are combining to produce increases in the number and percentage of U.S. workers 55 and older. In some ways these workers will be our most skilled and productive employees but in others the most vulnerable. METHODS:The literature on aging and work was reviewed, i...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Silverstein M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the determinants of susceptibility to the irritant effects of sodium borate in 18 responsive workers identified through repeated self-reports of nasal irritation. For each worker, susceptibility was characterized by two features; reactivity and sensitivity, as estimated from the slope and intercept...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Woskie SR,Eisen EE,Wegman DH,Hu X,Kriebel D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methodological choices being made in current worker notification programs are influenced in both obvious and subtle ways by certain ground-breaking notifications carried out during the 1970s and 1980s. A lore has built up concerning these cases. Their names are heavy with implied meaning. As worker notification ga...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Needleman C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Editorial Board of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine strongly supports the "Call for an International Ban on Asbestos". We concur with the Collegium Ramazzini that a ban is necessary, overdue and essential for public health. To eliminate the burden of disease and death that is caused worldwide by exposur...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors：

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concern regarding functioning and effectiveness of joint health and safety committees (JHSCs) in Ontario hospitals was raised following the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in 2003. A subsequent literature review revealed a lack of studies focused within the healthcare sector. METHODS:A tool to me...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Nichol K,Kudla I,Robson L,Hon CY,Eriksson J,Holness DL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare fatal and hospitalized nonfatal work-related traumatic injuries by occupation and cause. METHODS:Fatal and hospitalized nonfatal injuries occurring from 1991-1995 were identified from Washington State workers' compensation claims data. Nonfatal injuries were classified as severe if they had at lea...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Alexander BH,Franklin GM,Fulton-Kehoe D

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-referent study assesses occupational risk factors associated with lung cancer, utilizing colon and rectum cancer referents. Complete occupational and tobacco use histories were obtained by telephone interview for 5,935 incident lung cancer cases and 3,956 incident colon and rectum cancer referents. The analy...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Burns PB,Swanson GM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of employees at an aircraft factory were accidentally exposed to hydrogen sulfide. Because of concern that this may have resulted in lung injury, forty-seven workers were referred for clinical and physiological evaluation. METHODS:Comprehensive pulmonary function tests were performed including spir...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Buick JB,Lowry RC,Magee TR

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain and fatigue are commonly associated with work-related upper extremity disorders. Occasionally these symptoms persist beyond a reasonable healing period. One potential explanation for prolonged symptom expression is the concurrent development of a stress-mediated illness or CMI (Chronic Multi-Symptom Ill...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Clauw DJ,Williams DA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients with a diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma participated in a semi-structured interview to evaluate asbestos exposure, acquisition of increased risk information, and retrospective reporting of cognitive and behavioral reactions (particularly smoking behavior) to risk information. Twenty-eight pati...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lebovits AH,Chahinian AP,Holland JC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to microbial agents in the composting industry may cause work related airway inflammation. Nasal lavage (NAL) has been proposed as a noninvasive method to assess such effects in population studies. METHODS:Pre- and post-shift NAL were performed in the workers of a compost plant visited in 1995 (n =...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Douwes J,Wouters I,Dubbeld H,van Zwieten L,Steerenberg P,Doekes G,Heederik D

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An investigation of a small private agate mill was prompted by an agate worker who presented with silicosis in Guangzhou, China, in December 1998. METHODS:The work processes and records of dust measurements of the mill were examined. The mean total dust concentrations ranged from 3.0 to 9.9 mg/m3; 86-88% of...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Jiang CQ,Xiao LW,Lam TH,Xie NW,Zhu CQ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prerequisites necessary for attributing lung carcinoma to asbestos, represent a controversial issue. METHODS:Three parameters (occupational history, pleural plaques, and lung asbestos bodies) were investigated in 414 consecutive cases of lung carcinoma, examined at necropsy at the Hospital of Monfalcone...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bianchi C,Brollo A,Ramani L,Zuch C

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bassett Farm Safety and Health Project was started in 1980 when Drs. May and Pratt made clinical observations on respiratory illnesses in farmers. The initial work involved the investigation of clinical syndromes associated with dust exposures and, from there, environmental dust studies. The current scope of work ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Pratt DS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study documented the burden of nonfatal construction industry work-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States (US) from 1998 through 2005 and described injured worker demographics and injury characteristics. METHODS:Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveilla...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Schoenfisch AL,Lipscomb HJ,Shishlov K,Myers DJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aspartame (APM) is a well-known intense artificial sweetener used in more than 6,000 products. Among the major users of aspartame are children and women of childbearing age. In previous lifespan experiments conducted on Sprague-Dawley rats we have shown that APM is a carcinogenic agent in multiple sites and ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Soffritti M,Belpoggi F,Manservigi M,Tibaldi E,Lauriola M,Falcioni L,Bua L

