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  • Nebraska Occupational Health Indicator Report, 2012

    Report presents a snapshot of 20 occupational health indicators using data from 2009.
    Nebraska — Annual Report — 11/29/2013 — 74 Views

  • Very High Blood Lead Levels Among Adults - United States, 2002-2011

    Multi-state study looking at adults with very elevated blood lead levels.
    New York — Journal Article — 11/29/2013 — 6 Views

  • Work Safe Work Smart: A Curriculum Targeted to Adolescent Health and Safety in the Workplace

    The Work Safe Work Smart curriculum was developed by public health professionals in collaboration with Minnesota teachers to explore occupational health and safety issues with high school students in an effort to reduce injury rates of young workers. In Work Safe Work Smart, students use their personal experience of work-related injury to identify workplace hazards, brainstorm ways to protect workers from hazards, and discuss barriers to making safe choices at work. More »
    Minnesota — Other — 11/27/2013 — 107 Views

  • Fogging Ambulances with Toxic Disinfectants May Cause Illness

    Health alert bulletin describes asthma that can be caused or made worse from exposure to disinfectants when micro-misted (i.e., fogging) in ambulances. The bulletin also provides guidelines and resources for personnel involved in the cleaning and disinfection of EMS equipment and transport vehicles.
    New Jersey — Other — 11/26/2013 — 13 Views

  • Solid Waste Workers Killed on the Job

    A surveillance publication from New Jersey's Occupational Health Surveillance Unit. This hazard alert (English version) provides updated injury statistics and offers simple steps to collectors and drivers to help prevent injuries while working on or near sanitation trucks. For more information visit the NJDOH's resource Web page at: www.nj.gov/health/surv/solidwaste_recycle.shtml.
    New Jersey — Brochure — 11/26/2013 — 6 Views

  • Don't Get Sick When Applying Pool Chemicals - Take Extra Care When Adjusting Chlorine Levels Manually

    Fact sheet describes asthma that can be caused or made worse from exposure to chlorine-based chemicals and provides information on safe work pracitices when handling pool chemicals.
    New Jersey — Other — 11/26/2013 — 6 Views

  • Reducing Worker Exposure to ETS

    NIOSH Science Blog by MDPH-OHSP staff.
    Massachusetts — Other — 11/21/2013 — 70 Views

  • Reducing Worker Exposure to ETS

    NIOSH Science Blog by MDPH-OHSP staff.
    Massachusetts — Other — 11/21/2013 — 0 Views

  • Truck Driver Dies When Tractor-Trailer Leaves the Road and Plunges Into a Creek-Bed (13KY039)

    In the early morning hours of a fall day, exact time unknown and the length of time driving unknown, a 28-year-old male truck driver was driving north on an interstate transporting 30,000 lbs. of blue plastic injection molding pellets. The truck driver exited the highway behind a guardrail and traveled 1,320 feet, striking a wire fence and several trees before plummeting into a creek bed, shearing the cab open. At 10:27 a.m. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 11/20/2013 — 31 Views

  • Hispanic Farm Laborer Struck by 550-gallon Water Tank When Wood Support Structure Collapsed

    MIFACE, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is a joint research project of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). More »
    Michigan — Technical Report — 11/19/2013 — 0 Views
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