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Health and Safety of Minnesota Highway Maintenance Workers. Follow-Up Report.

PB91197434

Publication Date	1990
Page Count	18
Abstract	The Minnesota Department of Transportation conducted a study of 1,530 deaths occurring during the period from 1945 and 1984 to highway maintenance workers. Of the 1,530, 278 were cancer deaths, which was 47 less than expected. No increases were noted in soft tissue sarcoma, lung cancer, or malignant melanoma. There was an increase of 10% over the expected number of deaths resulting from leukemia, for a total of 17 deaths from this cause. Ten of these occurred among maintenance workers with 30 to 39 years of experience on the job. This was three times the number expected. Twenty eight occupational injury fatalities were identified during the study period. The deaths represented about 26% of all injury deaths among the workers. Several recommendations were offered including the conducting of case/control studies, a pilot study for injury surveillance, additional environmental monitoring for suspected harmful agents, cytogenetic assays to assess personal exposures to mutagenic substances, and the periodic updating of the mortality experience of the group of workers.
Keywords	Minnesota Occupational safety and health Mortality Leukemia Epidemiology Environmental monitoring Neoplasms Follow-up studies Mutagens Hazardous materials Wounds and injuries Occupational exposure Accidents Highway maintenance workers
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57E - Clinical Medicine 43G - Transportation
Corporate Authors	Minnesota Dept. of Health, Minneapolis.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199117

Health and Safety of Minnesota Highway Maintenance Workers. Follow-Up Report.

Health and Safety of Minnesota Highway Maintenance Workers. Follow-Up Report.
PB91197434

Publication Date	1990
Page Count	18
Abstract	The Minnesota Department of Transportation conducted a study of 1,530 deaths occurring during the period from 1945 and 1984 to highway maintenance workers. Of the 1,530, 278 were cancer deaths, which was 47 less than expected. No increases were noted in soft tissue sarcoma, lung cancer, or malignant melanoma. There was an increase of 10% over the expected number of deaths resulting from leukemia, for a total of 17 deaths from this cause. Ten of these occurred among maintenance workers with 30 to 39 years of experience on the job. This was three times the number expected. Twenty eight occupational injury fatalities were identified during the study period. The deaths represented about 26% of all injury deaths among the workers. Several recommendations were offered including the conducting of case/control studies, a pilot study for injury surveillance, additional environmental monitoring for suspected harmful agents, cytogenetic assays to assess personal exposures to mutagenic substances, and the periodic updating of the mortality experience of the group of workers.
Keywords	Minnesota Occupational safety and health Mortality Leukemia Epidemiology Environmental monitoring Neoplasms Follow-up studies Mutagens Hazardous materials Wounds and injuries Occupational exposure Accidents Highway maintenance workers
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	44G - Environmental & Occupational Factors 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57E - Clinical Medicine 43G - Transportation
Corporate Authors	Minnesota Dept. of Health, Minneapolis.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199117