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  • Acute Pesticide Poisoning in the US Retail Industry, 1998-2004

    Public Health Reports article that describes the national magnitude and characteristics of acute pesticide poisoning among workers and customers in retail establishments.
    Louisiana — Journal Article — 7/25/2012 — 7 Views
  • Methylene chloride is dangerous... There are safer alternatives! (Spanish)

    El cloruro de metileno es peligroso... ¡Existen alternativas más seguras! Health hazard alert 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 — 7/6/2012 — 5 Views
  • Roadside Responder is Struck by a Box Truck and Dies (11KY006)

    On a winter day, a 53-year-old retired fire chief was working for an environmental company to clean up a tractor trailer crash along an interstate. A semi tractor-trailer driver had fallen asleep and crashed. The environmental company had been deployed to assist in the cleanup and facilitate a lane closure. The cleanup was almost complete and there were five workers left at the incident site. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 6/27/2012 — 25 Views
  • Electrical burns and mental health: Facts about the injuries that you don't see.

    Trade Journal article about the potential mental health impacts of electrical burns.
    Washington — Journal Article — 6/1/2012 — 4 Views
  • Bicycle Delivery Driver Dies after Colliding with Car

    Injured Young Worker narrative in which a 23-year-old fast food restaurant bicycle delivery employee was fatally injured while making a delivery.
    Washington — Case Report — 6/1/2012 — 0 Views
  • Heat-realted Deaths in Oklahoma, 2011

    Injury Update report series. The Injury Update is a report to Oklahoma injury surveillance partners and is produced by the Injury Prevention Service of the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH).
    Oklahoma — Technical Report — 5/31/2012 — 97 Views
  • OHW: Keeping Salon Workers Safe From Chemicals

    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 2012 edition about California's groundbreaking legal settlement with makers of Brazilian Blowout, a hair smoothing product containing formaldehyde; provides links to a factsheet on Brazilian blowout and other information on the California Safe Cosmetics Program.
    California — Newsletter — 5/29/2012 — 5 Views
  • Painter Falls from Stepladder

    Summary of an incident where a painter died when he fell from a stepladder.
    Washington — Case Report — 5/21/2012 — 0 Views
  • Work-Related Amputations in Michigan, 2009

    The 2009 Work-related Amputation in Michigan report summarizes the characteristics of work-related amputations in Michigan as identified from hospital medical records and workers' compensation claims. It also describes the outcomes of worksite inspection referrals submitted to the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration. More »
    Michigan — Annual Report — 5/15/2012 — 5 Views
  • Worker Fatality Alert - Methylene Chloride Linked to Worker Death in Church

    Worker fatality alert based on CA FACE Program fatality investigations; highlights hazardous conditions and preventive measures.
    California — Brochure — 5/3/2012 — 2 Views
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