#occupational-health — Public Fediverse posts
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Today is #WorldDayForSafetyAndHealthAtWork!
An estimated 1.16 to 2.9 million #employees succumb to #work-related #diseases and #accidents per year (#GBDstudy, Pega et al., Takkala et al./@ILO).
The trend is rising, despite #SDG 8.8 calls to promote #safe and #secure #working #environments for all #workers.
#GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #SDG8 #occupational #WorldOSHday #safeWork #GlobalHealth @UN @WHO @IHME_UW #SafetyAtWork #OccupationalHealth #WorkplaceSafety #OSH
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⚠️ Every year on April 28, we remember
Workers killed on the job. Workers permanently disabled. Workers made ill by workplace conditions.
Thunder Bay ceremony: 6pm EST
First Wesley United Church
130 Brodie Street NCo-hosted by TBDIWSG & TB District Labour Council
Injured workers, families, allies welcome.
Supper follows.https://thunderbayinjuredworkers.com
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TRENDYDOT Gardening Gloves – Thorn Proof, Breathable, Safety Work Gloves – Ladies & Men’s Gardening Gifts, Leather Mechanic Gloves https://www.allforgardening.com/1727424/trendydot-gardening-gloves-thorn-proof-breathable-safety-work-gloves-ladies-mens-gardening-gifts-leather-mechanic-gloves/ #Breathable #business #garden #gardening #Gloves #Industry&Science #LeatherMechanicGlovesSmall #OccupationalHealth&SafetyProducts #pink #SafetyWorkGloves #SafetyWorkGlovesLadies&Men'sGardeningGifts #TRENDYDOTGardeningGlovesThornProof #WorkSafetyEquipment&Gear
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⚠️ Every year on April 28, we remember
Workers killed on the job. Workers permanently disabled. Workers made ill by workplace conditions.
Thunder Bay ceremony: 6pm EST
First Wesley United Church
130 Brodie Street NCo-hosted by TBDIWSG & TB District Labour Council
Injured workers, families, allies welcome.
Supper follows.https://thunderbayinjuredworkers.com
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Interesting article -
#2badItsPaywalled
(and also, it isn't about climate change)Here's an open access academic article about toxic airplane cabin air -
Burden of Proof: The Debate Surrounding Aerotoxic Syndrome [2022]
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9452852/"... some manufacturers developed a safer alternative. Boeing Aircraft introduced a new air intake system for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which does not use bleed air to supply the cabin; instead, air intakes have been mounted along the root of the front wings, thereby reducing the risk of contamination."
#AerotoxicSyndrome #AirTravel #OccupationalHealth #organophosphates #AirPollution
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pls spread this to anyone UK-based, esp if they might otherwise believe the oh-so-considerate Department for Work and Pensions' nonsense. https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-issues-second-dodgy-press-release-in-attempt-to-trick-media-into-supporting-cuts-to-disability-benefits/
#UnitedKingdom #DisabilityRightsUK #disability #disabled #illness #chronicillness #injury #OccupationalHealth #DWP #work #SocialWork #job #jobs #money #GBP #UK #policy #benefits #BenefitsCuts #PIP #PersonalIndependencePayment #ESA #EmploymentSupportAllowance #unemployment #political #choice #defund #SocialMurder
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#Phosphine gas, commonly used in #insecticides, can harm the lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys. A pharmaceutical scientist explains how symptoms can appear within hours, while some effects may take days to surface. https://theconversation.com/meet-phosphine-a-gas-commonly-used-for-industrial-fumigation-that-can-damage-your-lungs-heart-and-liver-245821 #occupationalhealth
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Interim #Guidance for #Employers to Reduce #Exposure to Novel #Influenza A (Such as #H5N1 #Birdflu) for People Working with or Exposed to Animals
Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/prevention/worker-protection-ppe.html
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This updated interim guidance identifies work tasks that may pose an increased risk of worker exposure to novel influenza A viruses associated with disease in humans and provides recommended controls for each level. Specific recommendations for these work tasks may be updated as CDC learns more during this evolving situation.
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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #occupationalHealth #updates #USCDC #USA
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Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/prevention/employer-provided-ppe.html
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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is needed in some cases to reduce the risk of exposures, especially for workers in direct contact with animals or their secretions. Employers should provide appropriate PPE at no cost as well as training on its proper use. Employers should consider implementing controls to reduce the risk of heat related illness and injuries for workers wearing PPE in hot environments.
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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #human #occupationalHealth #PPE #updates #USCDC #USA
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Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/prevention/worker-protection-ppe.html
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Human infections with novel influenza A viruses (such as H5N1 Bird Flu) can happen when enough virus gets into a person's eyes, nose, or mouth, or is inhaled. This can happen when virus is in the air (in droplets, small aerosol particles, or possibly dust) and deposits on the mucus membranes of the mouth, eyes, or nose. It can also happen when a person breathes the virus in, or possibly when a person touches something contaminated by viruses and then touches their mouth, eyes, or nose. Employers should take steps to reduce workers' exposure to novel influenza A viruses from sick animals or contaminated environments. Workers may be exposed when working with animals confirmed or potentially infected with novel influenza A viruses. They may also be exposed when working with materials, including raw milk, that are confirmed or potentially contaminated with novel influenza A viruses.
