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The Burden of Occupational Disease and Injury in New Zealand: Technical Report

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9: INDEX TO EXPOSURES AND OCCUPATIONS

1 | 2 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | –

1

• 1,2-dibromo-3-chloro-propane (DBCP), 109,

2

• 2,4-dichloro phenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D), 109,
• 2-bromopropane, 109,

A

• Abattoir worker, 12, 67, 68,
• Acrylamide, 77,
• Acrylics, 105, 106,
• Administrative support worker, 22,
• Administrative worker, 74, 84, 86, 88, 89, 132,
• Aflatoxin, 30, 144,
• Agricultural worker, 52, 53, 58, 66, 69, 119, 145,
• Agriculture worker, 116, 119,
• Airborne dust, 86,
• Aircraft mechanic, 56,
• Airline crew, 42,
• Alcohol, 20, 26, 30, 83, 92,
• Aliphatic ketone, 26,
• Aluminium, 84, 85, 88,
• Aluminium smelting, 84, 85,
• Ammonia, 105, 106,
• Anaesthetist, 109,
• Animal dust, 50,
• Animal husbandry, 120,
• Animal vaccine, 106,
• Archivist, 33,
• Aromatic amine, 51, 58,
• Arsenic, 4, 39, 40, 56, 61, 77, 106, 144, 165,
• Artist,
  • performing artist, 21, 31,
• Asbestos, 4, 22, 26, 37, 39, 38, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 56, 90, 144, 145, 146, 148, 165,
• Asbestos miller, 46,
• Asbestos miner, 46,
• Asbestos processor, 47,
• Asbestos removalist, 46, 47,
• Asbestos sprayer, 47,
• Athlete, 72, 73,
• Author, 27, 29, 59, 60,
• Automotive plant worker, 15,
• Avain proteins, 85,
• Aviation gasoline, 56,

B

• Bar worker, 11, 128, 129,
• Beautician, 40, 48, 51, 59, 60, 72, 73, 82,
• Beef farmer, 13,
• Benzene, 4, 26, 56, 66, 67, 69, 165,
• Beryllium, 4, 39, 40, 144, 165,
• Bis-(chloro-methyl) ether, 39,
• Blister beetle, 95,
• Brewer, wine and beverage maker, 24, 25,
• Bricklayer, 39, 40, 41, 47, 104,
• Builder,
  • boat builder, 78, 85, 86, 94,
  • house builder, 94,
• Building finisher, 116, 117,
• Bus driver, 58,
• Business traveller, 16,

C

• Cabinet maker, 27,
• Cadmium, 4, 39, 40, 52, 56, 93, 105, 106, 144, 165,
• Car yard worker, 94,
• Carbaryl, 109,
• Carbon disulphide, 77, 80, 109,
• Carbon monoxide, 80, 105, 145, 165,
• Carpenter, 20, 21, 39, 40, 41, 47, 104,
• Carpet installer, 20,
• Caterer, 94,
• Chemical fumes, 105, 106, 107,
• Chemical plant worker, 69,
• Chemical processor, 87, 88, 89,
• Chemist, 48,
• Chlorine, 85, 106, 146,
• Chlorine-based cleaners, 85,
• Chlorofluorocarbons, 83,
• Chlorophenol, 63, 64, 70, 71,
• Chromate, 94,
• Chromium, 4, 39, 40, 56, 93, 109, 144, 146, 165,
• Cleaning powder, 85,
• Clerical worker, 22, 23, 43, 44, 96, 97,
• Clinical laboratory worker, 10,
• Coal, 24, 87, 90, 98,
• Coal miner, 98, 199,
• Cold, 80,
• Colophony solder, 85,
• Computer operator, 27, 29, 32,
• Concrete worker, 94,
• Confectioners, 94,
• Construction worker, 15, 46,
• Convenience store worker, 115,
• Copper, 76, 93,
• Corrections officer, 18,
• Cosmetologist, 48,
• Cosmic radiation, 42, 144,
• Cotton dust, 28, 87,
• Crop farmer, 59, 61, 88,
• Curator, 33,
• Customs officer, 17,
• Cutting fluids, 56, 58, 59, 94,

D

• Dairy farmer, 13, 19, 107,
• Data entry operator, 97,
• Degreaser, 59, 78, 92, 105, 106,
  • metal, 59, 92, 105, 106,
• Dental assistant, 17,
• Dental nurse, 17,
• Dentist, 17, 43, 44, 109,
• Detergent, 85, 86, 105, 106,
  • enzymes, 85,
• Dibutyl phthalate, 85,
• Diesel,
  • exhaust, 39, 40, 51, 144,
  • fumes, 39, 144, 165,
• Dietitian, 33,
• Doctor, 19, 88, 122,
• Drugs, 83,
• Dry cleaner, 58, 60,

