OHSEP is a program in the California Department of Public Health that tracks work-related injuries and diseases, conducts workplace studies about occupational exposures and health effects, and makes prevention recommendations to employers and employees. Information from OHSEP can be used to improve required workplace Injury and Illness Prevention Programs (IIPP) and assist health care providers in early identification and treatment of work-related injuries and disease. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/ mary.deems@cdph.ca.gov (Mary Deems) OHB letter published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization regarding the negative health effects on flight attendants and passengers from disinsecting aircraft with pyrethoid insecticides. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/aircraft.pdf Sat, 31 Mar 2001 true OT Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; aircraft; disinsection; plane; pyrethroid; permethrin; flight; attendant; crew; insecticide eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA TWU Provides information on the Cleaning for Asthma-Safe Schools (CLASS) Project created by California’s Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program. CLASS helps California schools adopt safer cleaning methods to protect workers and students from getting or worsening their asthma. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CLASS.pdf Thu, 11 Aug 2011 true BR work-related asthma, cleaning products, custodians eng NFI RDR EXA *** HSA SRV Article in Environmental Health Perspectives describes a study to estimate the incidence of acute illnesses from pesticide drift from outdoor agricultural applications and describe drift exposure and illness characteristics. Data analyzed was from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks-Pesticides Program and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation; findings highlight areas where interventions to reduce off-target drift could be focused. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/ehp1002843.pdf Mon, 6 Jun 2011 true JA Agriculture, pesticide drift, pesticide, pesticide illness, pesticide poisoning, surveillance eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA AFF Fact sheet describes how and why pests get into buildings, how to prevent pest problems without using pesticides, and what to do if you think you’ve been affected by pesticides in the workplace. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/Pestsandpesticides.pdf Thu, 30 Jun 2011 true BR pests, pesticides, indoor, pesticide illness eng NFI RDR EXA *** SRV An educational module intended to teach the practicing physician more about pesticide illness. The first segment describes general aspects of pesticide toxicology, and pesticide illness epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Subsequent segments discuss acute pesticide illness due to specific pesticide classes (Parts 2 and 3) and chronic pesticide illness (Part 4). http://www.aoec.org/content/resources_1_3_1.htm Sat, 31 Jan 2004 true OT Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; farm; physician; education; module; curriculum; toxicology; epidemiology; diagnosis; treatment eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA *** Article in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report entitled, "Farm Worker Illness Following Exposure to Carbofuran and Other Pesticides -- Fresno County, California, 1998." http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056485.htm Fri, 19 Feb 1999 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; farm; agriculture; fresno; carbofuran eng CVD IDI NFI REP RDR EXA AFF Abstract of journal article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine entitled, "Acute pesticide-related illnesses among working youths, 1988-1999." http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/pesticides/apriawy.html Wed, 1 Jan 2003 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; farm; agriculture; youth eng CVD IDI NFI REP RDR EXA AFF Abstract of journal article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine concluding surveillance is an important tool to assess acute pesticide-related illness and to identify associated risk factors. Findings suggest that these illnesses continue to be an important occupational health problem, especially in agriculture. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/pesticides/aopri.html Thu, 1 Jan 2004 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; farm; agriculture eng CVD IDI NFI REP RDR EXA AFF Abstract of journal article in Clinical Toxicology entitled, "Acute illnesses associated with exposure to fipronil--surveillance data from 11 states in the United States, 2001-2007." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20849331 Sun, 1 Aug 2010 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; worker; employee; occupational; illness; fipronil; insecticide; pets eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA *** Journal article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report entitled, "Surveillance of Work-Related Asthma in Selected U.S. States Using Surveillance Guidelines for State Health Departments -- California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993-1995." http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss4803a1.htm Fri, 25 Jun 1999 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; work-related asthma; surveillance; Work-Aggravated Asthma; work; workers; irritant; exposure; state health department; guideline; california eng NFI RDR EXA *** Abstract of journal article in American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal entitled, "Processes of Care for Individuals With Work Related Asthma: Treatment Characteristics and Impact of Asthma on Work." http://www.slackjournals.com/article.aspx?rid=34463 Sun, 1 Aug 2004 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; work-related asthma; surveillance; Work-Aggravated Asthma; work; workers eng NFI RDR EXA *** Abstract of journal article in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine entitled, "Work-related reactive airways dysfunction syndrome cases from surveillance in selected US states." