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Title: 1996 Savannah River Site annual epidemiologic surveillance report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/769472· OSTI ID:769472

This report provides a summary of epidemiologic surveillance data collected from Savannah River Site from January 1, 1996 through December 31, 1996. The data were collected by a coordinator at Savannah River Site and submitted to the Epidemiologic Surveillance Data Center located at Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, where quality control procedures and preliminary data analyses were carried out. The analyses were interpreted and the final report prepared by the DOE Office of Epidemiologic Studies. The information in this report provides highlights of the data analyses conducted on the 1996 data collected from Savannah River Site. The main sections of the report include: work force characteristics; absences due to injury or illness lasting 5 or more consecutive workdays; workplace illnesses, injuries, and deaths that were reportable to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (''OSHA-recordable'' events); and disabilities and deaths among current workers. The 1996 report includes a new section on time trends that provides comparative information on the health of the work force from 1994 through 1996.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN (US); USDOE Office of Environment, Safety and Health, Office of Epidemiologic Studies, Washington, DC (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environment, Safety and Health (EH) (US)
OSTI ID:
769472
Report Number(s):
DOE/EH-0601; TRN: US0110593
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English