| ID (ISN) del documento | 53132 |
| Número CIS |
90-94 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
Journal of Occupational Accidents |
| Año |
1989 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Solomon K.A., Alesch K.A. |
| Título |
The index of harm: A measure for comparing occupational risk across industries |
| Información bibliográfica |
June 1989, Vol.11, No.1, p.19-35. Illus. Bibl. |
| Resumen |
This paper presents an index of harm methodology that compares occupational risk among workers exposed to radiological and non-radiological agents. It extends the work of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) by considering American rather than European and Japanese industry groups, by treating the relative importance of various occupational risks as a parameter rather than an arbitrary constant, and by identifying several ways in which both the methodology and the database could be improved. In the analysis, 6 types of adverse occupational effects - 3 non-radiological outcomes (death, accidental injury, and disease or illness) and 3 radiological outcomes (somatic effects, genetic effects, and somatic effects involving foetuses) are examined. The results of this analysis show that radiological workers exposed to the current industry average of 0.35rem/year are among the least endangered workers, and the riskiest industries appear to be: mining; agriculture, fishing, and farming; construction; transportation; and manufacturing, roughly in that order. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
criterios de riesgo; factores de riesgo; valoración del riesgo; análisis de seguridad |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
Estados Unidos; análisis teórico; Japón |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Generalidades sobre prevención
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Aspectos generales
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Risk evaluation
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