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  • Workers' compensation claims for COVID19 Nov 2021

    Workers' Compensation Claims for Exposure to and Disease from COVID-19 WA State Fund and Self-Insured Claims Established between Feb 26, 2020 and Sep 4, 2021
    Washington — Other — 11/1/2021 — 4 Views

  • SHARP Stats: Injury Claims after Inspection, 2018 to 2019

    Time-Loss Claim Rates Decrease at Workplaces Following a DOSH Inspection Percent Change in Non-Musculoskeletal Claims Rates by Industry Type2 from 2018 to 2019
    Washington — Other — 10/14/2021 — 4 Views

  • Operator Killed When Struck by Skidder Rolling Down Slope

    In September 2021, a 56-year-old owner/operator died after being struck by his skidder when it rolled down a slope. He had previously logged about three acres of a property with the intention of selling the timber to a mill. Just prior to the incident, he was working alone and using a skidder to skid logs uphill. The operator parked the skidder on a slight slope.
    Washington — Case Report — 10/13/2021 — 4 Views

  • Protect yourself against the COVID-19 pandemic: Wash Your Hands! (Vietnamese)

    Hand washing is the most effective way to prevent germs from spreading. Keeping your hands clean can stop germs from spreading and protect your community.
    Washington — Other — 10/11/2021 — 4 Views

  • Workers’ compensation claims for conditions presumed to be occupational diseases among firefighters in Washington State, 2000–2017

    Washington State, like many other US states, enacted a legal presumption that certain medical conditions in firefighters are occupational diseases for purposes of workers’ compensation. Washington’s occupational disease presumption law includes specific cancers, respiratory disease, heart problems following specific exposures or strenuous physical exertion, and specific infectious diseases. More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 8/9/2021 — 16 Views

  • DOSH Compliance and Consultation Visits and Compensable Claims Rates in Washington State, 2018-2019

    This study suggests enforcement inspections and consultations continue to make substantial contributions toward the agency's goal of reducing workplace injury and illness rates and that an expansion of the number of inspections and consultations is warranted.
    Washington — Technical Report — 6/10/2021 — 4 Views

  • Safe Cab, Safe Driver

    A truck cab has more uses than any other part of a truck. It serves as the vehicle's control center, an office for paperwork and phone calls, a break area to rest and eat, a shelter from bad weather and environmental conditions, and a storage space for work supplies and equipment.
    Washington — Other — 5/11/2021 — 4 Views

  • Worker Hospitalization Alert: Worker Hospitalized After Fall from Mobile Scaffold

    An experienced carpenter was standing on a mobile scaffold in a small mechanical room. He was sealing up insulation around a vent pipe in the ceiling. The 5-foot by 3-foot scaffold was raised to its maximum height of approximately six feet. The caster wheels on the scaffold were not locked.
    Washington — Case Report — 5/4/2021 — 4 Views

  • Hospitalization Hazard: Tractor Rollovers in Orchards (Spanish)

    An experienced worker was spraying young and mature trees with a John Deere tractor towing a 250 gallon sprayer. He was driving the tractor down a hill alongside a row of saplings when the tires lost traction in the six-inch-tall wet grass, causing the tractor to skid. It slid approximately 50 feet down the hill before falling sideways and flipping over.
    Washington — Case Report — 4/20/2021 — 4 Views

  • Be an Ace with Jacks

    Using a hydraulic floor jack the wrong way to lift a large truck or trailer can end in severely injuring or killing a technician working under the vehicle. Doing things the right way means starting with the jack manufacturer's safety instructions.
    Washington — Other — 4/6/2021 — 4 Views
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