Data & Statistics

The Occupational Health Branch (OHB) releases data and statistics as part of its research and surveillance of critical challenges to worker health. This information is shared with employers and statewide partners to inform improvements to worker health and safety.

General Occupational Health | COVID-19 | Cosmetics | Ergonomics | Lead | Pesticides | Work-Related Asthma | Valley Fever

General Occupational Health

• California Occupational Health Indicators report for 2011–2016 (PDF) 
  
• California Occupational Health Indicators – webpage overview

COVID-19

• Recent Unmet Mental Health Needs Among California Workers Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic  – journal article
• Recent Demographic changes in COVID-19 mortality during the pandemic: analysis of trends in disparities among workers using California's mortality surveillance system – journal article abstract
• Recent Temporal assessment of disparities in California COVID-19 mortality by industry: a population-based retrospective cohort study – journal article
• Occupational COVID-19 Exposures and Illnesses among Workers in California —Analysis of a New Occupational COVID-19 Surveillance System – journal article
• Increases in Prevalent Depressed Mood and Suicidal Ideation among Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic — Findings from the California Health Interview Survey – journal article
• COVID-19 Outbreaks Linked to Workplaces, 23 US Jurisdictions, August–October 2021  – journal article
• Excess risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among in‐person nonhealthcare workers in six states, September 2020–June 2021 – journal article abstract
• Risk factors for COVID‐19 among Californians working outside the home, November 2020–May 2021 – journal article abstract
• Evaluating the association between in‐person work and the risk of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection through June 2021 – journal article abstract
• COVID-19 Outbreaks and Mortality Among Public Transportation Workers — California, January 2020–May 2022 – MMWR report, 2022
• Workplaces Most Affected by COVID-19 Outbreaks in California, January 2020–August 2021 – journal article
• Reported exposures among in-person workers with SARS-CoV-2 infection in 6 states, September 2020–June 2021 – journal article
• Close physical proximity on the job—An exposure matrix – journal article abstract
• Physical Proximity Job Exposure Matrix – downloadable datafile
• COVID-19 in the Workplace: The View from California – journal article
• Disparities in COVID-19 fatalities among working Californians – journal article
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Respiratory Virus Sentinel Surveillance, California, USA, May 10, 2020–June 12, 2021 - Volume 28, Number 1–January 2022 – journal article
• COVID-19 Outbreak Data - Datasets - California Health and Human Services Open Data Portal – downloadable datafiles
• Effectiveness of Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Outbreak among Horse Racetrack Workers, California, USA – journal article
• Coronavirus Disease among Workers in Food Processing, Food Manufacturing, and Agriculture Workplaces - Volume 27, Number 1—January 2021 – journal article
• Transmission of COVID-19 to Health Care Personnel During Exposures to a Hospitalized Patient — Solano County, California, February 2020 – MMWR report, 2020

Cosmetics

• Hazardous Ingredients in Personal Care Products: Data Reported to the California Safe Cosmetics Program, 2009–2022 - Full data report (PDF) 
• Differences in personal care product use by race/ethnicity among women in California: implications for chemical exposures. Journal article, 2021.
• November 2022 - Chemicals of concern in personal care products used by women of color in three communities of California. Journal article, 2022.

Ergonomics

• Rates of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a State Workers’ Compensation Information System, by Industry and Occupation — California, 2007–2014 - MMWR report (2018)

Lead

• Blood Lead Levels in California Workers, 2012–2014 (PDF) 

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Pesticides

• Acute Illnesses and Injuries Related to Total Release Foggers — 10 States – MMWR Report (2018)
• Magnitude and Characteristics of Acute Paraquat- and Diquat-related Illnesses in the US: 1998–2013 – journal article abstract, 2016
• Acute Occupational Pesticide-Related Illness and Injury — United States, 2007–2010 – MMWR report, 2015
• Acute pesticide-related illnesses and injuries associated with pyrethrin and pyrethroid exposures – journal article abstract, 2013
• Inhalation of phosphine gas following a fire associated with fumigation – journal article abstract, 2013
• Acute pesticide-related illness resulting from occupational exposure to acrolein – MMWR report, 2013
• Gender Differences in Pesticide-Related Farmworker Illnesses – journal article abstract, 2012

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Work-Related Asthma

• Fragrances and work-related asthma–California surveillance data, 1993–2012 – journal article abstract, 2017
• Isocyanates and Work-Related Asthma: Findings From California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993–2008 (PDF)- journal article, 2015
• Work-Related Asthma — 22 States, 2012 – MMWR report, 2015
• Gender Differences in Work-Related Asthma: Surveillance Data from California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993–2008 – journal article abstract, 2014
• Swimming Facilities and Work-Related Asthma – journal article abstract, 2014
• Asthma in California: A Surveillance Report – Chapter 5: Work-Related Asthma (PDF) | executive summary (PDF) | full report (PDF 5.9MB, 194 pages), 2013
• State-Based, Work-Related Asthma Surveillance Data Online – MMWR announcement, 2012
• Work-Related Asthma in the Educational Services Industry: California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993–2000 – journal article abstract, 2007
• The Proportion of Self-Reported Asthma Associated with Work in Three States: California, Massachusetts, and Michigan, 2001 – journal article abstract, 2006
• Work-Related Asthma Among Health Care Workers: Surveillance data from California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993–1997 – journal article abstract, 2005
• Work-Related Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome – Cases from Surveillance in Selected U.S. States – journal article abstract, 2003
• Cleaning Products and Work-Related Asthma – journal article abstract, 2003

Work-Related Valley Fever

• Occupational Coccidioidomycosis in California – journal article abstract, 2012

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