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In July 2012, a 64-year-old maintenance mechanic at an aluminum foil processing facility died after being exposed to an approximately 180-degree Fahrenheit solution of boric acid and water while trying to remove a recirculation pump from its housing. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 8/8/2018 — 0 Views
In July 2012, a 64-year-old maintenance mechanic at an aluminum foil processing facility died after being exposed to an approximately 180-degree Fahrenheit solution of boric acid and water while trying to remove a recirculation pump from its housing. « Less
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Washington State Work-Related Fatalities: January–June, 2018
Washington Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program (WA FACE) « Less
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In January of 2018, a 27-year-old choker setter was seriously injured when he was struck in the head by a metal exhaust flap that fell from a motorized carriage. Two rigging crew members were setting chokers. One of them went to retrieve chokers from a dropline under a Bowman motorized carriage. « Less
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In April 2018, a three man rigging crew was logging buncher piles on a flat area below an 80% slope near an RMA. They were about 850 feet from the landing. After the crew set a single choker on a four log pile, the rigging slinger cleared out into the RMA and the choker setter and hook tender cleared up the hill and under the skyline. The rigging slinger asked the choker setter and hook tender if they were in the clear and they answered that they were. More »
As the turn started to move, the tops hung up in another pile next to it. Then the butts hung up on a stump directly below the choker setter and hook tender. As the lines tightened, the turn cleared from the stump and it swung up the hill and struck the choker setter. « Less
Washington — Other — 8/7/2018 — 0 Views
On May 17, 2012, a 25-year-old boat maintenance crew supervisor died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using a gasoline-powered pressure washer to strip paint from a boat.
On the day of the incident, he was supervising a crew using a pressure washer and disc grinders to remove old paint from the exterior of a 162-foot steel hulled fishing boat moored at a dock. More »The six crew members were working on the boat in different areas that were covered with plastic tarps in order to prevent paint chips and dust from entering the water. « Less
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On May 17, 2012, a 25-year-old boat maintenance crew supervisor died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using a gasoline-powered pressure washer to strip paint from a boat.
On the day of the incident, he was supervising a crew using a pressure washer and disc grinders to remove old paint from the exterior of a 162-foot steel hulled fishing boat moored at a dock. More »The six crew members were working on the boat in different areas that were covered with plastic tarps in order to prevent paint chips and dust from entering the water. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 8/7/2018 — 0 Views
Work-related injuries that result in an immediate inpatient hospitalization are severe, costly, and often lead to long term disability. Currently, both the Washington State Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require employers to report workplace injuries resulting in inpatient hospitalizations (within 8 or 24 hours of injury, respectively). More »
This report is the second in an annual series that characterizes the results of a unique surveillance system in Washington State created by linking hospital discharge data from Washington's Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System5 (CHARS) to Washington State workers' compensation (WC) records to identify immediate inpatient hospitalizations. For additional information, please see the initial report (2014 data), which describes the creation of this surveillance system and provides more detailed methods.
The immediate inpatient work-related hospitalization sur « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 8/2/2018 — 1 Views
Race and ethnicity data are often absent from administrative and health insurance databases. Indirect estimation methods to assign probability scores for race and ethnicity to insurance records may help identify occupational health inequalities. « Less
Washington — Other — 7/20/2018 — 0 Views
A 73-year-old heavy equipment operator died when he fell from the compact roller he was operating and was run over by it. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 7/6/2018 — 0 Views
