Occupational Health News 
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Participatory research and service-learning among farmers, health professional students, and experts: an agromedicine approach to farm safety and health. - Guin SM, Wheat JR, Allinder RS, Fanucchi GJ, Wiggins OS, Johnson GJ.
Agromedicine developments in Alabama rest heavily on the interest and support of the farm community. Participatory approaches have been advocated in order to impact the safety and health of farms. The University of Alabama Agromedicine Research Team, worki...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Among Workers in the Services Sector Industries: 2003 to 2007. - Utterback DF, Charles LE, Schnorr TM, Tiesman HM, Storey E, Vossenas P.
OBJECTIVE:: Provide descriptive statistics and discuss priorities for injury and fatality risks among services sector workers. METHODS:: Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Occupational eye injuries experienced by migrant farmworkers. - Quandt SA, Schulz MR, Talton JW, Verma A, Arcury TA.
Migrant farmworkers in North Carolina (n = 300) reported eye injuries, circumstances of injuries, and outcomes during lifetime U.S. agriculture work. Seventeen injuries were reported by 15 farmworkers; five resulted in lost work time. Most reported inj...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Helicopter type and accident severity in helicopter emergency medical services missions. - Hinkelbein J, Schwalbe M, Wetsch WA, Spelten O, Neuhaus C.
OBJECTIVE: Whereas accident rates and fatal accident rates for Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) were investigated sufficiently, resulting consequences for the occupants remain largely unknown. The present study aimed to classify HEMS accidents ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
The impact of injuries study. Multicentre study assessing physical, psychological, social and occupational functioning post injury - a protocol. - Kendrick D, O'Brien C, Christie N, Coupland C, Quinn C, Avis M, Barker M, Barnes J, Coffey F, Joseph S, Morris A, Morriss R, Rowley E, Sleney J, Towner E.
BACKGROUND: Large numbers of people are killed or severely injured following injuries each year and these injuries place a large burden on health care resources. The majority of the severely injured are not fully recovered 12-18 months later. Psychological...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Protecting disaster responder health: lessons (not yet?) learned. - Newman DM.
Recent developments at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) indicate that each of these agencies is...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
GW researcher and colleagues identify environmental exposure to organochlorines may impact male reproduction
(George Washington University Medical Center) Melissa Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S., professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services and adjunct associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, led an observational study indicating that environmental exposure to organochlorine chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls and p,p'-DDE (the main metabolite of the insecticide DDT) can affect male reproduction. The research was published online on Dec. 21, 2011, in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 9, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Cleaning Chemicals and Asthma in Healthcare ProfessionalsCleaning Chemicals and Asthma in Healthcare Professionals
How common is asthma in healthcare professionals, and are certain cleaning chemicals potentially to blame in a hospital setting? Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Labor accident preventions and problem in forestry under the system of industrial safety and health act - Matsukuma S.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Characteristics of law enforcement officers' fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. -
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
The Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale Fails to Discriminate Pain or Anxiety in a Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorder Population. - Brede E, Mayer TG, Neblett R, Williams M, Gatchel RJ.
Background: The Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale (PASS) was developed to measure fear and anxiety responses to pain. Many studies have found associations between PASS scores and self-report measures of pain, anxiety, and disability as well as among inhibited...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
SALTRA: a regional program for workers' health and sustainable development in Central America. - Wesseling C, Aragon A, Elgstrand K, Flores R, Hogstedt C, Partanen T.
In 2003, the university-based Program on Work and Health in Central America, SALTRA, was launched to build national and regional capacities in occupational safety and health with the goal of preventing and reducing poverty in Central America. SALTRA has im...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Response to critique of "Legal Sequelae of Occupational Back Injuries: A Longitudinal Analysis of Missouri Judicial Records" - Tait RC, Chibnall JT.
[Abstract unavailable]
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Real-ear attenuation of custom-fit earplugs with the communications earplug (CEP). - Gordon E, Reeves ER.
Hearing loss is one of the most common occupational injuries in the Department of Defense. One reason is limited access to adequate hearing protection during combat operations. Even if traditional pre-formed foam earplugs are used during combat, approximat...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Predictors of Hearing Protection Behavior Among Firefighters in the United States. - Hong O, Chin DL, Ronis DL.
BACKGROUND: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a major occupational health problem that can be prevented through the use of hearing protection devices (HPDs). PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to identify significant factors related to firefighters' ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Pre-employment Examinations for Preventing Occupational Injury and Disease. - Lin K.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Pneumocephalus, a rare complication of diving. - Budal OH, Risberg J, Troland K, Moen G, Nordahl SH, Vaagboe G, Grønning M.
We report an occupational d...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Occupational sleep medicine Practice and promise. - Belenky G, Wu LJ, Jackson ML.
