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Summary of fatal incident in which an inexperienced 21-year-old tractor operator died after losing control of the tractor, being ejected from the tractor seat, and having the tractor roll over on him. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 4/4/2006 — 0 Views
Spanish language summary of fatal incident in which a 21-year-old inexperienced tractor operator died after losing control of the tractor, being ejected from the seat, and having the tractor roll over him « Less
Washington — Case Report — 4/4/2006 — 0 Views
Occupational Health publication from the Safety And Health Assessment And Research for Prevention -- SHARP -- program of the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 4/1/2006 — 1 Views
Occupational Health Surveillance publication from the Safety And Health Assessment And Research for Prevention -- SHARP -- program of the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries « Less
Washington — Brochure — 3/27/2006 — 1 Views
Work-related asthma is the most commonly reported occupational lung disease in the United States {Petsonk, 2002}. Occupational exposures can trigger asthma exacerbations in asthmatic workers or induce asthma in a previously healthy worker. Approximately 7.5% of all US adults have a diagnosis of asthma {CDC, 2002}. « Less
Washington — Journal Article — 3/27/2006 — 1 Views
To evaluate noise exposures and hearing loss prevention efforts in industries with relatively high rates of workers' compensation claims for hearing loss. « Less
Washington — Journal Article — 3/21/2006 — 1 Views
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a public health problem but little is known about the nature of that problem in the working population.
The author used a national definition to identify cases in Washington State from workers' compensation (WC) hospital billing data, quantified the cost of WC insurance benefits using actuarial cost estimates, and identified high risk industries using ANSI Z16.2 typology.
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Washington — Journal Article — 3/6/2006 — 1 Views
An exposure measurement approach is described for quantifying repetitive hand activity of individual workers in a prospective epidemiological study on work-related upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A total of 733 subjects were involved in this study at the baseline. Hand activities were quantified by force and repetition. « Less
Washington — Journal Article — 3/1/2006 — 1 Views
This paper focuses on comparisons between the different methods of assessing repetitive hand activities. Various methods were used to measure hand force and repetitiveness of hand activities on 733 subjects in the study described by Bao et al. (2006). More »Two definitions of repetitiveness were used in analysis of detailed time studies of repetitive hand activities and four parameters of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) hand activity level (HAL) and the Strain Index methods were estimated by ergonomists and used to quantify repetitiveness. Hand forces were measured or estimated using three different methods: 1) measured with a force gauge or mimicked on a force gauge (force matching); 2) estimated by ergonomists using rating scales; 3) self-reports by subjects. The jobs were also evaluated using the ACGIH HAL and Strain Index methods when different repetitiveness quantification methods were used. « Less
Washington — Journal Article — 3/1/2006 — 1 Views
Spanish language summary of fatal incident in which an owner of an excavation contracting company died from injuries sustained when the bulldozer he was unloading from a trailer rolled 10 feet down an embankment, pinning him between ground and bulldozer « Less
Washington — Case Report — 2/28/2006 — 0 Views