Services Sector Products & Impacts
NOTE: This page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being maintained or updated.
Services Sector products and impacts are provided in the following categories:
- NIOSH products
- Recent scientific publications by NIOSH and other organizations by sub-sector:
- Recent scientific publications by NIOSH and other organizations by priority topic:
NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluations
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NIOSH | 2011 | NIOSH, 2011; 1-312 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2009-0172-3124, evaluation of dampness-associated respiratory symptoms with relocation of staff during remediation of an elementary school, North Carolina | |
NIOSH | 2011 | NIOSH, 2011; 1-20 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2008-0151-3134, assessment of mold and indoor environmental quality in a middle school – Texas | |
NIOSH | 2011 | NIOSH, 2011; 1-43 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2010-0045-3129, evaluation of health concerns in a public middle school – Virginia | |
NIOSH | 2010 | NIOSH, 2010; 1-43 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2005-0135-3116, comparison of mold exposures, work-related symptoms, and visual contrast sensitivity between employees at a severely water-damaged school and employees at a school without significant water damage, Alcee Fortier Senior High School, New Orleans | |
NIOSH | 2009 | NIOSH 2009: 1-39 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2005-0076; 2005-0201-3080, environmental and biological assessment of environmental tobacco smoke exposure among casino dealers, Bally’s, Paris, and Caesars Palace Casinos, Las Vegas, Nevada | |
NIOSH | 2009 | NIOSH 2009: 1-23 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2007-0167-3078, evaluation of exposures in sculpture studios at a college art department, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York | |
NIOSH | 2009 | NIOSH 2009 May: 1-33 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2008-0286-3084, evaluation of cancer and magnetic fields in an office, County of Guilford, Information Services Department, Greensboro, North Carolina | |
NIOSH | 2009 | NIOSH 2009; 1-82 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2008-0125, 0126, 0127-3093, respiratory symptoms in workers at three commercial kitchens, Aramark, New York, New York | |
NIOSH | 2009 | NIOSH 2009; 1-25 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-1999-0014-3094, evaluation of mold contamination in a hotel before and after remediation, Springdale Best Western Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
NIOSH | 2009 | NIOSH 2009: 1-19 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2008-0166-3079, evaluation of cancer among occupants of two office buildings, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio | |
NIOSH | 2008 | NIOSH 2008; :1-5 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2007-0163-3062, investigation of employee symptoms at an indoor waterpark, Great Wolf Lodge, Mason, Ohio | |
NIOSH | 2008 | NIOSH 2008: 1-15 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Health hazard evaluation report: HETA-2007-0055-3073, evaluation of employee exposures in a bus maintenance shop, Huntington Coach Corporation, Huntington Station, New York |
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program Reports
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anonymous | KY FACE Program | 2011 | NIOSH FACE 10KY006, 2011; 1-9 | Municipal solid waste collector dies after falling from solid waste vehicle hopper area – Kentucky |
NIOSH | 2011 | NIOSH FACE 2010-01, 2011; 1-12 | Solid waste compost facility worker dies, body is recovered in digester tube – Tennessee | |
Anonymous | KY FACE Program | 2009 | NIOSH FACE 08KY074, 2009; 1-6 | Solid waste driver dies after single vehicle rollover |
Anonymous | IA FACE Program | 2007 | NIOSH 2007; 1-5 | Handyman Plumber Asphyxiated in Entry into Water Service Manhole Vault |
Anonymous | MI FACE Program | 2007 | NIOSH 2007; 1-10 | 29-Year Old Male Hispanic Landscape Laborer Dies When Nine Foot Deep Trench Collapses |
Anonymous | MI FACE Program | 2007 | NIOSH FACE, Michigan Case Report: 05MI060 | Golf Course Worker Dies After Being Pinned Under an Overturned Tee Box Mower |
Casini-V | NIOSH | 2006 | NIOSH 2006; 1-11 | Fifteen-Year-Old Hispanic Youth Dies After Entering the Hopper of a Bark Blower – Maryland |
NIOSH | 2005 | NIOSH 2005; 1-10 | Hispanic Youth Dies in Densifier at a Plastics Recycling Plant – Tennessee | |
Higgins-DN | NIOSH | 2005 | NIOSH 2005; 1-8 | Hispanic Worker Dies After Falling From a Pile of Construction Debris in the Bed of a Trash-Style Body Truck to a Paved Driveway Below – North Carolina |
NIOSH | 2005 | NIOSH 2005; 1-6 | Hispanic Laborer Electrocuted After Boom Truck Contacts Overhead Power Line – North Carolina | |
Anonymous | NY FACE Program | 2003 | NIOSH 2003; 1-7 | City Engineer Killed in Landfill Manhole When Retrieving Flow Meter |
NIOSH | 2002 | NIOSH 2002; 1-5 | Fourteen-Year-Old Rental Equipment Worker Dies from Asphyxiation After Becoming Entangled in an Electric Chain Hoist – Colorado | |
Anonymous | WI FACE Program | 2001 | NIOSH 2001; 1-4 | Youth Camp Counselor Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning |
Higgins-DN | NIOSH | 2001 | NIOSH 2001; 1-12 | State Department of Transportation Highway Maintenance Worker Dies After Being Struck by a Car While Installing Reflectors on a Guardrail |
Higgins-DN | NIOSH | 2000 | NIOSH 2000; 1-7 | 17-year-old Lifeguard Dies After Falling Into a Nearly Empty Swimming Pool |