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#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #birdFlu #flu #health #human #influenza #news #occupationalHealth #PPE #updates #USCDC #USA
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Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/prevention/farm-workers.html
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H5N1 bird flu is a virus that has been found in cows. It can also be found in poultry and other animals. People who work with infected animals or their byproducts (for example, raw milk), such as dairy and poultry workers, might get sick from the virus. Your employer should develop a workplace health and safety plan and share it with you. This page was updated to include details about worker exposure levels and using appropriate personal protective equipment safely for each exposure level.
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https://etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/11/08/information-for-workers-exposed-to-h5n1-birdflu/
#aH5n1 #avianInfluenza #human #occupationalHealth #PPE #updates #USCDC #USA
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Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7344a3.htm?s_cid=mm7344a3_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM140166&ACSTrackingLabel=This%20Week%20in%20MMWR%3A%20Vol.%2073%2C%20November%207%2C%202024&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM140166
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses have been detected sporadically in dairy farm workers in the United States since April 2024. Public health response efforts include active monitoring of workers exposed to HPAI A(H5) virus for illness.
What is added by this report?
Health officials conducted surveys and serologic testing to identify recent HPAI A(H5) infections among dairy workers in two states. Serologic testing indicated that 7% of participating dairy workers had evidence of recent infection with HPAI A(H5) virus.What are the implications for public health practice?
The findings support the need for active monitoring of exposed workers and testing to detect and treat HPAI A(H5) infections, including those in persons with very mild symptoms. These efforts should be coupled with farmworker education about infection risks and prevention measures.
Abstract
Since April 2024, sporadic infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses have been detected among dairy farm workers in the United States. To date, infections have mostly been detected through worker monitoring, and have been mild despite the possibility of more severe illness. During June–August 2024, CDC collaborated with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to implement cross-sectional serologic surveys to ascertain the prevalence of recent infection with HPAI A(H5) virus among dairy workers. In both states, a convenience sample of persons who work in dairies was interviewed, and blood specimens were collected. Among 115 persons, eight (7%; 95% CI = 3.6%–13.1%) had serologic evidence of recent infection with A(H5) virus; all reported milking cows or cleaning the milking parlor. Among persons with serologic evidence of infection, four recalled being ill around the time cows were ill; symptoms began before or within a few days of A(H5) virus detections among cows. This finding supports the need to identify and implement strategies to prevent transmission among dairy cattle to reduce worker exposures and for education and outreach to dairy workers concerning prevention, symptoms, and where to seek medical care if the workers develop symptoms. Timely identification of infected herds can support rapid initiation of monitoring, testing, and treatment for human illness, including mild illness, among exposed dairy workers.____
#aH5n1 #abstract #avianInfluenza #AVIANINFLUENZA #birdFlu #colorado #dairyCow #h5n1 #health #human #michigan #news #occupationalHealth #research #serology #USCDC #USA
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Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7344a2.htm?s_cid=mm7344a2_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM140166&ACSTrackingLabel=This%20Week%20in%20MMWR%3A%20Vol.%2073%2C%20November%207%2C%202024&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM140166
Summary:
What is already known about this topic?
Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by farmworkers can protect them when they are working with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1)–infected cows.
What is added by this report?
Dairy farmworkers in Colorado who were interviewed about PPE use during work activities with ill cows reported 28% higher use of PPE after detection of A(H5N1) virus on the farm than before detection, including a 40% increase in reported use of eye protection during milking. Reported use of respirators and other masks was low.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Establishing strong relationships between public health agencies and agricultural organizations to communicate public health risk and protective practices on U.S. farms after detection of A(H5N1) in cows, and early distribution of PPE before A(H5N1) virus detection, might increase PPE use once an A(H5N1) outbreak is identified.