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12708139?dopt=Abstract Tue, 1 Apr 2003 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; surveillance; reactive airways; dysfunction syndrome; asthma; worker eng NFI RDR EXA *** Abstract of journal article in Occupational & Environmental Medicine on the need to understand occupational asthma better in order to prevent it. http://oem.bmj.com/content/61/6/512.abstract?etoc Thu, 1 Jan 2004 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; cleaning products; work-related asthma; surveillance; Work-Aggravated Asthma eng NFI RDR EXA *** Factsheet on the prevalence and tracking of work-related asthma produced by the Environmental Health Investigations Branch in collaboration with the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. http://www.ehib.org/cma/papers/California_Asthma_Facts_WRA.pdf Sun, 1 Aug 2004 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; work-related asthma; surveillance eng NFI RDR EXA *** Letter published in Journal of Environmental Health in response to the article "Efficacy of Green Cleaning Products". http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/JEHLetter0709.pdf Wed, 1 Jul 2009 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; cleaning products; work-related asthma; surveillance eng NFI RDR EXA *** SRV Article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine regarding the aerosol application of a pesticide in aircraft and the hazards it poses to flight attendants. Based on the findings of California’s pesticide illness tracking system over a one year period where 17 cases of illness involving flight attendants exposed to pesticides were reported. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/aircraftdisinsection.pdf Thu, 1 Feb 2007 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; flight attendant; air curtain; aircraft disinsection; residual disinsection; permethrin; pyrethroid eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA TWU Factsheet on the prevalence of work-related asthma in California, along with risk factors and recommendations on how to address them. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/asthmanewsjune02.pdf Sat, 1 Jun 2002 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; work; surveillance; work-related asthma eng NFI RDR EXA *** CON HSA MNF SRV Addendum report; full title: "Study to Determine Possible Adverse Effects to Rocketdyne/Atomics International Workers from Exposure to Selected Chemicals". http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/chemical.pdf Fri, 1 Jan 1999 false CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); chemicals; chemical exposure; Rocketdyne; epidemiology eng CAN EXA MNF TWU Article in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine about cleaning products and work-related asthma. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/cleaningproducts.pdf Thu, 1 May 2003 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; cleaning products; work-related asthma; surveillance eng NFI RDR EXA *** SRV Abstract of a journal article in the American Journal of Industrial medicine concluding that a greater proportion of work-related asthma associated with irritant exposures was identified than has previously been reported. The surveillance data provide a very conservative estimate of the incidence of work-related asthma. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11148017?dopt=Abstract Mon, 1 Jan 2001 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; work-related asthma; surveillance; Work-Aggravated Asthma; work; workers; irritant; exposure eng NFI RDR EXA *** Factsheet with findings on work-related asthma and cleaning products in California; includes case studies and guidance for workers, including how to chooose safer products and use safer cleaning methods to avoid causing or triggering work-related asthma. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/WRA-CleaningProd.pdf Fri, 1 Oct 2010 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; cleaning products; work-related asthma; surveillance eng NFI RDR EXA *** SRV Report about residual disinsection that resulted in illness among 12 flight attendants exposed to the aircraft cabin environment. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/disinsection.pdf Thu, 23 Oct 2003 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; flight attendants; aircraft; pyrethroid; permethrin; vecto borne; vector-borne; WHO; curtain eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA TWU Factsheet on how to remove graffitti without exposure to asthma-causing chemicals, published by the Occupational Health Branch in the California Department of Public Health and the Labor and Occupational Health Program at the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/graffiti.pdf Thu, 1 Jan 2004 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; graffiti removal; cleaning chemicals; asthma eng NFI RDR EXA *** SRV Article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine on work-related asthma cases found among nurses in hospitals. The most commonly reported exposures were cleaning products, latex, and poor air quality. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/hcw.pdf Mon, 14 Feb 2005 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; health care workers; surveillance eng NFI RDR EXA HSA Report on a July 1999 incident involving the exposure of farm workers in Kings County, CA, to pesticide drift. The incident resulted in at least nine cases of pesticide-related illness. The report highlights key factors that contributed to these illnesses. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/kings.pdf Thu, 1 Jul 1999 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; farm; naled; chlorpyrifos; mepiquat; chloride; drift; Kings County eng CVD IDI NFI OHD RDR EXA AFF "Investigación del incidente de envenenamiento por pesticidas en Kings County." Report on a July 1999 incident involving the exposure of farm workers in Kings County, CA, to pesticide drift. The incident resulted in at least nine cases of pesticide-related illness. The report highlights key factors that contributed to these illnesses. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/kingssp.pdf Tue, 4 Dec 2001 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pesticide; pest; worker; employee; occupational; exposure; illness; farm; naled; chlorpyrifos; mepiquat; chloride; drift; Kings; Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure spa *** CVD IDI NFI OHD RDR EXA AFF Results of an investigation into the potential occupational hazards associated with a large-scale, off-site steam autoclave. Hazards identified include ergonomic stressors, infectious agents, and safety hazards; exposure to chemicals used for cleaning and maintenance activities; carbon monoxide from operating forklifts; noise, heat, odor, and ionizing radiation. Includes recommendations to prevent illness and injury in this setting. