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  • Injuries due to assaults on psychiatric hospital employees in Washington State.

    In order to estimate rates and identify risk factors for assaults on employees of a state psychiatric hospital, we examined workers' compensation claims, hospital-recorded incident reports, and data collected in a survey of ward staff. Results revealed 13.8 workers' compensation claims due to assault per 100 employees per year. Assaults were responsible for 60% of total claims. Incident reports revealed 35 injuries due to assault per 100 employees per year.
    Washington — Journal Article — 1/1/1997 — 0 Views

  • Guidelines for the Safe Clean-up of Mercury Spilled in the Home

    Discusses the sources of mercury in the home, the importance of safe clean-up, and step-by-step procedures for clean-up under various circumstances. Created by New Jersey's Occupational Health Surveillance Unit.
    New Jersey — Brochure — 1/1/1996 — 6 Views

  • Glutaraldehyde

    Factsheet describes how exposure occurs, in what industries, and the potential health effects of exposure. The factsheet also provides advice on minimizing exposure at the workplace, including use of safer alternatives (when available).
    California — Brochure — 11/1/1995 — 2 Views

  • Patient and staff views of factors influencing assaults on psychiatric hospital employees.

    This study compares the viewpoints of psychiatric hospital employees and patients as to situational and interactional factors that are related to patient assaults on staff. Sixty-nine patients from eight high-assault wards in two state psychiatric hospitals were interviewed to identify hospital practices and aspects of the physical environment that they believed to be related to assaultive behavior.
    Washington — Journal Article — 9/1/1995 — 0 Views

  • Fire Department Paramedic Dies after Falling from Helicopter during a Retrieval Operation

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 11/15/1994 — 5 Views

  • Maintenance Worker Electrocuted While at Work on Top of a Water Tank

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 11/15/1994 — 5 Views

  • Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Fact Sheet

    Factsheet describes how exposure occurs, in what industries, and the potential health effects of exposure. The factsheet also provides advice on minimizing exposure at the workplace, including use of safer alternatives (when available).
    California — Brochure — 3/1/1991 — 2 Views

  • Ribavirin (VirazoleR; 1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide)

    Factsheet describes how exposure occurs, in what industries, and the potential health effects of exposure. The factsheet also provides advice on minimizing exposure at the workplace, including use of safer alternatives (when available).
    California — Brochure — 12/1/1990 — 2 Views

  • Methyl Methacrylate (MMA)

    Factsheet describes how exposure occurs, in what industries, and the potential health effects of exposure. The factsheet also provides advice on minimizing exposure at the workplace, including use of safer alternatives (when available).
    California — Brochure — 2/1/1990 — 2 Views

  • Antineoplastic drugs as an occupational hazard in hospitals.

    Antineoplastic drugs as an occupational hazard in hospitals.
    Illinois — Other — 9/1/1985 — 9 Views
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