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  • Primary Prevention of Occupational Asthma - Identifying and Controlling Exposures to Asthma-Causing Agents

    Article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine regarding an evidence-based identification and regulatory process for occupational asthmagens. Recommendations address consistent identification criteria; collection of use, exposure, and health effects information; medical surveillance and medical removal protection, and development of safer alternatives.
    California — Journal Article — 3/1/2008 — 0 Views

  • Shattered Wheel Rim Kills Mechanic

    The California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA FACE) conducts research-oriented investigations into workplace fatalities in an effort to develop and disseminate recommendations to prevent similar incidents. This fact sheet was produced to warn workers of the potential hazards of working on inflated truck tires.
    California — Brochure — 2/1/2008 — 0 Views

  • Understanding Toxic Substances: An Introduction to Chemical Hazards in the Workplace

    The document reviews the health hazards of workplace chemicals to which workers are exposed. It provides basic information about nature of chemical exposure, routes of exposure, different types of health effects, ways to prevent exposure etc.
    California — Brochure — 1/1/2008 — 0 Views

  • Occupational Health Hazard Risk Assessment Project

    Report of a project conducted by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), funded by HESIS.The report describes workplace chemicals that are known by the state of California to cause cancer and reproductive or developmental toxicity. It also indentifies some of these workplace chemicals having no occupational exposure limits. More »
    California — Technical Report — 12/1/2007 — 0 Views

  • Occupational Health Hazard Risk Assessment Project Summary

    Report summary describes workplace chemicals that are known by the state of California to cause cancer and reproductive or developmental toxicity. It also indentifies some of these workplace chemicals having no occupational exposure limits. For full report, see Occupational Health Hazard Risk Assessment Project for California: Identification of Chemicals of Concern, Possible Risk Assessment Methods, and Occupational Air Concentrations
    California — Technical Report — 12/1/2007 — 0 Views

  • A boat repairman dies from burns received from a fire caused by an exploding battery

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 11/19/2007 — 0 Views

  • "Air Monitoring for Lead - Get What You Pay For" - Lead in the Workplace 2007

    Newsletter that promotes lead safety in California industry. This issue highlights the value of air monitoring for an effective lead safety program, provides guidance to assist employers in finding a professional to conduct air sampling for lead, and identifies the key elements that any air monitoring report should include.
    California — Newsletter — 10/1/2007 — 0 Views

  • Guide to Getting Medical Care for Job-Related Pain That Won't Go Away

    Brochure from HESIS ergonomic series provides information on the causes and symptoms of musculoskeletal injuries and guidance for seeking medical care and addressing work-related causes of injuries.
    California — Brochure — 10/1/2007 — 0 Views

  • A Hispanic laborer dies when a stack of paper bales collapses onto him

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 9/24/2007 — 0 Views

  • Work-Related Asthma in the Educational Services Industry: California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey, 1993–2000,

    Article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine that characterizes work-related asthma cases among employees in the educational services industry identified by state-based occupational disease surveillance systems. Concludes that the health of school employees should also be considered when initiatives addressing asthma among schoolchildren are instituted.
    California — Journal Article — 9/1/2007 — 0 Views
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