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/medicalwaste.pdf Wed, 1 Feb 2006 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; medical waste disposal; prevention; ergonomics; musculoskeletal disorders; lifting eng MSD EXA SRV TWU Report found that the use of metam-sodium in an overhead sprinkler system near an elementary school in Santa Barbara County released a pesticide into the air which drifted off-site and resulted in at least three cases of pesticide poisoning among workers up to one mile away. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/metamsod.pdf Thu, 20 Dec 2001 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pesticide; pest; worker; employee; occupational; exposure; illness; elementary; school; metam; sodium; metam-sodium; carrot; methyl; isothiocyanate; carbamate; drift eng CVD IDI NFI REP RDR EXA AFF "Investigación del incidente de envenenamiento por pesticidas, Santa Barbara." Report found that the use of metam-sodium in an overhead sprinkler system near an elementary school in Santa barbara County released a pesticide into the air which drifted off-site and resulted in at least three cases of pesticide poisoning among workers up to one mile away. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/metamsp.pdf Sat, 14 Dec 2002 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pesticide; pest; worker; employee; occupational; exposure; illness; elementary; school; metam; sodium; metam-sodium; carrot; methyl; isothiocyanate; carbamate; drift; Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; pest spa CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA AFF Article in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health on the prevalence of pesticide-related Illness among farm workers in California and the United States, with recommendations on how to prevent pesticide illness from occurring. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/migrantfarmworkers.pdf Sat, 1 Dec 2001 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pesticide; pest; worker; employee; occupational; exposure; illness; migrant; farm laborer; farm worker; risk; prevention; protection; standard eng CVD IDI NFI OHD RDR EXA AFF Report addresses the effects and health risks of controlling mosquito population through pesticide use to prevent the spread of West Nile disease. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/mosquitocontrol.pdf Thu, 1 Sep 2005 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; worker; employee; occupational; illness; West Nile Virus; WNV; mosquito; vector; pyrethrin; pyrethroid; piperonyl; butoxide; acute; chronic eng *** IDI RDR EXA *** SRV Report about a worker spraying a mix of pesticides in an apple orchard in Fresno County who was treated for the effects of pesticide exposure. The report reccommends using less toxic chemicals or non-chemical alternatives for controlling pests and use of engineering controls rather than relying on personal protective equipment to prevent exposure. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/myclobut.pdf Tue, 24 Oct 2000 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; pesticide illness; exposure; employee; occupational; exposure; myclobutanil; streptomycin; sulfate; apples; farm; Rally; 40W; Agri-Mycin eng *** CAN CVD IDI NFI PPT RDR EXA AFF Conference poster presents surveillance findings on pyrethroid pesticide illnesses in California from January 1998 to March 2000. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/pyrethro.pdf Mon, 1 Jan 2001 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; pyrethroid eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA AFF TWU Article in Public Health Reports on a total of 325 cases of acute pesticide poisoning associated with pesticide exposure at retail establishments from 1998 through 2004, http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/retailpesticide.pdf Thu, 1 Mar 2007 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; Pesticide; pest; employee; retail; customer; disinfectant; insecticide; herbicide eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA WRT Article in Pediatrics which presents the results of a study that examined the relationship between prenatal exposure to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and neurodevelopment of Mexican farm-workers’ children in California. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/ddt.pdf Sat, 1 Jul 2006 false JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); In Utero Exposure; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; DDT; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; DDE; Neurodevelopment; Mexican American; Children eng *** CVD REP AFF "Como prevenir una caida de una escalera." - factsheet with recommendations on preventing falls from stepladders and extension ladders.hawks yeah yeah and you http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/FallPreventionGuide_Span.pdf Mon, 3 Nov 2003 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Falls; ladder safety; ladders; fall prevention; caidas; escaleras; step ladder; extension ladder spa TRI *** CON "How To Prevent a Ladder Fall" is a factsheet with recommendations on preventing falls from stepladders and extension ladders http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/FallPreventionGuide.pdf Mon, 3 Nov 2003 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); falls; fall prevention; ladders; ladder safety; step laddder; extension ladders eng TRI *** CON Report found that workers making bioprosthetic heart valves are at risk for asthma. In California over a ten-year period (1993-2003), 20 cases of work-related asthma associated with exposure to glutaraldehyde were identified. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/glutaraldehyde.pdf Tue, 21 Mar 2006 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; heart valve manufacturing; glutaraldehyde; asthma MEA eng NFI RDR EXA MNF Report describes an incident involving a worker in a cell biology research company setting up a procedure to disinfect the cell culture room to eliminate molds. The procedure involved heating paraformaldehyde, which caused formaldehyde gas to be released into the room. Publication includes recommendations on how to avoid this problem. