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  • Truck Driver Hauling Grain Dies When Truck Crashes - Slideshow

    In August of 2016, the 55-year-old driver of a grain truck died when his truck's brakes were unable to slow the truck and it left the road and crashed into a building. The victim was employed to help during the harvest of wheat on a family member's farm. He was being paid for his work. He had over 25 years experience driving commercial vehicles.
    Washington — Case Report — 4/11/2017 — 0 Views

  • Truck Driver Hauling Grain Dies When Truck Crashes

    In August of 2016, the 55-year-old driver of a grain truck died when his truck's brakes were unable to slow the truck and it left the road and crashed into a building. The victim was employed to help during the harvest of wheat on a family member's farm. He was being paid for his work. He had over 25 years experience driving commercial vehicles.
    Washington — Case Report — 4/11/2017 — 0 Views

  • Marijuana and Work-Related Asthma

    Work-related asthma is a lung disease caused or made worse by exposure to substances in the workplace. Legal industrial-scale marijuana (Cannabis sativa) processing has highlighted a connection between plant dust inhalation and a risk for work-related breathing problem
    Washington — Case Report — 4/3/2017 — 4 Views

  • 23-year-old laborer was overcome and drowned when he entered a 10,500 gallon molasses tank to reposition a drain pipe.

    MIFACE is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). 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 — Case Report — 3/27/2017 — 0 Views

  • 54-year-old farmer died when unsecured wooden crates fell from the forks of a forklift attachment to the front of a Massey Ferguson 360 farm tractor and struck him.

    MIFACE is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). 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 — Case Report — 3/27/2017 — 0 Views

  • Shovel Operator Dies When Shovel Rolls Down a Ridge

    In September 2016, a 50-year-old logging equipment operator died when the shovel/yoder he was operating rolled down a steep ridge. He was an experienced equipment operator who began working in the logging industry at the age of 17. On the days leading up to the incident, the shovel was rigged up as a yoder. Once the crew had finished yarding and decking the logs on the ridge, the next step was for the operator to swing the decks of logs to the road.
    Washington — Other — 3/22/2017 — 0 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

  • Survey of Contract Loggers with Non-Mechanized Logging Operations, Summer 2016

    SHARP, with joint sponsorship of the Washington Contract Loggers Association, conducted a mail-based survey of Washington-based contract logging employers engaged in manual (non-mechanized) logging – which entails timber falling, yarding and processing work outside of the safety of the cab of a machine - to gain a better understanding of contract logger's perceptions of the Washington Division of Occupational Safety and Health visits, safety in the logging industry, and perceptions of the Washington State logger safety initiative (LSI) program.
    Washington — Technical Report — 3/10/2017 — 0 Views

  • Immediate Work-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in Crop & Animal Production Agriculture: Washington State, 2011-2015

    Work-related injuries so severe they result in immediate hospitalization of the worker can be prevented. We examined in-patient hospitalization data and workers' compensation claims data to learn more about incidents involving hospitalization within one day of work-related injury among Washington workers in the Crop and Animal Production industries (NAICS subsectors 111, 112, and 1151-1152) during the 5-year period, 2011-2015.
    Washington — Technical Report — 2/28/2017 — 0 Views

  • Heat Exposure and Injury Risk

    It is well documented that heat exposure can lead to heat-related illness in outdoor workers. Some studies suggest a link between heat exposure and injury risk.
    Washington — Other — 1/19/2017 — 0 Views
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