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  • Base and Tail Hold Machines Can Create Hazards on Haul Roads

    Base machines and mechanical tail holds can leave holes in the road from digging buckets in or pushing dirt with blades. Turning tracked equipment can also create ruts or disturbed areas. The damaged road surface can create hazards for motor vehicles. A recent close call occurred when a hole left from a base machine in a haul road was not filled in sufficiently. The hole in the road from the bucket was soft. When a log truck drove over it, the front tire sank. More »
    Washington — Other — 2/16/2018 — 0 Views

  • Limited English Proficiency in Workers' Compensation

    Workers with limited English proficiency likely perform more hazardous work, experience higher rates of work-related injury and illness, and have worse disability outcomes.
    Washington — Other — 1/31/2018 — 0 Views

  • V29N2 Spring 2018 Report on Work-Related Surveillance, National Academies of Science, January 2018

    An edition of the Project SENSOR Quarterly newsletter from the state of Michigan. Project SENSOR (Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks) is an occupational disease reporting and surveillance program. More »
    Michigan — Other — 1/1/2018 — 0 Views

  • 2018 Work-Related Death Case Summaries

    The table contains preliminary information about Michigan workers who died in 2018 as a result of an injury sustained while at work. The information has been obtained from public media sources, MIOSHA and stakeholder reporters. MIFACE has not verified this information; verification may conclude that the death is out of scope. More »
    Michigan — Other — 1/1/2018 — 0 Views

  • Communication with Cutters

    Entering or working in an active timber falling area without a way to communicate with cutters is dangerous!
    Washington — Other — 12/27/2017 — 0 Views

  • Mechanic Crushed by Bin Destacker Slideshow

    In December 2014, a 34-year-old mechanic doing maintenance on a bin destacker at a fruit packing plant died when part of the machinery came down, crushing him. He had worked for his employer, a grower and packer of tree fruits, for nearly a year.
    Washington — Other — 12/19/2017 — 0 Views

  • Stop bullying in the workplace It is not normal - it is not reasonable. (Spanish)

    Bullying in the workplace (workplace bullying) is a pattern of behavior that harms, intimidates, undermines, offends, Demeans or humiliates an employee, possibly in front of other employees or customers. It is a serious health and safety problem. Victims of bullying could suffer physical and mental harm that can last for many years.
    Washington — Other — 12/7/2017 — 0 Views

  • Tether Line Breaks after Moving Base Machine

    An operator with over 15 years of experience on a feller buncher and 4 months on a tether machine had a close call when one line of a dual line tether system broke after relocating the base machine. After finishing cutting a strip, the operator needed to relocate the base machine. There was a processor operator working near the base machine who was an experienced machine operator. The tether operator thought it would be easier to have the processor operator relocate the base machine.
    Washington — Other — 12/1/2017 — 0 Views

  • Welding—Impact on Occupational Health

    Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin
    Massachusetts — Other — 12/1/2017 — 17 Views

  • Saw Cuts One Line on Dual-line Tether System

    In October 2017, an operator had a close call when he cut through one of the lines of his tethered machine. The operator of a dual line tether system was using a bunching head to fall large hemlock trees on 80% slope. He had 15 years of experience running equipment, and six years of experience working on the rigging. He had been operating this system for five months. The base machine had its bucket dug in and tracks parallel to the hill slope on a large landing (Figure 1). More »
    Washington — Other — 11/20/2017 — 0 Views
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