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/paraformaldehyde.pdf Mon, 21 Jun 1999 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; illness; exposure; paraformaldehyde; formaldehyde; disinfection; gas; lab; laboratory; indoor eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA MNF SRV Final report without addendum; full title: Epidemiologic Study to Determine Possible Adverse Effects to Rocketdyne/Atomics International Workers from Exposure to Ionizing Radiation http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/radiation.pdf Sun, 1 Jun 1997 false TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); epidemiology; radiation; ionizing radiation; Rocketdyne; atomic workers eng CAN NFI MNF TWU Factsheet on working with wood and around wood dust provides information on woods that can cause asthma, prevention measures for reducing asthma risk, respirator basics; highlights other hazards of working around wood. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/wooddust.pdf Tue, 1 Apr 2003 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; wood dust; surveillance; asthma eng NFI RDR EXA *** Article in Journal of Asthma about work-related asthma cases in California, Massachusetts, and Michigan, 2001. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/wra.pdf Sat, 1 Apr 2006 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; surveillance; population-based data; asthma eng NFI RDR EXA *** Executive summary of report on a study that evaluated programs to reduce workplace violence in hospitals. The study was a collaboration among several states; information about violence prevention and security programs were collected from Emergency Departments and Psychiatric Units and Facilities from hospitals in California and New Jersey; findings and recommendations are presented. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/wvpexecsummary.pdf Mon, 1 Jan 2007 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); workplace violence; healthcare facilities; violent patients; health care workers eng WSD HSA Report on a study that evaluated programs to reduce workplace violence in hospitals. The study was a collaboration among several states; information about violence prevention and security programs were collected from Emergency Departments and Psychiatric Units and Facilities from hospitals in California and New Jersey; findings and recommendations are presented. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/wvpfinalreport.pdf Mon, 1 Jan 2007 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); workplace violence; health care facilities; hospital epidemiology eng HHE WSD HSA Report about an electrician who was electrocuted and died after he took off the cover of an electrical junction box and touched a live electrical connection. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse1.pdf Fri, 1 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Electrocution; Electrician; fatality; fatal; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury AAP eng PPT TRI EXA AFF Report about a field worker was loading asparagus into a bin on a platform attached to a tractor. The worker lost his balance, was pulled off the platform and down to the ground, and run over by one of the large rear wheels of the tractor. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse10.pdf Fri, 1 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); tractor; asparagus; sledder; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a machine operator at a vegetable processing plant whose foot was amputated while she walked down a trimming line. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse11.pdf Thu, 16 Jul 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); auger; amputation; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng *** TRI AFF Report about a tree trimmer who was pruning walnut trees in an orchard using a lift bucket (a "cherry picker") attached to a mobile platform. His pruning shears touched the power line, and he was electrocuted. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse12.pdf Tue, 11 Aug 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); tree; trimmer; electrocution; orchard; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI EXA AFF Report about a worker who died during an onion harvest when he was walking between two tractors and was pinned against the back of one of the machines, crushing his spine . The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse13.pdf Tue, 11 Aug 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); tractor; driver; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about an irrigator driving an ATV who became temporarily blinded when an insect flew into his eye. He drove the ATV head-on into a windrower and was injured. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse14.pdf Tue, 11 Aug 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); irrigator; ATV; dairy; farm; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a tractor driver who was pulling a mulcher when a small metal object was thrown by the blades and struck him in the forehead. His tractor hit a tree, and he was later found unconscious. After being in a coma for two days, he was pronounced brain dead. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse15.pdf Fri, 28 Aug 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); tractor; driver; fatality; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a worker who suffered seizures while packing lettuce in a field . He was diagnosed with hyperthermia (heatstroke). The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse16.pdf Fri, 4 Sep 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); heat; lettuce; packer; nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng NFI EXA AFF Report about a farm irrigator who was injured while shutting off the water to his sprinkler line. He was bent over the connecting valve when its cap came loose and water pressure fired it into his face. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse17.pdf Thu, 8 Oct 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); irrigator; pipe; valve; face; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a farm laborer on his first day on the job who fell off a 10-foot adder while picking plums in an orchard, breaking his ankle. