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  • Work-related Lead Exposures and U.S. 190 Old Mississippi River Bridge Renovations- Louisiana- 2013-2014

    There were seventy-six adult males in Louisiana with elevated blood lead tests (>=25 mcg/dL) from 2013-2014. Twenty-two of the males (29%) were either bridge painters or lead abatement workers renovating the U.S. 190 Old Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge during that timeframe.
    Louisiana — Newsletter — 5/5/2014 — 7 Views

  • Promoting integrated approaches to reducing health inequities among low-income workers: applying a social ecological framework.

    This article aims to apply a social-ecological perspective in considering ways to improve the health of the low-income working population through integrated health protection and health promotion programs initiated in four different settings: the worksite, state and local health departments, community health centers, and community-based organizations.
    Illinois — Journal Article — 5/1/2014 — 8 Views

  • Respiratory disease associated with occupational inhalation to hop (Humulus lupulus) during harvest and processing

    Respiratory disease and airway irritation from exposure to the hop plant, Humulus lupulus, are reported each year to Washington State's workers' compensation system. Although regional health care practitioners recognize hop dust exposure to be associated with respiratory symptoms, there is little evidence in the published literature of hop dust causing occupational respiratory disease, such as occupational asthma. More »
    Washington — Journal Article — 5/1/2014 — 4 Views

  • Pool Chemicals and Work-Related Asthma: Information for Employers

    Fact sheet for employers on preventing work-related asthma from pool chemicals. Affected workers include lifeguards, swimming instructors, maintenance employees, pool supply retail workers, janitors, and others working in pool areas, water parks, and hot tubs.
    California — Brochure — 5/1/2014 — 2 Views

  • Pool Chemicals and Work-Related Asthma: Information for Workers

    Fact sheet for workers on preventing work-related asthma from pool chemicals. Affected workers include lifeguards, swimming instructors, maintenance employees, pool supply retail workers, janitors, and others working in pool areas, water parks, and hot tubs.
    California — Brochure — 5/1/2014 — 2 Views

  • OHW: Pool Chemicals Can Cause Work-related Asthma

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health (CDPH). May 2014 edition is about OHB's Work-related Asthma Prevention Program's new fact sheets on pool chemicals and asthma.
    California — Newsletter — 5/1/2014 — 2 Views

  • A safe driver is part detective

    Detective poster on safe working conditions.
    Washington — Other — 5/1/2014 — 4 Views

  • Hook it, pin it, double check it

    Falls from walk boards are common sources of injuries to movers. Slips caused by rain are hard to prevent.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/1/2014 — 4 Views

  • Asthma in Washington State

    The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the largest, continuously conducted, telephone health survey in the world. It is coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and used by Washington state agencies to understand leading causes of death as well as chronic diseases such as asthma.
    Washington — Other — 5/1/2014 — 9 Views

  • Respiratory Disease from Hop Plant Dust

    Hops are cultivated throughout the US with commercial production centered in the Northwest.
    Washington — Other — 5/1/2014 — 0 Views
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