Work-related injuries and illnesses reported by World Trade Center response workers and volunteers.

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Kara R PerrittJacqueline M Moline

Abstract

In 2002, the Mount Sinai Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, with support from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), began coordinating the World Trade Center (WTC) Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program (MSP) to monitor the health of qualified WTC responders. Enrolled participants were offered a clinical examination; interviewed to collect medical, mental health, and exposure information; and requested to complete a self-administered medical questionnaire. The objective of this study was to better understand work-related injuries and illnesses sustained on-site by WTC responders. A descriptive analysis of select data from the MSP self-administered medical questionnaire was conducted. Data collected July 2002 through April 2004 from MSP participants enrolled at the Mount Sinai clinic were reviewed using univariate statistical techniques. Records from 7,810 participants were analyzed, with most participants associated with either the construction industry (n = 2,623, 34%) or law enforcement (n = 2,036, 26%). Approximately a third of the participants (n = 2,486, 32%) reported at least one injury or illness requiring medical treatment that was sustained during WTC work/volunteer...Continue Reading

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Nov 20, 2002·American Journal of Industrial Medicine·Ronald Spadafora
Nov 20, 2002·American Journal of Industrial Medicine·Stephen LevinJacqueline Moline
Jul 26, 2003·American Journal of Preventive Medicine·Sandra I Berríos-TorresRobin M Ikeda

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Nov 20, 2014·Prehospital and Disaster Medicine·Heather L JohnsonElexis C McBee
Feb 7, 2018·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Lisa M GarganoRobert M Brackbill

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