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  • Traffic Incident Management Responders Struck and Killed by Oncomming Traffic

    A tragedy that traffic incident management (TIM) responders know all too well: a worker loses a life after being struck by approaching traffic on the roadside, while assisting someone in need. Below is a review of two cases where TIM responders were struck and killed on Kentucky roadsides in 2014. Recommendations are offered to help prevent these types of tragic incidents from reoccurring.
    Kentucky — Other — 7/1/2015 — 37 Views

  • Operating Room Sharp Injuries in a Chicago Teaching Hospital

    This presents an analysis of the types of sharps injuries experienced by various staff within a local teaching hospital to better understand why these injuries occur.
    Illinois — Other — 6/10/2015 — 11 Views

  • Annual Report Tracking Work-Related Deaths in Michigan, 2013

    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 — 6/2/2015 — 5 Views

  • Pesticides used to treat bed bugs can make you sick

    Hazard Alert highlights increasing problem of pesticide illness related to bed bug control; provides information on non-chemical bed bug treatments and guideilnes for using pesticides safely if they must be used; includes an Employer Checklist For Safe and Effective Bug Control.
    California — Brochure — 5/12/2015 — 9 Views

  • Industry Factsheet Healthcare and Social Assistance

    Information on fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries in the Illinois healthcare and social assistance industry.
    Illinois — Brochure — 5/6/2015 — 11 Views

  • Work-Related Skull Fractures in Michigan: Second Report (January 2012 - December 2013)

    Annual report 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 — 5/4/2015 — 5 Views

  • OHW: Fragrances Can Cause or Trigger Work-related Asthma

    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. May 2015 edition is about new factsheets for workers and employers to address work-related asthma that is caused or triggered by perfumes and fragrances used in personal care products, cleaning products, and air fresheners in the workplace. More »
    California — Newsletter — 5/1/2015 — 5 Views

  • Cleaning and disinfecting environmental surfaces in health care: Toward an integrated framework for infection and occupational illness prevention

    With members of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Cleaning and Disinfecting in Healthcare Working Group.
    Massachusetts — Journal Article — 5/1/2015 — 6 Views

  • Annual Report Tracking Silicosis and Other Work-Related Lung Diseases in Michigan, 2013

    Annual report 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 — 3/10/2015 — 7 Views

  • Evaluation of Respiratory Protection Programs and Practices in California Hospitals During the 2009-2010 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

    Journal article abstract in Americal Journal of Infection Control. Reports on an onsite evaluation of 16 hospitals using interviews with managers and health care workers about RPPs and practices, review of written RPPs, and limited observations of personnel using respirators.
    California — Journal Article — 3/2/2015 — 9 Views
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