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  • Methylene Chloride

    Factsheet 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 — 10/1/2006 — 0 Views

  • Grocery Cashiers: Serving Customers Shouldn't Hurt You

    Brochure from HESIS ergonomic series provides information on the causes and symptoms of musculoskeletal injuries and recommendations for injury prevention, including guidance for implementing practical solutions.
    California — Brochure — 10/1/2006 — 9 Views

  • Assement, Development and Demonstration of Alternatives For Five Emerging Solvents

    Technical report describes the use of five emerging industrial solvents, identifies their safer alternatives and develops a template for evaluating alternatives for other emerging chemicals.
    California — Technical Report — 10/1/2006 — 2 Views

  • Use of objective testing in the diagnosis of work-related asthma by physician specialty

    Although early and accurate diagnosis of work-related asthma is critical to avoid unnecessary medical, legal, social, and economic consequences, little is currently known about the diagnostic practices of physicians treating workers with work-related asthma.
    Washington — Journal Article — 10/1/2006 — 0 Views

  • Physical risk factors and controls for musculoskeletal disorders in construction trades.

    Adoption of the Washington State Ergonomics Rule in 2000 initiated seven different demonstration projects in nine high-risk construction trades. The Ergonomics Rule was repealed in 2003, however valuable cooperative field research was conducted in construction prior to rule dissolution.
    Washington — Journal Article — 10/1/2006 — 0 Views

  • Secondhand Smoke and Asthma

    SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin. This bulletin is a product of a work-related asthma project supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to implement the Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) model of surveillance for work-related asthma. Massachusetts is one of five states with SENSOR Asthma projects.
    Massachusetts — Other — 10/1/2006 — 1 Views

  • Occupational Pesticide Injury and Illness Surveillance in Michigan, 2005

    Recognizing the extent of pesticide use in Michigan, in 2001 MDCH joined other NIOSH-funded states to institute an occupational pesticide illness and injury surveillance program. The intent of this surveillance was to identify the occurrence of adverse health effects and then intervene to prevent similar events from occurring in the future. More »
    Michigan — Annual Report — 9/30/2006 — 0 Views

  • Worker killed when crushed by multiple granite slabs - Massachusetts

    Results of an investigation by MA FACE into a work-related fatality, including recommendations for prevention.
    Massachusetts — Technical Report — 9/27/2006 — 54 Views

  • Worker killed when crushed by multiple granite slabs - Massachusetts

    Results of an investigation by MA FACE into a work-related fatality, including recommendations for prevention.
    Massachusetts — Technical Report — 9/27/2006 — 1 Views

  • Siding Installer Falls from Ladder

    Summary of a fatal incident in which a siding installer died after a 28ft fall off an aluminum extension ladder.
    Washington — Case Report — 9/13/2006 — 0 Views
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