Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace

Gregg M. Stave, MD, JD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, FACPM is a consultant in occupational medicine and corporate health and Assistant Consulting Professor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He previously worked as a corporate medical director for Glaxo.

Completely updated version this classic reference covers both physical hazards and biological agents
* Provides updated information on protecting workers from proven and possible health risks from manual material handling, extremes of temperature and pressure, ionizing and non-ionizing (magnetic fields) radiation, shiftwork, and more
* Details major changes in our understanding of biological hazards including Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika, HIV, Hepatitis C, Lyme disease, MERS-CoV, TB, and much more
* All infectious diseases have been updated from an occupational health perspective
* Includes practical guidance on to how to set up medical surveillance for hazards and suggests preventive measures that can be used to reduce occupational diseases

ABOUT THE EDITORS xi
 
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xiii
 
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION xvii
 
PREFACE xix
 
ACGIH POLICY STATEMENT xxi
 
ACGIH STATEMENT OF POSITION xxiii
 
PART I PHYSICAL HAZARDS 1
 
1 Introduction to Physical Hazards 3
Peter H. Wald
 
I Worker-Material Interfaces 13
 
2 Ergonomics and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders 13
Thomas R. Hales
 
3 Manual Materials Handling 33
Robert B. Dick, Stephen D. Hudock, Ming?]Lun Lu, Thomas R. Waters, and Vern Putz-Anderson
 
4 Occupational Vibration Exposure 53
David G. Wilder and Donald E. Wasserman
 
5 Mechanical Energy 73
James Kubalik
 
II The Physical Work Environment 87
 
6 Hot Environments 87
David W. DeGroot and Laura A. Pacha
 
7 Cold Environments 101
David W. DeGroot and Laura A. Pacha
 
8 High?]pressure Environments 111
Tony L. Alleman and Joseph R. Serio
 
9 Low?]pressure and High?]Altitude Environments 131
Worthe S. Holt
 
10 Shift Work 139
Allene J. Scott
 
III Energy and Electromagnetic Radiation 177
 
11 Ionizing Radiation 177
James P. Seward
 
12 Ultraviolet Radiation 197
James A. Hathaway and David H. Sliney
 
13 Visible Light and Infrared Radiation 203
James A. Hathaway and David H. Sliney
 
14 Laser Radiation 209
David H. Sliney and James A. Hathaway
 
15 Microwave, Radiofrequency, and Extremely Low?]frequency Energy 215
Richard Cohen and Peter H. Wald
 
16 Noise 223
Robert A. Dobie
 
17 Electrical Power and Electrical Injuries 231
Jeffrey R. Jones
 
PART II BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS 241
 
18 General Principles of Microbiology and Infectious Disease 243
Woodhall Stopford
 
19 Clinical Recognition of Occupational Exposure and Health Consequences 249
Gary N. Greenberg and Gregg M. Stave
 
20 Prevention of Illness from Biological Hazards 261
Gregg M. Stave
 
21 Viruses 275
Manijeh Berenji
 
22 Bacteria 347
Christopher J. Martin, Aletheia S. Donahue, and John D. Meyer
 
23 Mycobacteria 411
Gregg M. Stave
 
24 Fungi 425
Craig S. Glazer and Cecile S. Rose
 
25 Anaplasma, Chlamydophila, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia 457
Dennis J. Darcey
 
26 Parasites 471
William N. Yang
 
27 Envenomations 501
James A. Palmier
 
28 Allergens 519
David C. Caretto
 
29 Latex 537
Carol A. Epling
 
30 Malignant Cells 543
Aubrey K. Miller
 
31 Recombinant Organisms 547
Jessica Herzstein and Gregg M. Stave
 
32 Prions: Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease (CJD) and Related Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) 553
Dennis J. Darcey
 
33 Endotoxins 557
Robert Jacobs
 
34 Wood Dust 563
Harold R. Imbus and Gregg M. Stave
 
INDEX 569

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