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  • Work-Related Deaths – Washington State Work-Related Fatalities: January-June, 2017

    Washington State Work-Related Fatalities: January–June, 2017
    Washington — Other — 11/3/2017 — 0 Views

  • Yarder frame breaks while pulling turn

    In June 2017, a TMY 45 yarder broke and tipped over while pulling a turn into the landing. Fortunately, there were no major injuries to the crew.
    Washington — Other — 10/25/2017 — 0 Views

  • Sit-Stand Workstation Schedules

    Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are common among office workers who spend most of their work time on computers. High static muscle loading is considered a risk factor for WMSDs.
    Washington — Other — 10/25/2017 — 0 Views

  • Safety Climate Impacts Truck Driver Injuries

    Truck drivers are at higher risk for occupational injuries than most other workers in Washington State. Safety climate is the shared perception among workers of how their organization prioritizes safety. The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between safety climate and work-related injuries in truck drivers.
    Washington — Other — 10/16/2017 — 0 Views

  • Work-related Injuries Among Janitors

    Janitors are a large sector of employment in the United States and are considered high risk, low-wage workers. This study describes the types of injuries, cost, and lost work time of janitors who filed a workers' compensation claim in Washington State for an injury that occurred during the years 2003 through 2013.
    Washington — Other — 10/16/2017 — 0 Views

  • Tethered Machine Creates a Hazard for Hand Fallers

    In August of 2017, two timber fallers were hired to fall trees that a tethered machine could not cut. The fallers packed their gear to two alder trees that were to be hand felled. They assessed the situation and found it to be unsafe. The trees were brushed in and had been struck by trees felled by the tethered machine. A large limb had broken off of one tree and was laying against the other standing tree. More »
    Washington — Other — 10/6/2017 — 0 Views

  • Skyline Hazard Complacency

    Today, most cable logging in Washington is done using a motorized carriage and standing skyline. Younger rigging crew members may have never worked around "shotgun logging" with a skyline that is slacked up and down throughout the day. Crews that get used to a skyline that stays in the air except during road changes might forget that it can still come crashing down!
    Washington — Other — 10/6/2017 — 0 Views

  • Dairy worker is injured when his clothes are caught in a straw spreader Slideshow (Spanish)

    In December 2016, a dairy worker was seriously injured when his clothing caught in the rotating beater bars of a straw spreader he was greasing.
    Washington — Other — 10/6/2017 — 0 Views

  • Dairy worker is injured when his clothes are caught in a straw spreader (Spanish)

    In December 2016, a dairy worker was seriously injured when his clothing caught in the rotating beater bars of a straw spreader he was greasing.
    Washington — Other — 10/6/2017 — 0 Views

  • Close call when spliced eye on tether cable breaks

    In August 2017, the operator of a cable-assisted steep slope machine (SSM) had a close call when the spliced eye on his cable broke while traveling downhill.
    Washington — Other — 9/28/2017 — 0 Views
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