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  • Hooktender Suffers Internal Injuries and a Broken Arm after Choker Breaks

    Washington FACE Logging Injury Alert: Hooktender Suffers Internal Injuries and a Broken Arm after Choker Breaks. A 43-year-old hooktender suffered a fractured arm and internal injuries after being struck by flying debris or the skyline when the choker broke.
    Washington — Case Report — 11/28/2012 — 0 Views

  • Hooktender Suffers Internal Injuries and a Broken Arm after Choker Breaks

    Logging injury alert regarding an incident in which A 43-year-old hooktender suffered a fractured arm and internal injuries after being struck by flying debris or the skyline when the choker broke.
    Washington — Other — 11/26/2012 — 0 Views

  • Timber Cutter Suffers Broken Leg When Struck by Cut Tree Sliding Downhill

    Injury alert describing an incident in which a 28-year-old timber cutter with two years of cutting experience suffered a broken leg when he was struck by a felled tree.
    Washington — Other — 11/15/2012 — 0 Views

  • Timber Cutter Suffers Broken Leg When Struck by Cut Tree Sliding Downhill

    Washington FACE Logging Injury Alert: Timber Cutter Suffers Broken Leg When Struck by Cut Tree Sliding Downhill. In January 2012, a 28-year-old timber cutter with two years of cutting experience suffered a broken leg when he was struck by a felled tree.
    Washington — Case Report — 11/15/2012 — 0 Views

  • OHW: Investigating Hantavirus in Yosemite

    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. More »
    California — Newsletter — 10/31/2012 — 2 Views

  • Supervisor dies when he is decapitated by a rope that was pulled into a wood chipper

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 10/22/2012 — 2 Views

  • Water and coffee: A systems approach to improving coffee harvesting work in Nicaragua.

    The aim of this study was to reduce the physical load on coffee-harvesting workers while maintaining productivity. Coffee is second to oil in commodity trading. Water is becoming scarce worldwide. The global virtual water footprint for one cup of coffee is 140 liters. Shade-grown coffee is one approach to reducing the water footprint.
    Washington — Journal Article — 10/2/2012 — 4 Views

  • Farm Laborer Killed by Falling 1,500 lb Hay Bale

    Fatality narrative of an incident in which a hay farm laborer died when a hay bale fell on him.
    Washington — Case Report — 10/1/2012 — 0 Views

  • Pesticide Injury and Illness Surveillance in Michigan, 2011

    Recognizing the extent of pesticide use in Michigan, in 2001 MDCH joined other NIOSH-funded states to institute an occupational pesticide illness and injury surveillance program. The intent of this surveillance was to identify the occurrence of adverse health effects and then intervene to prevent similar events from occurring in the future. More »
    Michigan — Annual Report — 9/30/2012 — 5 Views

  • Lead Safety for Fisherman

    A brochure provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health about lead safety for fisherman.
    Illinois — Brochure — 9/1/2012 — 9 Views
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