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The risk for transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus from dairy cows to humans is currently low; however, personal protective equipment (PPE) use during work activities on dairy farms has not been well described. PPE use can protect farmworkers when they are working with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1)–infected cows. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) offered PPE to all Colorado farms before or during an A(H5N1) outbreak in cows in 2024. CDPHE surveyed 83 dairy workers from three farms with a confirmed bovine A(H5N1) outbreak. Frequently reported farm worker activities included milking cows or working in the milking parlor (51%), cleaning cow manure (49%), and transporting cows (46%). Frequently reported PPE items available to workers before A(H5N1) outbreaks included gloves (88%), eye protection (e.g., safety glasses or goggles) (76%), rubber boots or boot covers (71%), and head covers (69%). N95 respirator use was low among workers who were exposed to ill cows after detection of A(H5N1) virus (26%). PPE use while working with ill cows increased a mean of 28% after detection of A(H5N1) virus on surveyed farms; use of eye protection while milking cows increased the most (40%). Public health PPE distribution, education, and collaboration with CDA might have increased PPE use on dairy farms with A(H5N1) virus–infected cows and mitigated risk for farmworkers acquiring A(H5N1) virus._____
#aH5n1 #abstract #avianInfluenza #AVIANINFLUENZA #birdFlu #colorado #dairyCow #h5n1 #health #news #occupationalHealth #PPE #research #USCDC #USA
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On #work-related #diseases and #accidents, an estimated 1⃣.4⃣4⃣ to 2⃣.9⃣ million #workers succumbed to them per year (#GBDstudy, Pega et al., Takkala et al./#ILO).
#GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #UN @WHO #SDG8 #occupational #SafetyAtWork #OccupationalHealth #safeWork
https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/diseases-injuries-risks/factsheets/2021-occupational-risks-level-2-risk
https://www.sjweh.fi/article/4001
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10927068/pdf/SJWEH-50-73.pdf -
#Egyptian scribes suffered work-related #injuries, study says | #Archaeology | The Guardian
Seems #OccupationalHealth has always been a problem.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/27/egyptian-scribes-work-related-injuries-study
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Vocational rehabilitation for Long Covid: a roadmap for recovery
"Long Covid and similar energy-limiting illnesses cause a range of health problems which result in long-term sickness absence and long-term unemployment in an era of workforce shortage."
Hashtags:
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #PASC #COVIDBrain
#OccupationalMedicine #OccupationalHealth #Spoonie @spoonies
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CW: Mental health, UKpol
"There is a huge cost of forcing sick people into the workplace. Back in 2017, a government-backed review on mental health in the workplace by Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer reported that the cost of “presenteeism” – people going to work but being too sick to perform the work – to employers was between £17bn to £26bn a year."
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/cant-force-yourself-mentally-well-to-work-3030587
#MentalHealth #UKpolitics #Presenteeism #OccupationalHealth #AnxietyAndDepression #WorkStress #IsabelHardman #iNews
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A few days ago the plugin for #QGIS, ActiveBreak, was released. A complement categorized as #occupationalhealth. In the following video, you can see how it works.
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Does your employer use Health Assured to provide occupational mental health services?
If so you may want to know that the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy is investigating them after a range of complaints about the service.
Unsurprisingly, the complaints seem got come down to the fir putting profits before care... well who'd have expected that?
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DWP plan explained to stop doctors signing people off sick and help them get back to work
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/dwp-plan-explained-to-stop-doctors-signing-people-off-sick-and-help-them-get-back-to-work/ar-AA1mexFa?cvid=e26d1bebbb844c8ae89a9d3cf509b6d7&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=9#DWP
#ChronicIllness
#Disabled
#UnfitForWork
#NHS
#SocialWorkers
#MentalHealth
#Physiotherapy
#DebtAdvice
#TherapeuticRecreation
#WorkplaceAdjustments
#OccupationalHealth
#WorkWell
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The Surprisingly Dangerous Story of Viscose
https://youtu.be/0pJwJCwvYiI?si=DJLKR6UqRYIU096B#Viscose #Rayon #Environment #OccupationalHealth #CarbonDisulfide
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I found a great resource on chronic non-allergic #rhinitis (no longer referred to as vasomotor) that may be helpful to people in medical and #pharmacy related fields (and others). It addresses everything from testing, to subtypes, ranks treatments, management, etc..
(But do check side effects of treatments if people are on other meds, have high eye pressure or #glaucoma, and so on...)#medicine #medmastodon @medmastodon #nose #allergies #hormones #occupationalhealth
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As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullified
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/16/texas-heat-wave-water-break-construction-workers/
#TexasTribune #ConstructionWorkerSafety #HeatWaveSafety #WorkersRights #OccupationalHealth #WaterBreaksForWorkers #Politics #News
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Yay! I was awarded a grant via @acoem in partnership with #CDC and CMSS to attempt to improve adult #vaccination rates in an #OccupationalHealth setting.
This is interesting because in #OccEnvMed we see lots of people that basically NEVER go to the doctor regularly, such as injured workers or those for pre-employment exams.
A small (but mighty) part of this is simply handing someone their #immunization record from our state's #PublicHealth dept. Hope that helps!
https://acoem.org/Publications/Press-Releases/ACOEM-Secures-Partners-to-Increase-Adult-Immunizations
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Farm safety: A prerequisite for sustainable food production in Newfoundland and Labrador
Lesley Butler
Ewa M. Dabrowska
Barbara Neis
#Sustainable #FoodSystems #Agriculture #OccupationalHealth #HealthAndSafety #WorkPlaceSafety #CanAg #FoodAndAg #Newfoundland #Labrador
https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/317