E

• Electrical worker, 33, 66, 67, 68, 69, 87, 88, 89,
• Electrician, 43, 47, 67,68, 104,
• Electricity linesperson, 43,
• Electricity repairperson, 43,
• Electromagnetic fields, 61, 66, 67, 80,
  • extremely low frequency, 61,
  • low-frequency, 66, 165,
• Elementary worker, 119, 127,
• Emergency services worker, 16,
• Endotoxin, 84, 86, 145, 165,
• Engineering worker, 46, 47, 72, 73,
• Environmental tobacco smoke, iii, v, 2, 4, 5, 11, 39, 40, 41, 80, 81, 128, 129, 130, 131, 138, 144, 145, 146, 165, 166, 169,
• Enzymes, 83, 85,
• Epoxy,
  • adhesive, 94,
  • paint, 94,
  • resin, 85, 86, 94, 146,
• Ethylene dibromide, 109,
• Ethylene glycol, 109,
• Ethylene oxide, 4, 66, 67, 69,
• Epoxy resin, 85,

F

• Farm worker, 13, 14, 83, 84, 94, 102, 104, 107,
• Farmer, 10, 12, 13, 19, 42, 43, 44, 45, 52, 53, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 95, 99, 100, 102, 104, 107, 111, 112, 116, 117, 121, 145, 154, 160,
  • beef farmer, 13,
  • crop farmer, 59, 61, 88,
  • dairy farmer, 13, 19, 107,
  • horse farmer, 86, 88, 89,
  • livestock farmer, 61, 63, 67, 68,
  • pig farmer, 13, 19, 85, 184,
  • poultry farmer, 85,
• Farming,
  • animal husbandry, 120,
• Feathers, 83,
• Felt dust, 56,
• Fencing worker, 64, 65,
• Fibreglass, 78,
• Field crop worker, 25, 24,
• Fire fighter, 37, 38, 55, 54, 57, 56, 80, 106,
• Fisher, 41, 43, 44, 45, 73, 72, 111, 112, 113, 116, 119, 120, 121,
• Flame cutter, 67, 68,
• Flame cutting, 37,
• Flour, 83, 85, 146,
• Food and beverage processor, 41,
• Food occupation, 95,
• Food processor, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 99,
• Forestry worker, 13, 24, 25, 43, 44, 45, 67, 68, 112, 113, 114, 120, 121,
• Forklift operator, 104,
• Formaldehyde, 20, 28, 84, 85, 87, 105, 106,
• Formalin, 85, 88,
• Foundry worker, 46, 47, 72, 73, 106, 107,
• Foundryperson, 106,
• Freezing worker, 98,
• Freight handler, 33,
• Friction product worker, 47,
• Fumigants, 110,
• Funeral parlour worker, 10,
• Fungi, 83,
• Fur, 83,
• Furniture finisher, 59,

G

• Garage worker, 22,
• Gasoline exhaust, 51, 143,
• Glass fibre, 31,
• Glass worker, 33,
• Glutaraldehyde, 85,
• Grain, 25, 24, 83, 87, 88, 89, 93, 144, 145,
  • dust, 87, 93, 144, 145,
• Grain miller, 24, 25,
• Groundsperson, 104,

H

• Hair dust, 56,
• Hairdresser, 41, 51, 58, 59, 60, 73, 72, 82, 85, 144, 145, 146,
• Hand therapists, 120,
• Health care worker,
  • rehabilitation provider, 75, 133,
• Health care worker, 10, 16, 17, 18, 122, 144,
  • anaesthetist, 109,
• Health worker,
  • hand therapist, 120,
• Heat, 80, 109,
• Heavy engineering worker, 46, 72,
• Hepatitis B, iv, 16, 17, 30, 92, 135, 144,
• Hepatitis C, 16, 30, 92, 144,
• Herbicide, 107,
• High temperature environment, 24,
• Horse breeders and groomer, 85,
• Horse farmer, 86, 88, 89,
• Hospitality worker, 128, 129, 130, 131,
• Hunter, 13, 41, 72, 73, 120,
• Hydrocarbon, vii, 20, 48, 51, 56, 58, 101, 143, 144, 145, 146, 165,
• Hydrogen sulphide, 56, 106,

I

• Industrial air contaminants, 110,
• Inorganic acid, 56,
• Inorganic dust, 144, 148,
• Inorganic insulation dust, 26,
• Insects, 83,
• Ionising radiation, 4, 20, 28, 42, 48, 66, 67, 69, 109, 144,
• Iron oxide, 26,
• Irritant mineral dust, 85,
• Isocyanates, 85, 86, 106, 146,