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse18.pdf Thu, 8 Oct 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); plum; picker; ladder; fall; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a worker on a dairy farm whose pelvis was crushed when a tractor driver accidentally drove the tractor backwards into a piece of farm machinery called a cultivator, which fell over onto the worker. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse19.pdf Thu, 8 Oct 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); dairy; worker; cultivator; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a farm worker whose arm was amputated after his shirt sleeve was caught by a joint in an uncovered driveshaft between his tractor and wagon. He had reached across the shaft to pull a lever on the tractor, when his shirt sleeve was caught and his arm was ripped almost completely off. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse2.pdf Fri, 22 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); amputation; tractor; power take off; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a teenage farm worker whose finger was mangled when his hand got caught where two sprinkler irrigation pipes joined. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse20.pdf Tue, 27 Oct 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); teenager; young worker; pipe; irrigator; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a farm worker driving a mechanical harvester in a fig orchard whose foot was amputated after fan blades from an exhaust outlet cut it off. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse21.pdf Wed, 2 Dec 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); amputation; fan; fig; orchard; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a tilt machine operator at a lettuce cooling plant who was injured by a forklift when its driver drove into him, striking him behind his knee. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse22.pdf Wed, 23 Dec 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); severed; forklift; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; forklift eng TRI *** AFF Report about a 54 year-old Hispanic male raisin picker who fractured his lower left leg while riding on a bin trailer. His left foot slipped off the trailer and was caught between a moving tire and the trailer's stationary work platform. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse23.pdf Thu, 7 Jan 1993 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); raisin; picker; leg; break; bin; trailer; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a farm worker harvesting almonds whose skull was broken when he crawled under a trailer to unlock the brakes. When the ring clamp from the outside housing of the brakes was loosened, it released a loaded spring, which sent the top of the outside housing flying into the farm worker's forehead. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse24.pdf Tue, 19 Jan 1993 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); skull fracture; explosion; brake; nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a tractor driver who died after he fell off of a tractor and its rear wheel crushed his head. The driver had seemed sick the day before. It looked as if he was having a seizure as his tractor ran into a row of grape vines. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse25.pdf Mon, 15 Mar 1993 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); tractor; driver; head; crush; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a tractor driver who was injured as he was pulling a discer through an apricot orchard. The driver looked over his shoulder to check the discer. As he turned to face forward again, a low tree branch hit him on the head and knocked him off the tractor. A blade of the discer caught his forearm . The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse26.pdf Tue, 3 Mar 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); tractor; fall; nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a driver of a mechanical cotton picker who was injured when he climbed on the machine to bolt down a loose spindle cover. His sweater sleeve became caught in one of the turning power shafts, wrapped around the shaft, and cut into his arm, almost taking it off. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse27.pdf Tue, 3 Mar 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); mechanical; cotton picker; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; machinery eng TRI AFF Report about a celery cutter who received an electric shock when using an extension cord with his cutting machine. The extension cord plug plug was missing the third (grounding) prong and puddles of water were on the floor of the greenhouse. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse28.pdf Wed, 31 Mar 1993 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); machine; operator; electrical; shock; nursery; transplant nursery; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; celery; greenhouse; cutter; cord eng TRI EXA AFF Report about a tomato harvester who was severely burned by an explosion that occurred when he poured gasoline over boxes of containers that had been used to used to hold liquid pesticides. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse29.pdf Fri, 29 Oct 1993 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); burn; explosion; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI EXA AFF Report about a t tractor driver who died after being run over by a scraper and a roller he was towing through a walnut orchard. He was probably looking over his shoulder when he drove under a low tree branch and was knocked off the tractor. The tractor continued moving forward and dragged the scraper and then the roller over the driver. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse3.pdf Fri, 22 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); tractor; driver; crushed; scraper; roller; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a forklift driver who was burned when he was moving boxes at a raisin packaging plant. The radiator cap blew off the forklift he was driving and hot radiator fluid scorched the skin on his back and arm. