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Industrial Hygiene Digest
March. 1963
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE STATISTICS
202 Occupational Disease Statistics. (Cases reported to the respective Health Departments).
Colo. Sept. - Dec.
Conn. Dec.
Pa. Jan. - Feb.
T enn. Jan.
. Total
Anthraco- silicosis A sbestosis Brucellosis Carbon monoxide poisoning Chrome poisoning Dermatitis Dermatitis welding fumes Diseases from animals Fibrosis (pulmonary) Fumes (unidentified) Hepatitis Hydrochloric acid poisoning Lead poisoning Metal fume fever Paint fume intoxication Pneumoconiosis Pneumoconiosis (suspected) Poisoning from solvents Poisoning by tetrafluoroethylene
resin (heat decomposition prod.) Respiratory irritation Silicosis Silicosis (suspected) Tuberculosis Miscellaneous
Total
1 1 41 1
1 4
3 1
4
12 69
1 1 1 26 *
2
1 2 ' ' 34
75
25
1 1 1 2
113 10
2 19 22
1
272
1 1 8 1
1 4 l
1
-- 18
76 1 1 3 1
100 1 1 1 1 1 l 9 4 1
116 10 1
1 2 26 22 1 12
393
* Causes are listed as follows:
Connecticut: Occupational dermatitis due to oils and greases (and metal cutting com pounds) 8; occupational dermatitis due to solvents 4; occupational dermatitis due to other chemicals: alkalies 1, miscellaneous l, multiple chemicals 2, nickel and nickel compounds 1, synthetic resins or resin (plastic compounds) l, undetermined l', unspecified 1; occupational dermatitis --other: infection 4, multiple agents 1.
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