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  • Ironworker Falls 42 Feet through Hole when Cover Fails Slideshow

    A 31-year-old yourneyman ironworker died when he fell through a covered hole, landing on concrete 42 feet below.
    Washington — Case Report — 10/30/2020 — 0 Views

  • Ironworker Falls 42 Feet through Hole when Cover Fails

    A 31-year-old journeyman ironworker died when he fell through a covered hole, landing on concrete 42 feet below.
    Washington — Case Report — 10/30/2020 — 0 Views

  • Case Definition for Surveillance of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) in the Washington Workers' Compensation System

    There are few public health surveillance systems for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). WMSD surveillance systems have relied on case definitions using available administrative data from workers compensation data systems, or clinic or physician based case reporting schemes. Washington State (WA) has one of the few public health surveillance systems for WMSDs. This system uses the monopolistic workers' compensation data for case ascertainment. More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 10/29/2020 — 4 Views

  • Got a backup plan? (tip sheet).

    Backing up a trailer is a task that truck drivers do so often that it may feel like a force of habit. But a laid back attitude can lead to inattention that can cause serious and fatal injuries from backing into co-workers, customers, and other pedestrians.
    Washington — Other — 10/27/2020 — 4 Views

  • No Distance, Know Pain

    Truck drivers risk serious injury when they work on or around trucks parked too closely to traffic. Parking your truck a safe distance away helps prevent injury to you and damage to your rig. A 32-year-old truck driver learned this the hard way when he fell from his trailer after it was hit by another truck.
    Washington — Other — 10/23/2020 — 4 Views

  • No Space? Cover Your Face

    Truck drivers travel alone a lot. Isolated in truck cabs, they often have little direct contact with other people. While this may lower their risk of catching or spreading COVID-19, they must still protect themselves and others when making brief stops along their route. The pandemic makes it hard to be sure that the person who talks, coughs or sneezes as they walk by is not infected—some don't realize they are infected.
    Washington — Other — 10/14/2020 — 4 Views

  • Worker Hospitalization Alert: Worker Amputates Finger Tip on Bud Trimmer Blade

    Between 2015 and 2018, five Washington workers suffered amputations while using an electric table top bud trimming machine. The amputations were either of the thumb, index, or middle finger. All amputations happened when workers placed their hands near the grate covering of the machine's rotating fan blade.
    Washington — Other — 10/8/2020 — 4 Views

  • Laborer Struck by Temporary Steel Shoring Tower Parts Slideshow

    A 54-year-old laborer died of injuries after he was struck by falling parts of a steel tower shoring system as he was dismantling it.
    Washington — Case Report — 10/7/2020 — 0 Views

  • Laborer Struck by Temporary Steel Shoring Tower Parts

    A 54-year-old laborer died of injuries after he was struck by falling parts of a steel tower shoring system as he was dismantling it.
    Washington — Case Report — 10/7/2020 — 0 Views

  • Workers' compensation claims for COVID19

    Workers' Compensation Claims for Exposure to and Disease from COVID-19 WA State Fund and Self-Insured Claims Established between Feb 26, 2020 and Aug 9, 2020
    Washington — Other — 10/5/2020 — 4 Views
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