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Foreword
The U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) is committed to assuring the
health and safety of its workers
through the development of epide-
miologic surveillance activities. An
epidemiologic surveillance program
has been implemented at selected
DOE sites during the past several
years. This approach has been ex-
panded to include surveillance of all
medical conditions that result in an
absence of 5 or more consecutive
workdays, occupational injuries and
illnesses, and deaths among active
employees. This annual epidemio-
logic surveillance report provides the
final summary of the 12-month pe-
riod January 1, 1994, through De-
cember 31, 1994, for the Rocky Flats
plant.
Caution is required when comparing
this information with other DOE
facilities. Interpretation of these data
must take into account the occupa-
tional medicine program, health and
safety practices, the composition of
the work force, and potential occupa-
tional exposures unique to this facil-
ity; therefore, the data presented are
pertinent only to the Rocky Flats
plant. Continuing surveillance and
data examination may suggest
emerging trends that change the pre-
liminary interpretation of the data.
Caution is also required when com-
paring information in this report to
earlier reports. The methods used to
collect and analyze the data in this
report are different from those used
in previous years.Plans for future annual reports in-
clude a discussion of important new
findings and changes occurring since
previous reports and the incorpora-
tion of information from the National
Center for Health Statistics and the
National Cancer Institute's Surveil-
lance, Epidemiology, and End Re-
sults Program. This information will
allow early recognition and investi-+ Between 1993 and 1994, the
work force increased 5.2%.
Reversing a large propor-
tional decrease in the number
of service workers observed
in 1993, the proportion of
service workers increased
76.6%. The proportion of
workers classified as crafts-
men and manual laborers and
those in nuclear trades de-
creased by about half in 1994.
+ About 15% of the Rocky
Flats work force reported at
least one absence of 5 or
more days because of illness
or injury during 1994.
+ As in 1993, diagnosis rates
were highest for respiratory
diseases, which accounted for
about 29% of all diagnoses
reported during 1994.gation of possible work-related prob-
lems, as well as an analysis of trends
over time. In addition, the results of
epidemiologic surveillance will be
combined with those of medical and
exposure surveillance to form an
integrated approach to worker health
protection.+ The rate of mental disorders
reported in 1994 was 8.0 per
1,000 workers, an increase
: from 3.4 per 1,000 workers
in 1993, that may reflect anxi-
eties associated with uncer-
tainties about the changing
mission of the site.
" This marked the first year for
which Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
(OSHA) recordable data were
: analyzed by the epidemiologic
surveillance program. Rates
of recordable injuries were
highest among service work-
ers and those in the nuclear
trades, with the rate of sprains
: and strains substantially
higher than rates of other
types of injuries.DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS UNLIMITED
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