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Background The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers (UURWAW) is one of the 15 building and construction trades departments in the AFL-CIO. The U.S. roo®ng industry, including both roo®ng and waterproo®ng applications, both unionized and nonunionized, comprises about 25,000 ®rms, employing approximately 300,000 people, about 200,000 of whom are involved in the application of roofs. The speci®c toxins to which roofers may be exposed at the job site include, among others, bitumens (asphalt and/or coal tar pitch) as well as asbestos and ®berglass from roof removal operations. Excess deaths from occupational injuries are also of concern. Methods This study evaluated causes of mortality among 11,144 members of the UURWAW. Age-adjusted proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) were computed with 95% con®dence intervals (CI) using U.S. age-, gender-, and race-speci®c proportional mortality rates for the years of the study, 1950±1996. Results Statistically signi®cant increased PMRs were found for all injuries (PMR 142, CI 134 ±150), especially falls (PMR 464, CI 419±513) and other injuries (PMR 121, CI 107±137), cancers of the lung (PMR 139, CI 131±148), bladder (PMR 138,

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Author

Frank B. Stern; Avima M. Ruder; Guang Chen

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0271-3586)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)