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  • OHW: Stop Construction Falls!

    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. June 2014 edition about new tailgate training materials and videos about fatal worker falls.The materials, available in English and Spanish, were produced by the California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program.
    California — Newsletter — 6/1/2014 — 4 Views

  • Cal/OSHA Lead in Construction Standard - CA Dept. of Public Health Proposed Revisions

    The CA Dept. of Public Health Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program's (OLPPP) April 2011 health-based recommendations for revising the Cal/OSHA Lead in Construction Standard to better protect workers exposed to lead on the job; formatted as actual standard language in "tracked changes" mode so proposed revisions are easy to compare with the existing standard.
    California — Other — 5/28/2014 — 5 Views

  • Cal/OSHA Construction Industry Lead Standard

    Full text of California's Lead in Construction Standard [Title 8, California Code of Regulations, Section 1532.1) in an easier-to-read format.
    California — Other — 5/27/2014 — 5 Views

  • Construction Flagger Struck and Killed in Two-Lane Highway Work Zone (14KY002)

    On a clear, cold, Monday, January 20, 2014, a 36-year-old married flagger entered a two-lane highway with his back toward oncoming traffic and was struck by a 2010 red Toyota Corolla, driven by a 53 year-old motorist. The seven-man crew had finished setting up a construction zone on a two-lane highway to repair damaged guardrails along the westbound side of the roadway. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 5/23/2014 — 37 Views

  • Annual Report Tracking Work-Related Deaths in Michigan, 2012

    Surveillance and prevention activities of traumatic work-related deaths by the Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (MIFACE) research program began January 1, 2001. 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.
    Michigan — Annual Report — 5/23/2014 — 5 Views

  • Work-related Lead Exposures and U.S. 190 Old Mississippi River Bridge Renovations- Louisiana- 2013-2014

    There were seventy-six adult males in Louisiana with elevated blood lead tests (>=25 mcg/dL) from 2013-2014. Twenty-two of the males (29%) were either bridge painters or lead abatement workers renovating the U.S. 190 Old Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge during that timeframe.
    Louisiana — Newsletter — 5/5/2014 — 7 Views

  • Asthma in Washington State

    The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the largest, continuously conducted, telephone health survey in the world. It is coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and used by Washington state agencies to understand leading causes of death as well as chronic diseases such as asthma.
    Washington — Other — 5/1/2014 — 9 Views

  • Model Contract for a Lead Medical Program

    A sample employer-physician contract to help employers and physicians develop medical programs for lead-exposed workers. The medical program described is consistent with Cal/OSHA's lead regulations for General Industry and for the Construction Industry. The model contract contains minimum requirements as well as additional recommendations by the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP), California Department of Public Health.
    California — Other — 4/25/2014 — 5 Views

  • Hispanic Laborer Killed When Struck By Falling Plywood on a Commercial Construction Site (14KY008)

    On a clear windy Wednesday, around 11:50 a.m., a 24 year-old Hispanic laborer was helping his brother-in-law load trusses on the ground, when a gust of wind ripped an 8 foot by 4 foot sheet of plywood from another Hispanic laborer’s hands as he was handing the plywood to a co-worker 60 feet above on a commercial construction site roof. The co-worker on the roof tried to grab the sliding plywood by jumping onto it, but could not stop it. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 4/25/2014 — 32 Views

  • Annual Report - Tracking Work-Related Asthma in Michigan, 2012

    Annual report on work-related asthma from Michigan's Project SENSOR (Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks), an occupational disease reporting and surveillance program. The occupational and environmental health team at Michigan State University works closely with and is a bona fide agent of both the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) to administer this project.
    Michigan — Annual Report — 4/14/2014 — 5 Views
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