Industrias de residuos solidos. Hoja informativa de NIOSH

Hoja informativa de NIOSH, relativa a la industria de los desechos sólidos en USA,.

Aporta datos estadisticos sobre accidentes y enfermedades en el sector, al que clasifican en 3 grupos: Recolección; tratamiento y desecho; y otros servicios de saneamiento de desechos.

En el 2010, se emplearon aproximadamente en USA 478,000 trabajadores en la industria de los desechos sólidos con unos 355,000 en la industria privada. A unos 72,500 empleados de la industria privada de desechos se los clasifica como recolectores de desechos y de materiales reciclables y 49,000 recolectores están empleados por agencias locales del gobierno.

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Preventing Sensitization and Disease from Beryllium Exposure

Workers exposed to particles, fumes, mists, or solutions from beryllium-containing materials may develop beryllium sensitization or chronic beryllium disease, a potentially disabling or even fatal respiratory disease

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NIOSH alert

Prevención de asma y muertes por exposición a diisocianatos

Los trabajadores expuestos a los diisocianatos pueden contraer enfermedades respiratorias graves o mortales.
El Instituto Nacional de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacionales (NIOSH) alerta para prevenir asma, otras enfermedades respiratorias y la muerte por exposición a los diisocianatos.
Esta Alerta resume siete informes de casos de enfermedades y muertes después de la exposición ocupacional a los diisocianatos. Los trabajadores y empleadores, las empresas pequeñas, los médicos y otros proveedores de asistencia médica necesitan urgentemente información sobre cómo prevenir los efectos adversos a la salud causados por la exposición a los diisocianatos.
NIOSH solicita a los editores de las publicaciones especializadas del ramo, a los funcionarios de seguridad y salud, a los líderes de sindicatos laborales, a los empleadores, a los educadores y a los fabricantes y proveedores de diisocianatos que pongan esta Alerta en conocimiento de todos los trabajadores que corren riesgo.

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La silicosis en los operadores de máquinas de limpieza por chorro de arena (NIOSH)

Documentación de NIOSH sobre silicosis, con fines didacticos; incluyendo aspectos generales y el estudio de un caso de epidemiología ocupacional en maquinas de limpieza por chorro de arena.

El estudio de un caso está  adaptado para uso en las escuelas secundarias de los EE.UU, pero es aplicable en otros ámbitos didácticos.

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NIOSH Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction

This US national campaign to prevent construction-worker falls was launched on April 26, 2012. The Campaign encourages everyone in the construction industry to work safely and use the right equipment to reduce falls.  Special emphasis and activity will focus on residential construction contractors and workers.
The Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction grew out of multi-stakeholder discussions under the NIOSH National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) program. The NORA Construction Sector Council, a government-labor-management partnership, conceived the Campaign to reduce falls from roofs, ladders, and scaffolds

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NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The NPG does not contain an analysis of all pertinent data, rather it presents key information and data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment. The information found in the NPG should help users recognize and control occupational chemical hazards.

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Effects of Skin Contact with Chemicals: Guidance for Occupational Health

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2011-200

Effects of Skin Contact with Chemicals: Guidance for Occupational Health Professionals and Employers

Chemical exposure in the workplace is a significant problem in the United States. More than 13 million workers in the United States are potentially exposed to chemicals via the skin. Skin disorders are among the most frequently reported occupational illnesses, resulting in an estimated annual cost in the United States of over $1 billion. While the rates of most other occupational diseases are decreasing, skin disease rates are actually increasing.

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FACE. Base de datos de investigación de accidentes mortales de NIOSH

 Programa FACE

NIOSH-FACE began in 1982. Participating states voluntarily notify NIOSH of traumatic occupational fatalities resulting from targeted causes of death that have included confined spaces, electrocutions, machine-related, falls from elevation, working youth, and logging. NIOSH FACE is currently targeting investigations of deaths associated with machinery, deaths of foreign born workers, energy production, and falls in construction.

State FACE began in 1989. Currently, nine State health or labor departments have cooperative agreements with NIOSH for conducting surveillance, targeted investigations, and prevention activities at the state level using the FACE model. In addition to the NIOSH targets, states conduct investigations of fatalities related to state-level targets. State FACE investigations have included fatalities related to renewable energy, logging, agriculture, transportation, commercial aviation and fishing, suicides and homicides, worker deaths involving toxicological issues, semi-truck and dump truck fatalities, public sector workers, incidents involving multiple workers, chemical-related fatalities, young workers under 25 years of age, older workers over 60 years of age, asthma-related deaths, temporary workers and volunteers, and tree trimmers. Categories that differ from the NIOSH FACE targeted causes of death may only be available on individual state websites.

The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.  This site also includes background on the FACE program-including the history of the program, a full description of the program, and contact information-as well as relevant links to other sites of interest.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/