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  • Long Haul Trucker Dies After Striking an Embankment at the End of an Interstate Highway Off-Ramp

    Truck drove straight across the highway through a guardrail; the truck became airborne, and crashed into an embankment exploding into flames.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 5/2/2007 — 25 Views

  • Fatal Aerial Lift Injuries

    The major causes of injuries involving aerial lifts are falls, electrocutions, and collapses or tipovers.
    Kentucky — Technical Report — 3/1/2007 — 38 Views

  • FACE Annual Report 2007

    The Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (KY FACE) Program is an occupational fatality surveillance project of the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC)*. The goal of KY FACE is to prevent fatal work injuries by studying the worker, the work environment, the energy exchange resulting in fatal injury, and the role of management, engineering, and behavioral changes in controlling the interaction of these factors. More »
    Kentucky — Annual Report — 1/1/2007 — 25 Views

  • KOSHS Annual Report 2007

    This is the second annual report produced by the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance (KOSHS) program at the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center. This report is intended to provide trend data on occupational injury and illness indicators including health, exposure, hazard, intervention, and socio-economic indicators. It also includes comparisons between Kentucky occupational injury and illness rates, and US rates.
    Kentucky — Annual Report — 1/1/2007 — 25 Views

  • Data linkage of inpatient hospitalization and workers' claims data sets to characterize occupational falls.

    Bunn TL, Slavova S, Bathke, A. 2007. Data Linkage of Inpatient Hospitalization and Workers’ Claims Data Sets to Characterize Occupational Falls. J KY Med Assoc. 105: 313-320.
    Kentucky — Journal Article — 1/1/2007 — 37 Views

  • Identification and characterization of Kentucky self-employed occupational injury fatalities using multiple sources, 1995-2004

    Bunn T, Costich J, Slavova S. 2006. Identification and Characterization of Kentucky Self-Employed Occupational Injury Fatalities Using Multiple Sources, 1995-2004. Amer J Ind Med. 49:1005-1012
    Kentucky — Journal Article — 12/1/2006 — 37 Views

  • Victims Struck Out by Logging

    Haz Alert detailing the hazards of workers in the logging industry.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 10/1/2006 — 37 Views

  • Amputation Injuries Due to Forklifts

    During 2000-2004, there were 1002 amputation claims filed with the Office of Workers’ Claims and 13 of these claims involved forklifts.
    Kentucky — Technical Report — 9/1/2006 — 27 Views

  • Workers Killed in Falls From Ladders

    During 2004, 44 hospitalizations resulted from workers falling off ladders
    Kentucky — Technical Report — 6/1/2006 — 26 Views

  • Passenger Dies When Semi-Truck Trailer Hits Cow in Roadway

    Passenger in a semi-truck died when the driver swerved to avoid hitting a cow that was standing in the parkway lane.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 5/1/2006 — 25 Views
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