J

• Jet fuel, 56,
• Jet fuel engine emissions, 56,

K

• Keyboard operator, 97,

L

• Laboratory technician, 83, 84, 86,
• Laboratory worker, 10, 16,
  • clinical laboratory worker, 10,
• Labourer, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 41, 65, 72, 73, 82, 98, 100, 104,116, 117, 119, 120,
• Lead, 56, 60, 61, 76, 77, 93, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 135, 145, 146, 169,
• Leather dust, 35, 51, 144, 145,
• Leather goods worker, 82,
• Leather worker, 59,
• Librarian, 33,
• Liquid plastic, 79,
• Livestock farmer, 61, 63, 67, 68,
• Low job control, 80, 96, 132,
• Low social support, 96,
• Low-frequency electromagnetic fields, 66, 145, 165,
• Lubricants, 86,

M

• Machine operator, 27, 29, 80, 118, 119, 120, 127,
• Machine tool operator, 24, 25, 39, 40, 41,
• Machinery fitter, 56, 63,
• Machinery operator, 111,
• Mail sorter, 97,
• Maintenance worker, 15,
• Manager, 27, 29, 33, 34, 65, 98,
• Manganese, 76, 89,
• Man-made vitreous fibre, 48, 51,
• Manufacturing worker, 90,
• Materials handling operator, 111,
• Meat inspector, 13, 19,
• Meat worker, 12, 13, 19, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73, 75, 95, 118, 121,
  • abattoir worker, 12, 67, 68,
  • meat inspector, 13, 19,
  • meat processing worker, 13, 14,
• Medical practitioner, 116,
• Mercury, 61, 77, 93, 105, 106, 109,
• Metal dust, 22, 145,
• Metal fumes, 22, 106,
• Metal moulder, 107,
• Metal processing worker, 33,
• Metal worker, 22, 54, 58, 59, 61, 94, 107, 109, 120,
• Metals, 58, 77, 83, 93, 105, 106, 109,
• Methane, 105,
• Methylene chloride, 105, 106,
• Microwave radiation, 109,
• Military personnel, 95, 119,
• Milk protein, 85,
• Milker, 30, 95,
• Miner, 15, 43, 46, 98, 100, 111,
  • coal, 98, 199,
• Mineral oil, 56,
• Monotonous work, 96,
• Motor mechanic, 116,
• Muffler repairer, 107,
• Mussel opener, 83, 85, 86,
• Mussel protein, 85,

N

• Needle stick, 16, 18, 19,
• N-hexane, 77, 105, 194,
• Nickel, 4, 39, 40, 84, 88, 94, 144, 165,
• Nightclub worker, 115,
• Nitrogen dioxide, 105,
• Noise, ii, iii, ix, 2, 4, 80, 102, 103, 134, 145, 156, 166, 170,
• Nuclear medicine technician, 42, 69,
• Nuclear power plant worker, 42,
• Nurse, 10, 17, 19, 56, 75, 94, 98, 99, 122, 132, 133,
• Nursery worker, 56,

O

• Office worker, 128, 130,
• Oil refinery worker, 56,
• Oils, 56, 58, 84,
• Orchard worker, 65,
• Organic dust, 51, 83, 88, 145, 146, 165,
• Outdoor worker, 43, 45,
• Ozone, 56, 85,

P

• Paint, 105, 106, 110, 146,
• Paint vapour, 110,
• Painter,
  • boat painter, 94,
• Paper mill worker, 30, 31, 39, 40, 41, 73, 98,
• Paper worker, 31,
• Para-professional, 118,
• Para-professional worker, 118,
• Pelts, 19,
• Pentachlorophenol, 106,
• Pesticide, 48, 49, 52, 58, 61, 76, 71, 79, 95, 105, 106, 109, 124, 145, 167,
  • chlorinated hydrocarbon, 48, 58, 144,
• Pesticide applicator, 52,
• Petroleum products, 61,
• Pharmacist, 33,
• Phenoxyacetic acid, 20,
• Phenoxyherbicide, 40, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72,
• Phosphoric acid, 56,
• Photocopy toner, 110,
• Pig farmer, 13, 19, 85, 184,
• Pilot, 111, 112, 144,
  • agricultural, 111, 112,
  • helicopter, 111, 112,
  • industrial, 111,
• Plant operators, 119,
• Plants, 42, 67, 83, 121,
• Plumber, 13, 22, 25, 47,
• Plumber and pipe-fitter, 22,
• Plywood mill worker, 82, 84, 86,
• Police officer, 17, 204,
• Polychlorinated biphenyls, 43, 48, 188,
• Polychloroprene, 28,
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, vi, 20, 165,
• Polyurethane foam, 85,
• Polyvinyl chloride, 85,
• Pottery worker, 33,
• Potting mix, 15,
• Poultry farmer, 85,
• Poultry processing plant worker, 94, 95,
• Powder coater, 94,
• Power station operator, 68,
• Precision production worker, 119,
• Printer, 27, 56,
• Prison officer, 17,
• Production worker, 119, 120,
• Professional sportsperson, 123,
• Professional worker, 27, 29, 43, 82, 86, 89, 98, 118, 119,
• Public safety worker, 122,
• Pulp mill worker, 30, 31, 39, 40, 41, 73, 188,

