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  • Always Expect a Train

    Better regulations, enforcement, engineering, and training have greatly reduced train and motor vehicle collisions across the United States. In fact, Federal Railroad Administration data show collisions declined 83 percent from 12,000 in 1972 to 2,123 in 2017, significantly reducing fatalities and injuries.
    Washington — Other — 3/12/2020 — 4 Views

  • Yard Tractors and Harm Factors (tip sheet)

    Yard tractors are known by different names: terminal tractor, hostler, spotter truck, yard truck, yard jockey, yard goat, or mule. Whatever you call them, operating yard tractors where vehicle and pedestrian traffic merges puts their drivers at the center of hazardous conditions that can injure or kill.
    Washington — Other — 3/12/2020 — 4 Views

  • Study found limited effectiveness of sit-stand desks

    Research by the Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program found that employees were given sit stand workstations, but where not given instructions on how to use the desk to prevent injuries. Researchers found that few employees used the standing feature and those that did, did not have better outcomes for musculoskeletal issues. According to data collected on how hard muscles were working — repetitive motion injuries were still a risk.
    Washington — Other — 3/11/2020 — 4 Views

  • Service Technicians Receive Electrical Burns When Electricity Arcs from Power Line to Boom Lift

    Two technicians servicing an articulating boom lift at a construction job site received electrical burns when electricity arced from a power line to the lift.
    Washington — Case Report — 3/10/2020 — 0 Views

  • Service Technicians Receive Electrical Burns When Electricity Arcs from Power Line to Boom Lift Slideshow

    Two technicians servicing an articulating boom lift at a construction job site received electrical burns when electricity arced from a power line to the lift.
    Washington — Case Report — 2/26/2020 — 0 Views

  • Timber Cutter Killed When Struck by Alder Snag Top

    In September 2015, a 49-year-old cutter with over 20 years of experience died after he was struck in the torso by an alder top.
    Washington — Case Report — 2/24/2020 — 4 Views

  • Heat Related Illness in Washington State

    Heat related illness (HRI) is a significant burden for workers, and climate change will likely increase the risk for HRI in workers. The purpose of this study was to better understand the characteristics of Washington workers who suffered from HRI from 2006 to 2017.
    Washington — Other — 2/21/2020 — 0 Views

  • A supervisor falls 15 feet from a ladder (Spanish)

    An experienced framing supervisor sustained lower leg fractures when he fell 15 feet from an unsecured extension ladder.
    Washington — Case Report — 2/20/2020 — 0 Views

  • Pre-Commercial Thinning Foreman Injured by Chainsaw

    In November 2019, a foreman at a pre-commercial thinning operation was cutting a four-inch western hemlock when his saw’s chain got fouled in the tree’s branches.
    Washington — Case Report — 2/7/2020 — 4 Views

  • Operator Dies When Orchard Tractor Rolls Down Embankment

    A 28-year-old worker died when the orchard tractor he was operating with an attached sprayer went down an embankment and rolled over.
    Washington — Case Report — 1/30/2020 — 4 Views
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