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Morbidity Patterns Among Heavy Equipment Operators Exposed to Whole-Body Vibration - 1975 (Followup to a 1974 Study).


PB273880

Publication Date 1976
Personal Author Spear, R. C.; Keller, C.; Behrens, V.; Hudes, M.; Tarter, D.
Page Count 58
Abstract The follow-up study is designed to test the extent to which selection out of jobs proving whole-body vibration exposure could account for the previously observed decreases in claims for the following major diseases among the longest exposed workers: ischemic heart disease, metabolic diseases, bone and joint diseases and male genital diseases. Approximately 1376 work histories are analyzed for workers in the construction industry from December, 1974 with emphasis on comparison between jobs involving exposure versus no exposure to whole-body vibration. The effects of age and work experience are controlled. Evidence is found on an increased risk of leaving the construction industry for workers who have experienced disease. Although there is no significant association between the number of workers leaving vibrated jobs and the number leaving non-vibrated jobs, there was an association, not statistically significant, between the number with claims for ischemic heart disease and bone and joint diseases and the number leaving vibrated jobs.
Keywords
  • Morbidity
  • Industrial medicine
  • Vibration
  • Construction industry
  • Exposure
  • Occupational diseases
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Epidemiology
  • Construction equipment
  • Metabolic diseases
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Musculoskeletal disorders
  • Tables(Data)
  • Reproductive system
  • Statistical analysis
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Design
  • Environmental health
  • Occupational safety and health
Source Agency
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
  • 94D - Job Environment
Corporate Authors California Univ., Berkeley. School of Public Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 197803
Contract Number
  • PHS-210-75-0022
Morbidity Patterns Among Heavy Equipment Operators Exposed to Whole-Body Vibration - 1975 (Followup to a 1974 Study).
Morbidity Patterns Among Heavy Equipment Operators Exposed to Whole-Body Vibration - 1975 (Followup to a 1974 Study).
PB273880

  • Morbidity
  • Industrial medicine
  • Vibration
  • Construction industry
  • Exposure
  • Occupational diseases
  • Industrial hygiene
  • Epidemiology
  • Construction equipment
  • Metabolic diseases
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Musculoskeletal disorders
  • Tables(Data)
  • Reproductive system
  • Statistical analysis
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Design
  • Environmental health
  • Occupational safety and health
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
  • 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
  • 94D - Job Environment
  • PHS-210-75-0022
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