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse30.pdf Mon, 29 Nov 1993 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); radiator; fluid; burn; forklift; operator; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; driver eng TRI EXA *** Report about a worker in a packing plant who was injured when her long hair got caught in rollers in the transport system used to move fruit boxes. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse31.pdf Mon, 3 Jan 1994 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); scalped; fruit; packing; plant; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; hair; long hair eng TRI AFF Report about a farm worker who sustained a spinal injury while picking nectarines from a 10-foot tripod ladder. He slipped while climbing down; his foot hooked around the rung and he fell, striking his head and neck on the ground. He was caught hanging upside down, and had to be removed by coworkers before he could be transported to receive medical care. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse32.pdf Mon, 28 Feb 1994 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); picker; neck injury; ladder; fall; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; hispanic eng TRI AFF Report about a cotton harvester who died working on his family farm. It was raining when he climbed on top of a machine that packs the cotton into bales. Just as he touched the basket, 14,000 volts of electricity from an overhead power line had arced to the wet basket and he was electrocuted. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse33.pdf Mon, 28 Feb 1994 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); cotton; harvester; fatal; electrocution; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI EXA AFF Report about a cotton harvester operator who was injured when his hand was caught in the turning spindles of the harvesting machine. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse34.pdf Tue, 31 May 1994 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); cotton; harvester; mangled; spindle; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; machine eng TRI AFF Report about a vineyard worker who was injured when the truck he was riding on tilted and a bundle of stakes weighing nearly a ton rolled onto him. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse35.pdf Thu, 21 Jul 1994 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); vineyard; crush; metal; stakes; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about two farm workers who died when they were struck by lightning as they were picking and hoeing lettuce during a thunderstorm. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse4.pdf Fri, 22 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); lightning; strike; kill; fatality; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI EXA AFF Report about a grape picker who broke his leg when he fell off a trailer and its wheel rolled over and broke his leg. He was then picked up and taken to the hospital. Moving someone with a badly broken leg can be as dangerous and painful to the victim as the injury itself.The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse5.pdf Fri, 22 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); grape; picker; run over; bin trailer; trailer; nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; broken leg eng TRI AFF Report about a maintenance worker in a fruit drying plant who was injured when he was cleaning and oiling a tray transporter. He left the transporter running and did not unbolt the guard. When he leaned over the rotating shaft to oil the rollers the shaft caught his jacket sleeve; the shaft pulled his arm in and broke both bones in his forearm. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse6.pdf Mon, 2 May 1994 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); maintenance; broken arm; fruit-tray; transporter; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF A cantaloupe picker collapsed and died of heat stroke after four hours of work. Typically cantaloupe picking crews are paid by the number of trucks they load in a day. Many workers do not stop for breaks even though they can carry up to 50 pounds of the fruit at a time in the heat. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse7.pdf Fri, 22 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); cantaloupe picker; picker; heat; heat stroke; death; die; fatality; nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury; casual worker; heat illness eng EXA AFF Report about a heavy equipment operator who died while digging irrigation ditches without wearing a seat belt. When the tractor slid into the drainage ditch and tipped over, the operator fell out of his seat and the roll bar of the tractor rolled over him, crushing him to death. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse8.pdf Fri, 22 May 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); heavy; equipment; operator; crushed; roll over; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng TRI AFF Report about a farm laborer who was bitten by what may have been a poisonous spider while working in a vineyard. The report includes specific recommendations to prevent similar incidents from occuring for the use of employers, workers, and others concerned about health and safety in agriculture. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/nurse9.pdf Tue, 2 Jun 1992 true CR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); poisonous; spider; bite; vineyard; Nurse report; agriculture; farm worker; surveillance; injury eng EXA AFF Executive summary of The Burden of Asthma in California - A Surveillance Report, published by the California Department of Public Health. Key findings cover asthma prevalence and symptoms; routine health care; emergency department visits, hospitalizations and mortality; trends over time; disparities; costs; and risk factors. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/asthmaburdensummary.pdf Fri, 1 Jun 2007 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; work; surveillance; work-related asthma eng ECN NFI OHD RDR EXA *** Chapter on work-related asthma in The Burden of Asthma in California - a surveillance report, published by the California Department of Public Health. Surveillance data include the prevalence and characteristics of workers who get asthma on the job. