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Trash Truck Workers Crushed! - Spanish
¡Recogedores de basura mueren aplastados! 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 with hydraulic equipment on trash trucks.
« LessCalifornia — Brochure — 4/1/2006 — 0 Views
Investigation of Work-Related Glutaraldehyde Exposures at Two Heart Valve Manufacturing Companies
Report found that workers making bioprosthetic heart valves are at risk for asthma. In California over a ten-year period (1993-2003), 20 cases of work-related asthma associated with exposure to glutaraldehyde were identified.
« LessCalifornia — Technical Report — 3/21/2006 — 0 Views
Strategies to Prevent Trenching-Related Injuries and Deaths
Results of a study conducted in collaboration with the Center to Protect Workers' Rights, the University of California at Berkeley and University of California at San Francisco.
« LessCalifornia — Technical Report — 3/9/2006 — 0 Views
Transforming Medical Waste Disposal Practices to Protect Public Health
Results of an investigation into the potential occupational hazards associated with a large-scale, off-site steam autoclave. Hazards identified include ergonomic stressors, infectious agents, and safety hazards; exposure to chemicals used for cleaning and maintenance activities; carbon monoxide from operating forklifts; noise, heat, odor, and ionizing radiation. Includes recommendations to prevent illness and injury in this setting.
« LessCalifornia — Technical Report — 2/1/2006 — 0 Views
A supervisor dies when crushed by a machine that manufactures concrete blocks
Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
« LessCalifornia — Case Report — 1/19/2006 — 0 Views
A helper on a steel-slitting machine died when caught in between some sheet metal and the rewind cylinder
Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
« LessCalifornia — Case Report — 1/19/2006 — 0 Views
BuildSafe California Project Summary
Description of BuildSafe California project, an effort undertaken to help construction companies improve their safety programs in the area of tailgate trainings and to build the capacity of contractors and supervisors to make better use of the Cal/OSHA requirement of doing tailgate trainings every 10 working days. BuildSafe California also produced a health and safety tailgate training kit in English and Spanish.
« LessCalifornia — Newsletter — 12/31/2005 — 0 Views
A backhoe operator died when his backhoe pinned him against a retaining wall
Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
« LessCalifornia — Case Report — 10/10/2005 — 0 Views
A tractor operator died when his tractor rolled over on him
Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
« LessCalifornia — Case Report — 10/10/2005 — 0 Views
Occupational Health Watch Newsletter-Fall 2005
Periodic publication that highlights key occupational health surveiillance findings and related prevention activities of the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health.
« LessCalifornia — Newsletter — 9/9/2005 — 0 Views

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