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Public health risks from asbestos cement roofing
Public health risks from asbestos cement roofing
Abstract There is no identified risk-free threshold exposure to asbestos. Based on epidemiology and toxicology, asbestos f...
Case‐fatality study of workers and residents with radiographic asbestos disease in Libby, Montana
Case‐fatality study of workers and residents with radiographic asbestos disease in Libby, Montana
Abstract Background Vermiculite ore from Libby, Montana contains on average 24% of a mixture of toxic and carcinogenic amp...
Reliability and validity of expert assessments of hand‐wrist physical exposures
Reliability and validity of expert assessments of hand‐wrist physical exposures
Abstract Background General population job-exposure matrices (JEMs) based on expert assessments of physical exposures may ...
Analysis of biomonitoring data to assess employer compliance with OSHA's permissible exposure limits for air contaminants
Analysis of biomonitoring data to assess employer compliance with OSHA's permissible exposure limits for air contaminants
Abstract Background The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates exposures to hazardous chemicals in...
Severe visual loss caused by inhalational methanol poisoning in fireworks production: A report on 3 cases
Severe visual loss caused by inhalational methanol poisoning in fireworks production: A report on 3 cases
Abstract Background Workers in fireworks production are mainly at risk for explosion injury. However, there are few report...
Free agents or cogs in the machine? Classed, gendered, and racialized inequities in hazardous working conditions
Free agents or cogs in the machine? Classed, gendered, and racialized inequities in hazardous working conditions
Abstract Introduction Few epidemiologic studies have used relational social class measures based on control over productiv...
US research needs related to fatigue, sleep, and working hours among oil and gas extraction workers
US research needs related to fatigue, sleep, and working hours among oil and gas extraction workers
Abstract Background During 2003–2013, 1189 US oil and gas extraction (OGE) workers died while working, resulting in...
Differential effectiveness of the Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Act by health care setting: An exploratory study
Differential effectiveness of the Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Act by health care setting: An exploratory study
Abstract Background The Minnesota Safe Patient Handling (MN SPH) Act requires health care facilities to implement comprehe...
Trends of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use among US firefighters and law enforcement personnel, 1992–2019
Trends of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use among US firefighters and law enforcement personnel, 1992–2019
Abstract Background Previous studies indicate tobacco use was more prevalent among firefighters and law enforcement person...
Cost of lost work hours associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic—United States, March 2020 through February 2021
Cost of lost work hours associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic—United States, March 2020 through February 2021
Abstract Introduction Of the 22.8 million coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases recorded in the United States as of Ma...
Workers' compensation prescription medication patterns and associated outcomes
Workers' compensation prescription medication patterns and associated outcomes
Abstract Background Opioid use in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries is a complex decision where benefits must be b...
Describing economic benefits and costs of nonstandard work hours: A scoping review
Describing economic benefits and costs of nonstandard work hours: A scoping review
Abstract Background The benefits of nonstandard work hours include increased production time and the number of jobs. While...
The human factors of mineworker fatigue: An overview on prevalence, mitigation, and what's next
The human factors of mineworker fatigue: An overview on prevalence, mitigation, and what's next
Abstract Background Though mining remains a vital shiftwork industry for U.S. commerce, problems of continued prevalence o...
An outbreak of work‐related asthma and silicosis at a US countertop manufacturing and fabrication facility
An outbreak of work‐related asthma and silicosis at a US countertop manufacturing and fabrication facility
Abstract Background Outbreaks of severe silicosis have affected workers who fabricate artificial stone countertops. Work-r...
Advanced sensor technologies and the future of work
Advanced sensor technologies and the future of work
Abstract Exposure science is fundamental to the field of occupational safety and health. The measurement of worker exposur...
Prevalence of hearing protection device non‐use among noise‐exposed US workers in 2007 and 2014
Prevalence of hearing protection device non‐use among noise‐exposed US workers in 2007 and 2014
Abstract Background This study estimated the prevalence of hearing protection device (HPD) non-use among US workers expose...
Impact of occupational heat stress on worker productivity and economic cost
Impact of occupational heat stress on worker productivity and economic cost
Abstract Heat stress is a growing concern in the occupational setting as it endangers worker health, safety, and productiv...
The World Trade Center Health Program: Twenty years of health effects research
The World Trade Center Health Program: Twenty years of health effects research
Abstract It has been 20 years since the devastating terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Thousands were injured or kil...
Review of cannabis reimbursement by workers’ compensation insurance in the U.S. and Canada
Review of cannabis reimbursement by workers’ compensation insurance in the U.S. and Canada
Abstract Changing public attitudes about cannabis consumption have currently led 36 U.S. states and the District of Columb...
Health and safety risk perceptions and needs of app‐based drivers during COVID‐19
Health and safety risk perceptions and needs of app‐based drivers during COVID‐19
Abstract Background App-based drivers face work disruptions and infection risk during a pandemic due to the nature of thei...