Higgins-DN | NIOSH | 2000 | NIOSH 2000; 1-7 | Sixteen-Year-Old Mechanic’s Assistant Died After Being Run Over By the Rear Wheels of a Tub Grinder – Connecticut |
Literature Citations for Services Sector Research
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NIOSH and NORA Services Sector Council | NIOSH | 2012 | NIOSH Pub No 2012-114 | Automotive Repair and Maintenance Services – Advancing priorities through research and partnerships – a NORA Fact Sheet |
Park Nicollet Institute, Minneapolis, MN School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN |
2011 | J Occup Environ Hyg 2011 Jul; 8(7):401-408 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Exposure assessment in auto collision repair shops | |
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia, WA; Public Health- Seattle & King County, Seattle, WA |
2011 | Ann Occup Hyg 2011 Mar; 55(2):214-227 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Development of a permeation panel to test dermal protective clothing against sprayed coatings | |
Public Health–Seattle & King County, Seattle, WA; Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, Olympia, WA |
2009 | J Occup Environ Hyg 2009 May; 6(5):273-282 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Characterizing the health and safety needs of the collision repair industry | |
Finkelstein-MM | Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 2008 | Ann Occup Hyg 2008;52:455-461 | Asbestos fibre concentrations in the lungs of brake workers: another look. |
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence, RI; University of New Haven, West Haven, CT; Tufts University, Medford, MA; University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI |
2004 | J Occup Environ Hyg 2004;1: 119-125 (PubMed abstract) | Lead and methylene chloride exposures among automotive repair technicians | |
New York City Department of Health, New York, NY | 1993 | Am J Ind Med 1993;23: 763-777 | Lead exposure among automobile radiator repair workers and their children in New York City |
Building Services
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, Washington, DC; NIOSH |
2011 | MMWR 2011 May; 60(17):542-546 | Fatal injuries among grounds maintenance workers – United States, 2003-2008 | |
NIOSH University of Nevada, Reno, NE The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC |
2009 | Work. 2009; 34(1):105-16 (NIOSHTIC entry) | Occupational hazards experienced by cleaning workers and janitors: A review of the epidemiologic literature | |
Anonymous | NIOSH | 2008 | NIOSH 2008-144, 2008; 1-4 | Fatal injuries among landscape services workers |
University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Houston, TX |
2008 | Occup med 2008; 58:458-463 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Occupational exposures among domestic and industrial professional cleaners | |
The George Washington University, Washington, DC NIOSH |
2008 | Am J Ind Med 2008; 51: 701-713 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Fatalities in the landscape and horticultural services industry, 1992-2001 |
Education and Schools
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health NIOSH Aarhus University, Denmark |
2011 | Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011; 9: CD007897 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Remediating buildings damaged by dampness and mould for preventing or reducing respiratory tract symptoms, infections and asthma | |
NIOSH | 2011 | J Sch Health 2011; 81(9): 560-565 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Excess risk of head and chest colds among teachers and other school workers | |
NIOSH and NORA Services Sector Council | NIOSH | 2010 | NIOSH Pub No 2010-120 | Safety and Health in Education and Schools – Advancing priorities through research and partnerships – a NORA Fact Sheet |
University at Buffalo University of Minnesota |
2010 | J Public Health Policy 2010; 31(4): 461-477 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Written violence policies and risk of physical assault against Minnesota educators. | |
University of Minnesota | 2010 | Accident Analy Prev 2010: 42: 1-9 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | School resources, resource allocation, and risk of physical assault against Minnesota educators | |
NIOSH | 2008 | J Sch Health 2008; 78: 32-37 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Identification of mold and dampness-associated respiratory morbidity in 2 schools: comparison of questionnaire survey responses to national data | |
Rush University, Chicago Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA Reconciliation, Inc., West Lafayette, IN St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL Occupational Health Systems, Winter Park, CO University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics, Chicago, IL |
2006 | AAOHN J 2006; 54: 210-216 (PubMed abstract) | Injuries associated with teacher assaults: magnitude, nature, cost, and outcome | |
Alexander-DL | American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC | 2001 | Occup Med (Phila., PA) 2001; 16: 65-78 (PubMed abstract) | School employees: the forgotten municipal workers |
Hotels and Motels
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NIOSH and NORA Services Sector Council | NIOSH | 2012 | NIOSH Pub No 2012-151 ( Spanish ) | Safety and Health Among Hotel Cleaners – a NORA Fact Sheet |
University of Illinois at Chicago UNITEHERE University of California San Francisco Workers United/SEIU Hunter College of the City University of New York University of Massachusetts Lowell |
