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  • Preventing Lead Poisoning in Scrap Metal Recycling: An Alert for Workers and Employers

    Scrap metal recovery and collection can place workers at risk for lead poisoning. Lead may be present in the coatings on the scrap (paints, hot dips, etc.), as pure metal, an alloy or its oxides (as found in battery plates).
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Workers - Spanish

    Your workplace can expose you to lead. Lead can harm your health and your family's health. You can protect yourself and your family. Many resources are available to help you deal with lead exposure in the workplace and the health problems caused by lead poisoning. Your employer, your doctor, the Department of Labor and Industries, the SHARP (Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention) Program, and the Department of Health can help — at no cost to you.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Workers

    Your workplace can expose you to lead. Lead can harm your health and your family's health. You can protect yourself and your family. Many resources are available to help you deal with lead exposure in the workplace and the health problems caused by lead poisoning. Your employer, your doctor, the Department of Labor & Industries, the SHARP (Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention) Program, and the Department of Health can help — at no cost to you.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Employers

    Lead enters the body when airborne lead fumes or fine lead dust is inhaled. This can happen if ventilation systems are ineffective or if respirators aren't used properly.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Health Care Providers

    Although the toxic effects of lead have been known for centuries, many workers in the U.S. are overexposed and poisoned in their workplaces. This resource is designed to help you work with the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) to prevent lead poisoning among Washington's working men and women and their children.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Is Your Asthma Work Related?

    Information on how asthma may be work-related.
    New York — Brochure — 5/15/2017 — 6 Views

  • Consumer Health Alert: Hair Straightening Products and Formaldehyde

    Facts about “Brazilian Keratin Treatment (BKT)” and risk prevention.
    New York — Technical Report — 5/15/2017 — 0 Views

  • Preventing Lead Exposure during Metal Recycling

    This provides information on how to prevent and monitor lead exposure in metal recycling.
    New York — Technical Report — 5/15/2017 — 0 Views

  • 34-year-old pallet repairer died from complications of a fall injury he sustained walking in a 10-foot wide aisleway in a production area.

    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 — 5/8/2017 — 0 Views

  • Work-Related Crushing Injuries in Michigan: First Report, January 2013- December 2015

    Annual report on work related crushing injuries in Michigan, 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 — 5/5/2017 — 4 Views
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