Occupational sleep medicine is a new field within sleep medicine. Occupational sleep medicine applies (1) the science of sleep, frequently as instantiated into mathematical modeling; (2) the tactics, techniques, and procedures of sleep and performance meas...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Occupational mortality. - Lynge E.
Introduction: This paper aims to present the methods and main results from the Danish occupational mortality studies, and to set the Danish studies into the international context of occupational mortality studies. Research topics: The first Danish occupati...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Occupational injuries among nurses and aides in a hospital setting. - Boden LI, Sembajwe G, Tveito TH, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Sorensen G.
BACKGROUND: Patient care workers in acute care hospitals are at high risk of injury. Recent studies have quantified risks and demonstrated a higher risk for aides than for nurses. However, no detailed studies to date have used OSHA injury definitions to al...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Occupational health of miners at altitude: Adverse health effects, toxic exposures, pre-placement screening, acclimatization, and worker surveillance. - Vearrier D, Greenberg MI.
Context. Mining operations conducted at high altitudes provide health challenges for workers as well as for medical personnel. Objective. To review the literature regarding adverse health effects and toxic exposures that may be associated with mining opera...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Occupational epidemiology and the national institute for occupational safety and health. - Halperin W, Howard J.
The major factors that propelled the development of occupational epidemiology since the 1950s have been delineated. They include momentum to control occupational injury that gained national prominence in the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of March 25...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Occupation, morbidity, and hospital admission. - Tuchsen F, Bach E.
Introduction: The Occupational Hospitalization Register (OHR) is an ongoing register for research and surveillance established by the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in the 1980s. This review puts in perspective the contributions from ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Health effects of agrochemicals among farm workers in commercial farms of Kwekwe district, Zimbabwe. - Magauzi R, Mabaera B, Rusakaniko S, Chimusoro A, Ndlovu N, Tshimanga M, Shambira G, Chadambuka A, Gombe N.
INTRODUCTION: Farm workers are at a very high risk of occupational diseases due to exposure to pesticides resulting from inadequate education, training and safety systems. The farm worker spends a lot of time exposed to these harmful agrochemicals. Numerou...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Non-Categorized Source Type: news
Sleep disorders and work performance: Findings from the 2008 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America poll - Swanson LM, Arnedt JT, Rosekind MR, Belenky G, Balkin TJ, Drake C.
The objective of the present study is to characterize reciprocal relationships between sleep and wo...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Refinery Operator Removes Worker Personal Injury Claims From Louisiana State Court
NEW ORLEANS - Valero Refining - New Orleans cites diversity of citizenship as grounds to remove a hydrogen sulfide occupational exposure personal injury lawsuit to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in a notice filed Nov. 14 (Lazaro R. Alvarez v. Valaero Refining - New Orleans, et al., No. 11-1836, E.D. La.).
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - January 5, 2012 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
Shift Workers New Occupational Hazard - Unhealthy Eating
According to an investigation published in last month's PloS Medicine, unhealthy eating among shift workers should be considered a novel occupational health hazard. The study highlights prior studies published in the journal, which demonstrated a connection between rotating patterns of shift work in nurses in the U.S., and an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. In both the developed and developing world, shift-work is currently an extremely prevalent pattern of work. Approximately 15-20% of working individuals in the US and Europe engage in shift work...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Unhealthy Holiday Eating May be an Occupational Hazard
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – A shift workers poor diet may now be considered an occupational hazard.
Source: Medical Headlines From Ivanhoe.com - January 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Training Mental Healthcare Providers to Reduce At-Risk Patients' Access to Lethal Means of Suicide: Evaluation of the CALM Project. - Johnson RM, Frank EM, Ciocca M, Barber CW.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the "CALM" (Counseling on Access to Lethal Means) training, in which community-based mental health care providers were trained to work with at-risk clients and their families to assess and reduce access to lethal...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 1, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Take steps to curb violence, improve safety for ED personnel. -
While violent eruptions are well documented in the ED, there is a not a lot of research into what strategies are most effective at both curbing violence and managing incidents when they do occur. Experts suggest that ED managers should consider staff train...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 1, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Poor Diet Of Shift Workers An "Occupational Health Hazard"
The editors of a leading journal suggest that the poor diet of shift workers should be considered an occupational health hazard. They argue that working patterns should be treated as a specific risk factor for obesity and type 2 diabetes, which have reached epidemic proportions in the developed world, with the developing world not far behind...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 29, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Criminal charges brought after researcher dies
Nature: On 29 December 2008, chemistry research assistant Sheharbano Sangji suffered third-degree burns when the t-butyl lithium she was drawing from a bottle via a syringe burst into flames. She wasn’t wearing a lab coat, and her clothes caught fire. She died in the hospital 18 days later. In the wake of Sangji’s death, UCLA tightened its safety policies; but despite calls to improve academia’s safety standards across the US, there’s little evidence that bench scientists or laboratory heads outside of UCLA have changed their behavior.