R

• Radiator repairer, 106, 107,
• Radio/television repairer, 67, 68,
• Radon, 39,
• Railway worker, 46, 98,
• Rayon fibre, 28,
• Rehabilitation provider, 75, 133, 194,
• Restaurant worker, 11, 49, 128, 131, 152, 159,
• Roofer and paver, 22,
• Rubber, 24, 28, 32, 56, 58, 59, 66, 79, 94, 95, 109, 144, 145, 146, 165,
  • chemicals, 94, 144,
  • dust, 28,
  • latex, 94,
  • pyrolysis products, 28,
• Rubber factory worker, 109,

S

• Sales and service worker, 52, 53, 127,
• Salesperson, 43, 58, 94, 127,
• Sawmill worker, 30, 33, 39, 40, 41, 83, 84, 86, 105, 120,
• Scrap metal worker, 106,
• Security guard, 18, 115,
• Sedentary occupation, 26, 27, 28, 29, 143,
• Service station worker, 22,
• Service worker, 52, 53, 122, 127,
• Sewerage, 14,
• Sewerage worker, 14,
• Sex worker, 18, 122, 187,
• Sheet metal worker, 120,
• Ship repair worker, 15,
• Shoe maker, 82,
• Silica, 4, 22, 30, 39, 40, 49, 87, 90, 101, 144, 146, 165,
• Silicon-containing compounds, 93,
• Smelter/furnaceperson, 107,
• Smoke, iii, v, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 39, 40, 41, 80, 81, 110, 128, 129, 130, 131, 138, 144, 145, 146, 165, 166, 169,
• Socialservice worker, 122,
• Solderer, 63,
• Soldering, 35, 110, 144,
• Soldering fumes, 110, 144,
• Solvent, 20, 28, 30, 33, 37, 48, 49, 58, 59, 60, 63, 76, 77, 78, 86, 92, 93, 94, 101, 105, 106, 109, 110, 143, 144, 145, 146, 165,
  • aromatic, 49, 144, 145, 165,
  • chlorinated, 48, 49, 58, 59, 145,
  • non-chlorinated, 33,
  • organic, 30, 37, 60, 63, 76, 77, 78, 92, 93, 101, 105, 109, 144,
• Styrene, 105, 106, 109, 144,
• Styrene-butadiene rubber, 56,
• Sulphur dioxide, 105,
• Sulphur residues, 110,
• Sulphuric acid mist, 37,
• Sunlight, 43, 44, 45,

T

• Taxi driver, 80, 115,
• Technical worker, 43,
• Telephone line worker, 67, 68,
• Telephonist, 27, 29,
• Textile worker, 59, 63, 95, 101,
• Therapist, 33,
• Tiler, 33,
• Timber worker, 94, 106,
• Toluene, 105, 109,
• Tradesperson, 111, 116, 117, 118, 119,
• Transport operator, 13, 31,
• Transport supervisor, 25,
• Transport worker, 109, 120,,
• Transportation worker, 122,
• Travel agent, 33,
• Trichloroethylene, 77,
• Triglycidylisocyanurate, 85,
• Truck driver, 56, 59, 104, 111,
  • transport operator, 13, 31,

U

• Ultraviolet light, 43, 44,
• Ultraviolet radiation, 56,
• Utility gas, 110,

V

• Varnisher, 108,
• Veterinarian, 10, 12, 13,
• Vibration, ii, ix, 2, 96, 101, 104, 126, 166,
• Vinyl chloride monomer, 30, 31, 199,

W

• Waiter, 21, 33, 41, 72, 73,
• Warehouse clerk, 43, 144,
• Waterside worker, 46, 47,
  • docker, 33,
• Welder, 88, 109,
• Welding, 30, 35, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 93, 105, 106, 143, 144, 145, 146, 165,
• Welding fumes, 30, 83, 85, 88, 89, 93, 143, 144, 145, 146, 165,
• Western red cedar, 85,
• Windscreen repairer, 94,
• Wood, 20, 24, 31, 35, 49, 76, 83, 85, 144,
• Wood dust, 35, 49, 144, 197,
• Wood preservative, 76,
• Woodworker, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 49, 63, 84,
  • cabinet maker, 27,
• Wool, 19, 28,
• Word processor operator, 97,

X

• X-ray, 42, 69, 105, 106,

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• _(1,3)-glucan, 86,

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