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  • Equipment Operator Dies After Zero-Turn Mower Overturns

    Results of an investigation by MA FACE into a work-related fatality, including recommendations for prevention.
    Massachusetts — Technical Report — 9/19/2018 — 7 Views

  • Flexible work, hazardous work: The impact of temporary work arrangements on occupational safety and health in Washington State, 1991-1996.

    In October 1989 at a pertrochemical plant in Pasedena, Texas, a major explosion resulted in the deaths of 23 workers. In a study of this incident it was found that the company had relied on improperly trained subcontracted employees and that such contract workers experienced more injuries than did permanently employed workers at the plant (Kochan, 1991). More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 8/29/2018 — 0 Views

  • Immediate Inpatient Hospitalizations for Work-Related Injury or Illness - Washington State, 2015

    Work-related injuries that result in an immediate inpatient hospitalization are severe, costly, and often lead to long term disability. Currently, both the Washington State Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require employers to report workplace injuries resulting in inpatient hospitalizations (within 8 or 24 hours of injury, respectively). More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 8/2/2018 — 0 Views

  • Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment Measurements in Washington State

    Summary Results from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Compliance Inspections 2008-2016
    Washington — Technical Report — 7/6/2018 — 0 Views

  • Emergency Department Visits for work-related injuries among 18- to 24- year-olds, 2010-2014

    Emergency Department Visits for work-related injuries among 18- to 24- year-olds
    Massachusetts — Technical Report — 7/1/2018 — 6 Views

  • Hospitalizations for work-related injuries among 18- to 24- year-olds, 2010-2014

    Hospitalizations for work-related injuries among 18- to 24- year-old
    Massachusetts — Technical Report — 7/1/2018 — 6 Views

  • Carbon Monoxide Poisonings North Carolina, 2016

    Summary CO poisonings 2016
    North Carolina — Technical Report — 7/1/2018 — 0 Views

  • Logger Safety Initiative: Findings from the initial safety consultations

    To improve the safety culture of the manual logging industry throughout Washington State, private landowners, the Washington Contract Loggers Association, logging companies, the Washington Department of Natural Resources, and the Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) partnered to create the Washington State Logger Safety Initiative (LSI). Participation in LSI is voluntary. More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 6/26/2018 — 0 Views

  • Concrete Finisher Electrocuted When Bull Float Contacted an Energized Power Line

    MIFACE, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is a joint research project of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division and the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth. More »
    Michigan — Technical Report — 6/21/2018 — 0 Views

  • Evaluation of the Logger Safety Initiative: Impact on employer-reported payroll hours and workers' compensation claim rates

    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of LSI on employer-reported payroll hours and workers' compensation claim rates in the manual logging risk class. We used Washington workers' compensation data to assess any impact.
    Washington — Technical Report — 6/12/2018 — 0 Views
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