The Los Angeles district attorney has now charged UCLA and org...
Source: Physics Today News Picks - December 29, 2011 Category: Physics Authors: Physics Today Source Type: news
Exploration of the prevalence and correlates of depression among South Korean workers with injuries. - Park SK.
This study identified the prevalence of depression and explored demographic and psycho-social factors that predict depression among workers with on-the-job injuries in South Korea. Participants: Participants consisted of 549 Korean workers with ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 28, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
A Case-crossover Study of Transient Risk Factors for Occupational Traumatic Hand Injuries in Incheon, Korea. - Choi WJ, Cho SI, Han SH.
Objectives: A case-crossover study was conducted to identify transient risk factors for occupational acute hand injuries. Methods: In total, 98 subjects were recruited from a hospital specializing in occupational accidents and trauma. Patients who had inju...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 28, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in war-survivors displaced in Croatia. - Letica-Crepulja M, Salcioğlu E, Francisković T, Başoglu M.
Aim. To examine the role of perceived stressfulness of trauma exposure and economic, social, occupational, educational, and familial adaptation after trauma in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression in displaced war survivors. Methods. A cross...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 28, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Economic burden of occupational injury and illness in the United States. - Leigh JP.
This article provides estimates of the national cos...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 28, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Health Tip: Burned Out at Work?
Check these possible warning signs
Source: HealthDay
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - December 28, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
British journal finds poor diet a shift-work hazard
LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The poor diet of shift workers should be considered an occupational health hazard, editors of a British journal suggest.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Editorial: Poor diet a shift-work hazard
LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The poor diet of shift workers should be considered an occupational health hazard, editors of a British journal suggest.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - December 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mesothelioma risk persists after asbestos exposure
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - French researchers say the risk of pleural mesothelioma seems to increase
for up to 30 years after occupational asbestos exposure.
Source: Modern Medicine - December 27, 2011 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Unhealthy eating: a new form of occupational hazard?
(Public Library of Science) The poor diet of shift workers should be considered a new occupational health hazard, according to an editorial published in this month's PLoS Medicine. The editorial draws on previous work published in the journal, which showed an association between an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and rotating patterns of shift work in US nurses.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 27, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Interventions vs Self-care in Employees With Low Back PainInterventions vs Self-care in Employees With Low Back Pain
Is outpatient rehabilitation the best and most cost-effective way to help people with back pain and assist in their return to work? Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 25, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Was There Really a Hawthorne Effect at the Hawthorne Plant? An Analysis of the Original Illumination Experiments - Levitt SD, List JA.
The "Hawthorne effect" draws its name from a landmark set of studies conducted at the Hawthorne plant in the 1920s. The data from the first and most influential of these studies, the "Illumination Experiment," were never formally analyzed and were thought ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
The effects of mortality salience on escalation of commitment. - Yen CL, Lin CY.
Based on propositions derived from terror management theory (TMT), the current study proposes that people who are reminded of their mortality exhibit a higher degree of self-justification behavior to maintain their self-esteem. For this reason, they could ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Mild traumatic brain injury in the occupational setting. - Chang VH, Lombard LA, Greher MR.
The evaluation and management of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the occupational setting may pose significant challenges for even the most-seasoned practitioner. Providers must simultaneously address the clinical management of mTBI and be familiar w...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Injury incidence and patterns in workers with intellectual disability: A comparative study. - Lysaght R, Sparring C, Ouellette-Kuntz H, Marshall CA.
This study involved a ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Incidence of Injuries in French Professional Soccer Players. - Dauty M, Collon S.
In this prevalence cohort study, injuries sustained during 15 seasons in a professional soccer team were investigated according to the different soccer seasons, number of matches per season, month the injury occurred, location, severity, playing position a...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Do Social Connections Reduce Moral Hazard? Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry - Kirabo Jackson C, Schneider HS.
This study investigates the role of social networks in aligning the incentives of agents in settings with incomplete contracts. Specifically, the study examines the New York City taxi industry where taxis are often leased and lessee-drivers have worse driv...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
An Operative Measure of Workplace Bullying: The Negative Acts Questionnaire Across Italian Companies. - Giorgi G, Arenas A, Leon-Perez JM.
Workplace bullying has been a topic of increasing interest since the 90s. Several studies have contributed to a better understanding of the antecedents and consequences of being exposed to negative acts at work during a prolonged period of time. However, t...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
