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A 61-year-old siding contractor died when he fell 23 feet from an apartment building balcony. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 3/23/2018 — 0 Views
Since 2002 the Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) program of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has conducted annual analyses of the association between enforcement and consultation activities of the Washington State Division of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH) and compensable claims rates. More »Most of these annual reports have shown that DOSH enforcement inspections at ‘fixed-site' industry workplaces were associated with a decline in claims rates relative to those businesses that had no DOSH visits (Foley et al, 2012; SHARP Technical Reports 2007, 2013, 2015, 2016). But due to the greater volatility of claims rates at ‘non-fixed-site' businesses and the small numbers of consultation visits satisfying our study selection criteria, several annual analyses did not find statistically significant changes among ‘non-fixed-site' businesses receiving enforcement visits or at business receiving only consultation visit(s) during the same eval « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 3/23/2018 — 1 Views
A 37-year-old laborer at a potato packing plant suffered a severe traumatic brain injury when he was struck by a piece of metal falling from a load being moved by a forklift. « Less
Washington — Other — 3/8/2018 — 0 Views
A 37-year-old laborer at a potato packing plant suffered a severe traumatic brain injury when he was struck by a piece of metal falling from a load being moved by a forklift. « Less
Washington — Other — 3/8/2018 — 0 Views
In January of 2018, an operator had a near miss when he pulled over a base machine tethered to a steep slope machine (SSM). The operator had over 43 years of logging experience, including shovel logging, cutting, tower logging, and management. « Less
Washington — Other — 2/26/2018 — 0 Views
SHARP Stats, Construction falls, fall from elevation, ladder fall, claim rates, workers' compensation claims « Less
Washington — Other — 2/26/2018 — 1 Views
In February 2018, a logging company owner was marking off a safe area around a sinkhole on the road. He was walking on what he thought was solid ground when the ground gave way suddenly. He fell 15 feet down into the sinkhole. He spent nearly 24 hours trapped in the hole before he was found by a coworker the next morning. Fortunately, he was not injured and was rescued without incident. « Less
Washington — Other — 2/20/2018 — 0 Views
Base machines and mechanical tail holds can leave holes in the road from digging buckets in or pushing dirt with blades. Turning tracked equipment can also create ruts or disturbed areas. The damaged road surface can create hazards for motor vehicles. A recent close call occurred when a hole left from a base machine in a haul road was not filled in sufficiently. The hole in the road from the bucket was soft. When a log truck drove over it, the front tire sank. More »If the truck had been traveling faster, the result could have been more serious, such as a roll-over. « Less
Washington — Other — 2/16/2018 — 0 Views
In April 2016, a 35-year-old wheat farm worker was killed when a motor vehicle struck a Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) that was operating on a state highway. On the day of the accident, the victim and another worker took their employer's UTV (also known as a side-by-side) to check for flooded farm fields. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 2/15/2018 — 0 Views
In April 2016, a 35-year-old wheat farm worker was killed when a motor vehicle struck a Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) that was operating on a state highway. On the day of the accident, the victim and another worker took their employer's UTV (also known as a side-by-side) to check for flooded farm fields. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 2/15/2018 — 0 Views
