What types of injuries and illnesses can occur in the Wood
Products Industry?
The following data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) characterizes injuries and illnesses
for selected SIC codes from the Wood Products Industry. Visit the
BLS Safety and Health Statistics page for more
information.
Health Hazard References:
Heat Stress
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- Protecting Workers from Heat Stress. OSHA QuickCard™, (2010).
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Working Outdoors in Warm Climates.
OSHA Fact Sheet, (2005, September).
- OSHA's Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workers. OSHA provides additional educational resources and training materials.
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Extreme Heat Prevention Guide. Centers for the Control
and Prevention of Disease (CDC).
- OSHA-NIOSH INFOSHEET: Protecting Workers from Heat Illness, US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 2011-174, (2011, May).
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OSHA Technical Manual (OTM).
OSHA Directive TED
01-00-015 [TED 1-0, 15A], (1999,
January 20).
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Rom, William N. "Hot and Cold Work Environments." Environmental and Occupational Medicine,
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Wald, Peter and Greg Stave. "Hot Environments."
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Reinhold, (1994), pp.93-111.
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Zenz, Carl, O. Bruce Dickerson, and Edward Horvalt.
"Physical Work and Heat Stress." Occupational Medicine, 3rd ed.,
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Cold Stress
Diesel Exhaust
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Diesel Exhaust.
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
- Diesel Exhaust. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Health and Safety Fact Sheet.
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- Chapter 71, Lumber
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Graves, J. and John Cain. "A survey of exposure to diesel engine exhaust emission in the workplace." Annals of Occupational Hygiene 44.6(2000): 435-447.
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Chemical
Hazards
Lyme Disease
Sun Exposure
Noise
Vibration
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Health Risks - Vibration: Advice for Employers. United Kingdom Health
and Safety Executive (HSE), (2001,
June).
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Criteria For a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Hand-Arm Vibration.
US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Occupational
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April): 141-153.
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M. Bovenzi, F. Gianni and S. Rossi. "Vibration-induced multi focal neuropathy in forestry workers: electro physiological findings in relation to vibration exposure and finger circulation." Environmental Health 73(2000,
November): 519-527.
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Nagase, H., et al. "Multivariate analysis on the relationship between subjective symptoms and risk factors for the development of symptoms including working conditions, life habits and physical status in forestry workers using chain saw." Japanese Journal of Industrial Health
34.6(1992, November): 551-559.
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K.M., A.D. Blann and J.A. Allen. "Vascular responses in chain saw operators." Occupational and Environmental Medicine
51.6(1994, June): 366-370.
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M. et al. "A preliminary study on the function tests of the vibration syndrome in tropical rain forest workers." Journal of Human Ergology
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General
Resources
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Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1994).
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St. Louis: Missouri, (1994).
- Parmeggiani, Luigi, ed.
Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety.
4th ed. Geneva: International Labor Office, (1998).
- Raffle, P.A.B., P.H. Adams, Peter J. Baxter and W.R. Lee. Hunters Diseases of
Occupations. 8th edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1994).
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Reinhold, (1994).
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Mosby: St. Louis, Missouri, (1994).
- William N. Rom. Environmental and Occupational Medicine. 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, (1998).
Dermal Exposure
- Dermal
Exposure. OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page.
- Armstrong, W.P. and W.L. Epstein. "Poison Oak: More
Than Just Scratching The Surface." Herbalgram 34 (1995):36-42.
- Lee, N.P. and E R Arriola. "Poison ivy, oak and sumac dermatitis."
Western Journal of Medicine 171.5-6(1999, November-December):354-355.
- Poison Ivy Control. Missouri Department of Conservation.
- Outsmarting Poison Ivy and Other Poisonous Plants. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA).
Discusses how to treat and
prevent poison ivy, poison oak and
poison sumac.
- Hauser, Susan Carol. Outwitting Poison Ivy. Guilford: The Lyons Press,
(2001).
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A.A. "Poison ivy/oak dermatitis. Part I: Prevention - soap and water, topical barriers, hypersentization."
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