2010 | Am J Ind Med 2010; 53:116-125 | Occupational injury disparities in the US hotel industry |
Public Administration
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NY State Dept. Health | 2010 | J Asthma 2010; 47(3):310-316 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Surveillance of work-related asthma in New York state | |
Ohio State University | 2008 | J Occup Environ Med 2008; 50: 1185-1194 (PubMed abstract) | The effect of occupation and industry on the injury risks from demanding work schedules |
Recreation and Entertainment
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
University of Nebraska Medical Center NIOSH |
2011 | J Occup Environ Med 2011; 53(4):346-351 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Environmental tobacco smoke exposure among casino dealers | |
California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation California Dept. of Public Health Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals Texas Dept. of State Health Services Michigan Dept. of Community Health North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services Iowa Dept. of Public Health NIOSH |
2011 | MMWR 2011; 60(39): 1343-1347 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Acute illness and injury from swimming pool disinfectants and other chemicals – United States, 2002-2008 | |
NIOSH | 2010 | Noise Control Eng J. 2010; 58(1): 54-61 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Occupational and recreational noise exposures at stock car racing circuits: An exploratory survey of three professional race tracks | |
2009 | NIOSH 2009-128; 1-20 | An overview of safety and health for workers in the horse-racing industry |
Restaurants and Food Services
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NIOSH and NORA Services Sector Council | NIOSH | 2012 | NIOSH Pub No 2012-105 ( Spanish ) | Restaurant and Food Services: Advancing priorities through research and partnerships – a NORA Fact Sheet |
San Francisco Department of Public Healt University of California, Berkeley Chinese Progressive Association University of California, San Francisco |
2011 | Public Health Rep 2011 126(Suppl 3): 62-69 | Promoting health and safety in San Francisco’s Chinatown restaurants: Findings and lessons learned from a pilot observational checklist | |
Tsai-JH | University of Washington | 2009 | Arch Environ Occup Health 2009; 64(2): 107-114 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Chinese immigrant restaurant workers’ injury and illness experiences |
Papadopoulos-K | University of California, San Francisco | 2009 | AAOHN J 2009; 57: 263-266 | Preventing burns in restaurants |
Michigan Department of Community Health Michigan State University |
2008 | Am J Ind Med 2008; 51(2): 111-116 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | How many deaths will it take? A death from asthma associated with work-related environmental tobacco smoke | |
University of Washington | 2007 | Fam Community Health 2007; 30: S71-S79 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Occupational hazards and risks faced by Chinese immigrant restaurant workers |
Temporary Labor Industry
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NIOSH New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Queens College, Queens, NY |
2010 | Am J Ind Med 2010; 53(2): 81-215 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Special issue: occupational health disparities | |
Washington State Dept of Labor and Industries | 2010 | Am J Ind Med. 2010; 53(2): 135-45 | Temporary workers in Washington state |
Waste Collection and Disposal
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NIOSH | NIOSH | 2012 | NIOSH Pub No 2012-140 | NIOSH Fact Sheet: Solid Waste Industry |
Utterback-DF | NIOSH | 2011 | Waste Advant Mag 2011; 2(9): 26,28 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Solid waste industry reduces fatalities and injuries |
Recent Scientific Publications by NIOSH and Other Organizations by Priority Topic
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
Washington State Dept of Labor and Industries | 2010 | Am J Ind Med. 2010; 53(2): 204-15 | Language preference and non-traumatic low back disorders in Washington State workers’ compensation | |
University of Connecticut Health Center | 2007 | Conn Med 2007; 71: 261-268 (PubMed abstract) | A population based survey of ergonomic risk factors in Connecticut: distribution by industry, occupation, and demographics |
Surveillance
Author(s) | Affiliation | Year | Citation/Link | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
NIOSH Unite Here |
2012 | J Occup Environ Med 2012 54[1]: 31-41 (NIOSHTIC-2 entry) | Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities among Workers in the Services Sector Industries: 2003-2007 | |
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies | NIOSH | 2008 | NIOSH 2008-143; 2:1-189 | Work-related lung disease surveillance report 2007. Volume 2. Respiratory conditions by NORA industrial sector |
Washington State Dept of Labor and Industries | 2010 | Am J Ind Med 2010; 53(7): 693-705 | Work-related amputations in Washington State, 1997-2005 | |
Open Society Institute, New York | 2010 | JAMA 2010; 303: 981-982 | The need for improved surveillance of occupational disease and injury |
Questions or Comments?
If you have any questions or comments, contact the NORA Coordinator or Sector Coordinator:
- Page last reviewed: March 3, 2012 (archived document)
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of the Director