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Pilot Project to Assess Mortality among Former Chromium Smelter Workers.

PB94157922

Publication Date	1993
Personal Author	Rosenman, K. D.
Page Count	72
Abstract	A mortality study of former workers from four chromate production facilities in northern New Jersey was conducted, and the feasibility of identifying and notifying workers from closed facilities without access to personnel records or recent address information was examined. Social Security records were used to identify a cohort of 3,408 former workers from the four facilities. It was possible to trace 83% of the total cohort. Of these, 1,787 workers were decreased. At least 65.4% of the cohort presumed to be alive received notification. Mortality analysis indicated that workers at these facilities remained at an elevated risk for the development of lung cancer more than 20 years after the end of their employment. A cluster of bladder cancer among former black workers was noted at one facility. There were 306 former chromate workers who expressed interest in participating in a lung cancer screening program. Another 41 were interested in receiving more information. The author notes that in spite of the absence of personnel records or recent addresses, it was possible to determine the vital status of over 80% of all former workers and over and 90% of former workers with more than 1 year of work at these facilities.
Keywords	Mortality Occupational exposure Chromium Air pollution effects(Humans) Risk assessment Occupational safety and health Epidemiology Notification procedures Smelting Malignant neoplasms Respiratory diseases Bladder neoplasms Industrial medicine Northern Region(New Jersey)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Coll. of Human Medicine.; 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	199415

Pilot Project to Assess Mortality among Former Chromium Smelter Workers.

Pilot Project to Assess Mortality among Former Chromium Smelter Workers.
PB94157922

Publication Date	1993
Personal Author	Rosenman, K. D.
Page Count	72
Abstract	A mortality study of former workers from four chromate production facilities in northern New Jersey was conducted, and the feasibility of identifying and notifying workers from closed facilities without access to personnel records or recent address information was examined. Social Security records were used to identify a cohort of 3,408 former workers from the four facilities. It was possible to trace 83% of the total cohort. Of these, 1,787 workers were decreased. At least 65.4% of the cohort presumed to be alive received notification. Mortality analysis indicated that workers at these facilities remained at an elevated risk for the development of lung cancer more than 20 years after the end of their employment. A cluster of bladder cancer among former black workers was noted at one facility. There were 306 former chromate workers who expressed interest in participating in a lung cancer screening program. Another 41 were interested in receiving more information. The author notes that in spite of the absence of personnel records or recent addresses, it was possible to determine the vital status of over 80% of all former workers and over and 90% of former workers with more than 1 year of work at these facilities.
Keywords	Mortality Occupational exposure Chromium Air pollution effects(Humans) Risk assessment Occupational safety and health Epidemiology Notification procedures Smelting Malignant neoplasms Respiratory diseases Bladder neoplasms Industrial medicine Northern Region(New Jersey)
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Coll. of Human Medicine.; 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	199415