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, implementation of dust-suppressing measures in USSR asbestos mills has led to significant decrease in dust levels. New cases of asbestosis and asbestotuberculosis in annual medical examinations have not been detected. For prevention of possible future incidence of these diseases, we plan to concentrat...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Kogan FM,Polzik EV

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many authorities are concerned about the rising use and the potential overuse of opioid pain medications. A study of opioid prevalence and dosage in Ohio's workers' compensation (WC) system was conducted, with comparisons made to opioid use in other WC and non-WC settings. METHODS:Systematic literature revi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dembe A,Wickizer T,Sieck C,Partridge J,Balchick R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies describing respiratory health hazards for workers in swine production facilities have been published in the United States, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, and Denmark. Up to 50% of these workers experience bronchitis, organic dust toxic syndrome, hyper-reactive airways disease, chronic mucous membrane irritat...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Reynolds SJ,Donham KJ,Whitten P,Merchant JA,Burmeister LF,Popendorf WJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pesticides may be transformed by chemical and biological processes or transported from the site of application by several processes including runoff, movement through the soil to ground water, volatilization, transport on soil particles, and wind erosion. Contamination of water by pesticide residues is a matter of con...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Plimmer JR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Denver International Airport construction project provided a rare opportunity to identify risk factors for injury on a large construction project for which 769 contractors were hired to complete 2,843 construction contracts. Workers' compensation claims and payroll data for individual contracts were reco...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Lowery JT,Borgerding JA,Zhen B,Glazner JE,Bondy J,Kreiss K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of musculoskeletal disorders in construction remain high. Few studies have described barriers and facilitators to the use of available ergonomic solutions. This paper describes these barriers and facilitators and their relationship to the level of adoption. METHODS:Three analysts rated 16 proposed erg...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Dale AM,Jaegers L,Welch L,Barnidge E,Weaver N,Evanoff BA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevalence of violence to first responders is reported in ranges of approximately 40% to 90%. Pennsylvania has a felonious assault statute to address such violence, but the prosecutorial process has been noted to cause first-responder dissatisfaction. METHODS:An exploratory qualitative study using ind...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Wright JY,Davis AL,Brandt-Rauf S,Taylor JA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opioid use is rising in the US and may cause special problems in workers compensation cases, including addiction and preventing a return to work after an injury. OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates a physician-level intervention to curb opioid usage. An insurer identified patients with out-of-guideline opioid ut...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Buttorff C,Trujillo AJ,Castillo R,Vecino-Ortiz AI,Anderson GF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Longitudinal assessment of lower respiratory symptoms (LRS) in community members with World Trade Center (WTC) exposures. METHODS:Adult members of a treatment program with complete standardized visits were evaluated (n = 798). Association of demographic characteristics, mental health symptoms and lung functi...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Caplan-Shaw C,Kazeros A,Pradhan D,Berger K,Goldring R,Zhao S,Liu M,Shao Y,Fernandez-Beros ME,Marmor M,Levy-Carrick N,Rosen R,Ferri L,Reibman J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines the hypothesis that acid mist or mixtures of acid mists and acid gases are associated with ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa. METHODS:All 665 active male workers of a metal processing factory were the study population. Semi-quantitative measures of exposure were estimated from a job ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Vianna MI,Santana VS,Loomis D

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many newly constructed green buildings (GB) are certified using the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for new construction and major renovation which focuses on architectural and mechanical design to conserve energy, reduce environ...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Omar MS,Quinn MM,Buchholz B,Geiser K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In it's worker health and safety training program, the California-Arizona Consortium aims to promote worker action to improve health and safety conditions. To assess action on worker-identified health and safety problems, 278 trainees were interviewed 3-8 months after training. Associations with three outcomes were an...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Cole BL,Brown MP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small retail businesses experience high robbery and violent crime rates leading to injury and death. Workplace violence prevention programs (WVPP) based on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design reduce this risk, but low small business participation limits their effectiveness. Recent dissemination mod...

journal_title：American journal of industrial medicine

authors： Bruening RA,Strazza K,Nocera M,Peek-Asa C,Casteel C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00