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/asthmaburden.pdf Fri, 1 Jun 2007 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); asthma; work-related asthma; occupational eng NFI RDR EXA *** In 2005, California's Occupational Health Branch investigated an incident in Kern County that resulted in 27 farmworkers becoming ill due to drift of the pyrethroid pesticide, cyfluthrin. This report describes the currently available growing practices that eliminate the need for cyfluthrin use to control citrus thrips in the orange growing industry. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/thripscontrol.pdf Thu, 22 Jan 2009 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pest; Pests; Pesticide; Pesticides; work; worker; occupational; exposure; employee; exposure; pesticide illness; cyfluthrin; pyrethroid; citrus; thrips; IPM; Integrated Pest Management; Drift; Organic Alternatives eng IDI REP RDR EXA AFF Results of a survey of farmworkers in San Luis Obispo County, California, to determine whether they had received required pesticide safety training and assess their understanding and perspectives on training, hazard communication, personal protective equipment, and treatment of pesticide-related illness. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/slosurvey.pdf Sun, 1 Dec 2002 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); pesticides; farmworker training; pesticide training eng CVD IDI NFI OHD PPT RDR EXA AFF Article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine regarding an evidence-based identification and regulatory process for occupational asthmagens. Recommendations address consistent identification criteria; collection of use, exposure, and health effects information; medical surveillance and medical removal protection, and development of safer alternatives. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/WRA_PrimaryPrevent.pdf Sat, 1 Mar 2008 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; sensitizers; regulations ; surveillance; occupational asthma; regulatory; regulation; asthmagen; asthma-causing; medical; exposure; alternatives eng *** NFI RDR EXA *** Article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine that characterizes work-related asthma cases among employees in the educational services industry identified by state-based occupational disease surveillance systems. Concludes that the health of school employees should also be considered when initiatives addressing asthma among schoolchildren are instituted. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/WRA_EdServices.pdf Sat, 1 Sep 2007 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; surveillance; schools; school maintenance; school janitors EDU eng NFI RDR EXA SRV Poster presents results of a review of all cases of pesticide illness involving farmworkers reported to the CA Dept. of Public Health (formerly the CA Dept. of Health Services) between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 1999. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/soeh0702.pdf Tue, 1 Jan 2002 true OT Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); pesticide; illness; farmworkers; migration; agriculture; Hispanic; surveillance; NIOSH eng *** CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA AFF Form to order publications from the Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation program in the California Department of Public Health. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/OHSEPPubsOrderForm.pdf Sat, 1 Mar 2008 true OT Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); order; form; surveillance; materials eng CAN CVD IDI MSD NFI OHD PPT REP RDR TRI WSD EXA *** Description of California's program that tracked work-related Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from 1998-2002. Includes frequently asked questions for workers and offers related resources and publications from the Occupational Health Branch. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CompletedProj-CTS.pdf Thu, 9 Nov 2000 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); carpal tunnel syndrome; CTS; wrists; musculoskeletal eng MSD EXA *** Description of California's program that tracked and analyzed nonfatal construction falls from 2000-2005. Includes frequently asked questions for workers and offers related resources and publications from the Occupational Health Branch. FAQ's address construction trades with the highest number of ladder falls, common risks for falls from ladders, and ways to reduce falls from extension ladders. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CompletedProj-Falls.pdf Sat, 1 Jan 2005 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); falls; construction eng TRI CON Description of California project that studied the conditions of low wage workers in certain sectors, particularly janitors and garment workers, in order to identify strategies for implementing effective health and safety programs for these workers throughout California. Includes frequently asked questions for workers and offers related resources and publications from the Occupational Health Branch. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CompletedProj-LowWageWkrs.pdf Sat, 1 Jan 2005 false BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); low wage workers; immigrants; janitors; housekeepers; garment workers eng *** MSD OHD RDR EXA *** MNF SRV Description of the California SHARPS program, which collected and provided information to help health care workers and employers reduce the risk of sharps injuries; this included developing a list of available safety engineered medical devices. Includes frequently asked questions for workers and offers related resources, including a link to the University of Virginia's List of Safety-Engineered Sharp Devices. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CompletedProj-Sharps.pdf Sat, 1 Jan 2005 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); needlestick; health care workers; hospital safety; bloodborne pathogens; bloodborne illness; medical devices; safety engineered medical devices eng *** IDI TRI EXA HSA Description of California project that studied the occupations, industries, and work activities where workers were exposed to silica and provided information and education to promote awareness of occupational silica exposure, reduce silica exposure levels, and prevent future cases of silicosis. Includes frequently asked questions for workers and offers related resources. