Showing papers by "Peter S.J. Lees published in 2008"
Pfizer1, University of Massachusetts Boston2, Brown University3, United States Environmental Protection Agency4, Vanderbilt University Medical Center5, Johns Hopkins University6, Schering-Plough7, American Cancer Society8, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health9, United States Public Health Service10, North Carolina State University11, University of Massachusetts Lowell12
TL;DR: This research presents a meta-analyses of the immune system’s response to exposure to radiation and shows clear patterns of decline in the immune systems of men and women aged 65 and over.
Abstract: Robert E. Chapin, Jane Adams, Kim Boekelheide, L. Earl Gray Jr, Simon W. Hayward, Peter S.J. Lees, Barry S. McIntyre, Kenneth M. Portier, Teresa M. Schnorr, Sherry G. Selevan, John G. Vandenbergh, and Susan R. Woskie Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Brown University, Providence, RI U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Schering Plough Research Institute, Summit, NJ American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH U.S. Public Health Service (Ret), Silver Spring, MD North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
489 citations
TL;DR: Enhanced training and equipment designs that facilitate lockout and minimize worker contact with machine parts may prevent many lockout/tagout-related injuries.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Over the past few decades, hundreds of manufacturing workers have suffered fatal injuries while performing maintenance and servicing on machinery and equipment. Using lockout/tagout procedures could have prevented many of these deaths. METHODS: A narrative text analysis of OSHA accident investigation report summaries was conducted to describe the circumstances of lockout/tagout-related fatalities occurring in the US manufacturing industry from 1984 to 1997. RESULTS: The most common mechanisms of injury were being caught in or between parts of equipment, electrocution, and being struck by or against objects. Typical scenarios included cleaning a mixer or blender, cleaning a conveyor, and installing or disassembling electrical equipment. Lockout procedures were not even attempted in the majority (at least 58.8%) of fatal incidents reviewed. CONCLUSIONS: Lockout/tagout-related fatalities occur under a wide range of circumstances. Enhanced training and equipment designs that facilitate lockout and minimize worker contact with machine parts may prevent many lockout/tagout-related injuries. Language: en
40 citations