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Occupational exposure to trichloroethylene and cancer risk for workers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

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Bahr D. E., Aldrich T. E., Seidu D., Brion G. M., Tollerud D. J., Muldoon S., Reinhart N., Youseefagha A., McKinney P., Hughes T., Chan C., Rice C., Brewer D. E., Freyberg R. W., Mohlenkamp A. M., Hahn K., Hornung R., Ho M., Dastidar A., Freitas S., Saman D., Ravdal H., Scutchfield D.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

2011

vol. 24

issue 1

67-77

Objective: The Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) became operational in 1952; it is located in the western part of Kentucky. We conducted a mortality study for adverse health effects that workers may have suffered while working at the plant, including exposures to chemicals. Materials and Methods: We studied a cohort of 6820 workers at the PGDP for the period 1953 to 2003; there were a total of 1672 deaths to cohort members. Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a specific concern for this workforce; exposure to TCE occurred primarily in departments that clean the process equipment. The Life Table Analysis System (LTAS) program developed by NIOSH was used to calculate the standardized mortality ratios for the worker cohort and standardized rate ratio relative to exposure to TCE (the U.S. population is the referent for ageadjustment). LTAS calculated a significantly low overall SMR for these workers of 0.76 (95% CI: 0.72–0.79). A further review of three major cancers of interest to Kentucky produced significantly low SMR for trachea, bronchus, lung cancer (0.75, 95% CI: 0.72–0.79) and high SMR for Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) (1.49, 95% CI: 1.02–2.10). Results: No significant SMR was observed for leukemia and no significant SRRs were observed for any disease. Both the leukemia and lung cancer results were examined and determined to reflect regional mortality patterns. However, the Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma finding suggests a curious amplification when living cases are included with the mortality experience. Conclusions: Further examination is recommended of this recurrent finding from all three U.S. Gaseous Diffusion plants.

Sickness absence in workplaces: Does it reflect a healthy hire effect?

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Nordström K., Hemmingsson T., Ekberg K., Johansson G.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

2015

vol. 29

issue 2

315-330

Objectives Sickness absence in workplaces may reflect working conditions. It may also reflect a “healthy hire effect,” i.e., that workplaces recruit individuals with experience of sickness absence differently. The purpose of the study was to determine if a history of sickness absence among recruits is associated with the average level of sickness absence in workplaces. Material and Methods In a register-based follow-up study, Swedish workplaces with at least 5 employees in 2006 were selected (approximately 127 000 workplaces with 3.9 million employees). The workplaces were categorized according to the average workplace sickness absence in 2006 and the recruits were categorized according to the individual sickness absence in 2005. The workplaces with a high average level of sickness absence were more likely than those with a low level to hire employees with high sickness absence in the year preceding employment: men – odds ratio (OR) = 7.2, 95% confidence interval (CI): 6.6–7.8, women – OR = 7.5, 95% CI: 6.9–8.1. Results The results show that there is a greater likelihood of employing individuals with high levels of sickness absence in the workplaces with many days of the average sickness absence than in the workplaces with few days of the average sickness absence. Conclusions The results suggest that sickness absence in workplaces may reflect a healthy hire effect.

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2 International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

1 Aldrich T. E.

1 Bahr D. E.

1 Brewer D. E.

1 Brion G. M.

1 Chan C.

1 Dastidar A.

1 Ekberg K.

1 Freitas S.

1 Freyberg R. W.

1 Hahn K.

1 Hemmingsson T.

1 Ho M.

1 Hornung R.

1 Hughes T.

1 Johansson G.

1 McKinney P.

1 Mohlenkamp A. M.

1 Muldoon S.

1 Nordström K.

1 Ravdal H.

1 Reinhart N.

1 Rice C.

1 Saman D.

1 Scutchfield D.

1 Seidu D.

1 Tollerud D. J.

1 Youseefagha A.

1 2015

1 2011

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Occupational exposure to trichloroethylene and cancer risk for workers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Sickness absence in workplaces: Does it reflect a healthy hire effect?