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2072.0 OHS Posters - Hazardous Occupations

Sunday, November 8, 2009: 4:30 PM

Poster

Describe health and safety hazards of selected occupations. Identify specific hazards causing injury and illness.

Session Objectives: The poster in this session will describe health and safety hazards from work in a wide variety of sectors.

Organizer:

Mark D. Catlin, BS BA

Board 1

Comparison of Risk Factors for Falls from Height between Commercial and Residential Roofers
Jaesin Sa, PhD, Dong-Chul Seo, PhD and Sang D. Choi, PhD

Board 2

Board 3

Trends in elevated PTSD risk in firefighters exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster: 2001-2005
Amy Berninger, MPH, Mayris P. Webber, DrPH, Jackson Gustave, MPH, Roy Lee, BS, Kerry J. Kelly, MD and David Prezant, MD

Board 4

Communicating occupational and genetic risk factors research results to agricultural pesticide handlers in Washington State
Rad Cunningham, MPH/MPA Student, Coby Jansen, MPH Candidate, Kristin Beima, MPH, Maria Negrete, BA, Kelly Fryer-Edwards, MA, PhD, Pablo Palmandez, MS, Jonathan Hofmann, MPH and Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH

Board 5

Board 6

Trends in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence by occupation in the U.S. workers, 1997-2004
Ki Moon Bang, PhD, Girija Syamlal, MBBS,MPH, Jacek M. Mazurek, MD, MS, PhD and James T. Wassell, PhD

Board 7

Health and Safety at Work for Latino Immigrant Day Laborers
Carlos Dominguez, MPH

Board 8

Mining fatality and injury rates among operators and contractors
Saeher A. F. Muzaffar, MD, MSt, MPH, Kristin Cummings, MD, MPH, Gerald Hobbs, PhD and Kathleen Kreiss, MD

Board 9

Hearing Loss among Farmworkers: Perspectives and Prospects
Martha S. Vela Acosta, MD, MS, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.