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  • Plan Ahead to Prevent Pesticide Drift from Causing Illness

    Fact sheet describes ways workers and employers can prevent illness from pesticide drift
    California — Brochure — 3/16/2018 — 21 Views

  • What to Do If Pesticides Drift onto Our Workplace

    Poster for employers and workers to use in workplace to provide guidance on avoiding illness from pesticide drift.
    California — Other — 3/16/2018 — 16 Views

  • 2016 Annual Report Summary of Occupational Disease Reports to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

    Annual report from Michigan's Project SENSOR (Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks), an occupational disease reporting and surveillance program. The occupational and environmental health team at Michigan State University works closely with and is a bona fide agent of both the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to administer this project.
    Michigan — Annual Report — 1/25/2018 — 16 Views

  • OHW: Cannabis - Workplace Health and Safety

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, January 2018 edition has resources to help California workplaces prepare for legalization of cannabis.
    California — Newsletter — 1/23/2018 — 9 Views

  • 2015-2016 Report on Blood Lead Levels on Adults in Michigan

    Annual report from Michigan's ABLES (Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology Surveillance) Program. The occupational and environmental health team at Michigan State University works closely with and is a bona fide agent of both the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to administer this project.
    Michigan — Annual Report — 1/15/2018 — 16 Views

  • Hazard Alert: Pedestrian Workers Killed by Forklifts

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that there are approximately 85 fatalities and 34,900 serious injuries due to forklift use annually, and $135 million in immediate costs are incurred. Between the years 2015-2016, 4 pedestrian workers were killed in forklift-related incidents in Kentucky.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 9/26/2017 — 38 Views

  • 2015 Annual Report Tracking Silicosis and Other Work-Related Lung Diseases in Michigan

    Annual report on silicosis and other work related lung diseases in Michigan, from Michigan's Project SENSOR (Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks), an occupational disease reporting and surveillance program. More »
    Michigan — Annual Report — 3/15/2017 — 6 Views

  • Bark Company Owner Dies After Being Crushed By Ecology Block Wall

    In July of 2016, the 70-year-old owner of a bark and wood wholesale and retail company died from surgical complications resulting from injuries he sustained when a wall being constructed from concrete "ecology blocks" collapsed, and a 3600lb. block fell onto him, crushing his legs.
    Washington — Case Report — 12/21/2016 — 4 Views

  • Coffee Stand Owner Dies When Leak from Propane Cylinder Causes a Fire

    In January of 2016, a 26-year-old drive-through coffee stand owner died from burns she received when her stand caught fire. Propane vapor leaking from a 20-pound barbecue style cylinder was ignited by the open flame of a propane space heater's pilot light. The space heater was used to heat the stand. She had been using the 20-pound cylinder with a coupler adapter to transfer propane to refill1-pound cylinders. These cylinders were used to fuel the space heater. More »
    Washington — Other — 10/25/2016 — 4 Views

  • Washington State Work-Related Fatalities: January–June, 2016

    Work Related Deaths stats.
    Washington — Other — 10/4/2016 — 4 Views
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