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MEGA-database: one million data since 1972.

R Stamm1

  • 1Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitssicherheit, Germany.

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
|February 24, 2001
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The MEGA chemical workplace exposure database, established in 1972, stores over a million measurements for over 400 substances. This German database aids in hazard identification, exposure reduction, and occupational disease investigations.

Area of Science:

  • Occupational Safety and Health
  • Environmental Science
  • Toxicology

Background:

  • The Institute for Occupational Safety (BIA) manages the MEGA chemical workplace exposure database.
  • German statutory accident institutions (Berufsgenossenschaften - BGs) conduct workplace measurements.
  • Cooperation between BIA and BGs began in 1972 under the Berufsgenossenschaftliches Messsystem Gefahrstoffe (BGMG).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To detail the structure and utility of the MEGA database.
  • To highlight its role in workplace safety and health surveillance.
  • To outline future developments for a multifactorial exposure database.

Main Methods:

  • Data collection through workplace measurements by BGs.
  • Data analysis and processing by BIA.

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  • Storage of up to 150 data points per measurement in the MEGA database.

    • Main Results:

    • As of 1999, 31,000 measurements and 68,000 analyses were conducted in 4,000 enterprises.
    • The database contains approximately 1,000,000 measurements for over 400 substances since 1972.
    • Data supports hazard identification, exposure reduction measure evaluation, and occupational disease investigations.

    Conclusions:

    • The MEGA database is a valuable resource for occupational safety and health.
    • Statistical appraisal is possible despite non-random sampling, considering specific determinants.
    • Future development will expand the database to include biological agents, noise, and other factors.