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From: Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] MMWR report: Acute Chemical Incidents Surveillance, Nine States, 1999–2008
Date: Apr 14, 2015 14:27 UTC
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Thereâ??s a very interesting report at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6402a1.htm?s_cid=ss6402a1_x
Five industries accounted for almost one third of all injured persons: truck transportation, educational services, chemical manufacturing, utilities, and food manufacturing, but of particular concern is their finding that
"Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 325) (23%) was the industry with the most incidents; however, the number of chemical incidents in chemical manufacturing decreased substantially over time (R2 = 0.78), whereas the educational services category (R2 = 0.65) and crop production category (R2 = 0.61) had a consistently increasing trend.â??
The nine states in the study are Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
- Ralph
Ralph Stuart
secretary**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org
Secretary
Division of Chemical Health and Safety
American Chemical Society