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The following is a list of publications and resources related to occupational safety and health in the seafood processing industry. For a complete listing of NIOSH publications click here.

NIOSH Publications

Safety and health programs in Alaska’s seafood processing industry: interviews with safety and health managers.

Exposures and health effects of bioaerosols in seafood processing workers – a position statement.

Injury and illness among onshore workers in Alaska’s seafood processing industry: analysis of workers’ compensation claims, 2014-2015.

Occupational traumatic injuries among offshore seafood processors in Alaska, 2010-2015.

Work-related traumatic injuries onboard freezer-trawlers and freezer-longliners operating in Alaskan waters during 2001-2012.

Respiratory symptoms among crab processing workers in Alaska: epidemiological and environmental assessment.

External Resources

The following publications are peer-reviewed journal articles and stakeholder reports from around the United States and the world since 2000.

Broader Seafood Processing Health and Safety

Working conditions, occupational injuries, and health among Filipino fish processing workers in Dutch Harbor, Alaskaexternal icon.

Analysis of workers’ compensation disabling claims in Oregon’s seafood preparation and packaging industry, 2007 to 2013external icon.

Picked Apart: The Hidden Struggles of Migrant Worker Women in the Maryland Crab Industrypdf iconexternal icon.

World at work: Fish processing workerspdf iconexternal icon.


Specific Exposures and Hazards

Ergonomic risks in fish processing workers in Atlantic Canadaexternal icon.

Risk factors and musculoskeletal disorders among women workers performing fish processingexternal icon.

Occupational allergies in seafood-processing workersexternal icon.

Musculoskeletal symptoms among seafood production workers in North Norwayexternal icon.

Noise exposures aboard catcher/processor fishing vesselsexternal icon.

Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in meat and fish processing plantsexternal icon.

Crab allergen exposures aboard five crab-processing vesselsexternal icon.

Relevant NIOSH Programs

Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Program | NIOSH | CDC

Health Hazard Evaluations | NIOSH | CDC

Manufacturing Program | NIOSH | CDC

Musculoskeletal Health Program | NIOSH | CDC

Occupational Health Equity | NIOSH | CDC

Total Worker Health | NIOSH | CDC

Traumatic Occupational Injuries | NIOSH | CDC

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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health