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CompletedProj-Silicosis.pdf Sat, 1 Jan 2005 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); silica; construction; lung disease; silicosis; respiratory disease; manufacturing eng RDR EXA CON MIN MNF Descripton of a study of workplace violence prevention in hospitals in California and New Jersey to evaluate the effects of the Cal/OSHA Workplace Violence guidelines and the California Hospital Security Act on hospital security programs and to see if they were successful in reducing assaults on health care workers. Highlights the risk factors for violent behavior in hospitals and offers related resources. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CompletedProj-WPV.pdf Sat, 1 Jan 2005 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); workplace violence; hospital safety; injury prevention; health care workers; nurses; mental health workers eng TRI WSD HSA Announcement about the revised “Environmental Standard for Industrial and Institutional Cleaners” (GS-37 Standard). The standard, which has stronger health and environmental protections, including a prohibition of ingredients known to cause allergic-type asthma, was certified by a third-party organization, the non-profit Green Seal, which developed it in an open process that involved OHB staff and other stakeholders. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/GS-37.pdf Tue, 1 Sep 2009 true BR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); work-related asthma; asthma; cleaning products; safe cleaning products eng *** IDI RDR EXA *** HSA SRV WRT Article in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene that describes exposure to glutaraldehyde among workers making bioprosthetic heart valves and makes recommendations for prevention of work-related asthma. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/glutaraldehydeJOEH.pdf Mon, 26 Mar 2007 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Glutaraldehyde; Exposures; Workers; Bioprosthetic; Heart Valves; permissible exposure limit; work-related asthma; asthma eng NFI RDR EXA MNF Report of the Occupational Pesticide Illness Prevention Program in the California Department of Public Health provides findings from their pesticide illness tracking activities, makes recommendations to prevent future cases, and provides resources for workers and employers. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/pestillness.pdf Mon, 1 Jan 2007 true TR Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); pesticide; illness; occupational; work; exposure eng *** CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA *** AFF HSA MNF TWU Article in American Journal of Industrial Medicine about acute pesticide poisoning cases in agricultural workers between the ages of 15 and 64 years that occurred from 1998 to 2005. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/acutepestAJIH.pdf Sun, 1 Jun 2008 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); pesticides; surveillance; pesticide poisoning; poisoning; agriculture; farmworkers eng IDI NFI RDR EXA AFF Article in Public Health Reports promoting use of the industrial hygiene hierarchy of controls to promote safer methods of controlling katydids and citrus thrips in a grape vineyard. Safer pest control practices identified included hazard elimination, chemical substitution, engineering controls, and administrative controls. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/pestcontrolhierarchy.pdf Thu, 1 Jan 2009 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); pesticides; hierarchy; pesticide illness; citrus; thrips; katydids; air blast; farmworker; cyfluthrin; safer alternatives eng CVD IDI NFI RDR EXA AFF Powerpoint presentation by CDPH physician Rupali Das presented at the “Safer Alternatives for Pest Control in Agriculture: Making the Public Health Case for Change” Conference jointly sponsored by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, and the University of California (UC) Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM). http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/PestConf-Das.pdf Thu, 28 May 2009 true OT Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pesticides; exposure; worker health eng CVD IDI NFI REP RDR EXA AFF MNF SRV TWU Conference summary of the “Safer Alternatives for Pest Control in Agriculture: Making the Public Health Case for Change” jointly sponsored by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, and the University of California (UC) Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM). The conference brought together attendees and speakers from academia, the agricultural and insurance industries, non-governmental organizations, and state and local government. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/PestConfSummary.pdf Thu, 28 May 2009 true OT Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); pest control; pesticides; safer alternatives; conference eng CVD IDI NFI OHD REP RDR EXA AFF MNF SRV TWU Factsheet about carpal tunnel syndrome tracking (CTS) program that was developed to identify cases of occupational CTS, characterize risk factors, develop interventions in the workplace, and devise prevention strategies. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/ctsnewsjune02.pdf Sat, 1 Jun 2002 true BR ohsep; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION PROGRAM; carpal tunnel; cts; ergonomic; musculoskeletal eng MSD EXA *** Article in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report detailing the results of an investigation of an incident involving 27 farmworkers who became ill from drift of a pyrethroid pesticide (cyfluthrin) that was being applied in a neighboring field. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5517a4.htm Fri, 5 May 2006 true JA Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP); Pesticide; exposure; worker health; worker; farm worker; agriculture; application; kern county; california eng CVD IDI RDR EXA AFF Handbook to assist school personnel in developing and implementing effective infection-control practices while minimizing the use of, and exposure to, toxic products. Written by the National Cleaning for Healthier Schools and Infection Control Workgroup (representatives from academic, public health, environmental health, medical, and school advocacy communities) in collaboration with the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/ohsep/Documents/CleanSchoolsHandbook.pdf Wed, 11 Aug 2010 true TR schools, infection, disinfectant, asthma eng NFI RDR EXA *** SRV