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  • OHW: Fragrances Can Cause or Trigger Work-related Asthma

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. May 2015 edition is about new factsheets for workers and employers to address work-related asthma that is caused or triggered by perfumes and fragrances used in personal care products, cleaning products, and air fresheners in the workplace. More »
    California — Newsletter — 5/1/2015 — 5 Views

  • Where Workers Can Get Help

    Resources for California employees in lead-using industries.
    California — Brochure — 4/29/2015 — 9 Views

  • Heavy Equipment Mechanic Dies when an Elevated Dump Truck Tag Axle Pins Him to the Concrete Floor

    On September 19, 2013, at approximately 4:28 p.m. a 58-year-old heavy equipment mechanic was replacing an air bag on a tri-axle dump truck. The victim was under the truck and axle, which was resting on a hydraulic floor jack. While the victim was under the axle, he inadvertently placed his hand on the jack causing the floor jack to lower and pin him between the axle and the concrete floor. At 4:48 p.m. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 4/7/2015 — 32 Views

  • Health Dangers from Lead on the Job

    Spanish brochure describing heatlh effects of lead including sources of exposure, ways to reduce exposure and take home lead
    New York — Brochure — 3/27/2015 — 6 Views

  • Riesgos para la salud provenientes de plomo en el trabajo

    Spanish brochure describing heatlh effects of lead including sources of exposure, ways to reduce exposure and take home lead
    New York — Brochure — 3/27/2015 — 6 Views

  • School Indoor Environmental Quality

    A factsheet provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health about mold in schools.
    Illinois — Brochure — 3/10/2015 — 8 Views

  • Annual Report Tracking Silicosis and Other Work-Related Lung Diseases in Michigan, 2013

    Annual report 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 Community Health (MDCH) and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) to administer this project.
    Michigan — Annual Report — 3/10/2015 — 7 Views

  • Cancer risks in naval divers with multiple exposures to carcinogens.

    The authors of this article investigated risks for cancer and the case for a cause-effect relationship in five successive cohorts of naval commando divers with prolonged underwater exposures to many toxic compounds in the Kishon River, Israel's most polluted waterway, from 1948 to 1995.
    Illinois — Journal Article — 3/9/2015 — 8 Views

  • Scrap Processor Struck by Wrench and Dies after Makeshift Torque System Fails

    On June 30, 2014, a 42-year-old scrap processor was instructed by his supervisor to salvage the main bolts on a locomotive flywheel that was being scrapped, so the normal procedure of removing them with a torch was replaced by the following method: To increase tension, the scrap processor wrapped one end of a large 48 mm wrench with a makeshift sling that was tied at the other end to an excavator grapple. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 3/5/2015 — 32 Views

  • OHW: HIV Transmission in the Adult Film Industry

    Occupational Health Watch is a periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health. March 2015 edition is about a health alert devoloped by OHB In collaboration with the CDPH Office of AIDS and the Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Branch that discusses a recent case and provides prevention points for adult entertainment actors.
    California — Newsletter — 3/1/2015 — 5 Views
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