State-based Occupational Health Surveillance Clearinghouse
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  • OHW: Workers’ Memorial Day - Spotlight on Prevention

    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. April 2015 edition is about the California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program's efforts to track and study fatal occupational injuries and promote prevention solutions.
    California — Newsletter — 4/1/2015 — 2 Views

  • Tower Technician Killed when Guyed Tower Collapsed

    Fatality report of a tower technician who fell to his death when a communication tower collapsed due to a guy line failure
    New York — Case Report — 3/27/2015 — 6 Views

  • Laborer Electrocuted When Jackhammer Strikes Underground Power Line

    On August 20, 2014, a 38-year-old laborer was electrocuted when the jackhammer he was using struck an underground power line.
    Washington — Other — 3/11/2015 — 0 Views

  • Laborer Electrocuted When Jackhammer Strikes Underground Power Line - Slideshow

    On August 20, 2014, a 38-year-old laborer was electrocuted when the jackhammer he was using struck an underground power line.
    Washington — Multi-Media — 3/11/2015 — 4 Views

  • Preventing Injuries to Retail Workers: How to Protect Retail Workers from being Struck by Motor Vehicles

    Employers must develop a formal, written accident prevention program (APP).
    Washington — Other — 3/10/2015 — 4 Views

  • Hispanic Roofer’s Fall Protection Failed Causing Him to Fall 29.91 Feet to His Death

    On Monday, June 30, 2014 at 11:48 am a 60-year-old Hispanic roofer was removing shingles from a church roof. As he leaned back on the leading edge of the roof, his safety rope snapped, causing him to fall 29 feet 11 inches to hard dirt below. Although the victim was wearing a safety harness, it was not considered a personal protection fall arrest system and he was not tied off properly. Emergency services were called and the victim was in cardiac arrest when emergency personnel arrived. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 3/9/2015 — 32 Views

  • Access to Trauma Care in Southern Cook County

    An assessment of the impact of closing the St. James Olympia Fields Trauma Unit.
    Illinois — Other — 3/6/2015 — 8 Views

  • Scrap Processor Struck by Wrench and Dies after Makeshift Torque System Fails

    On June 30, 2014, a 42-year-old scrap processor was instructed by his supervisor to salvage the main bolts on a locomotive flywheel that was being scrapped, so the normal procedure of removing them with a torch was replaced by the following method: To increase tension, the scrap processor wrapped one end of a large 48 mm wrench with a makeshift sling that was tied at the other end to an excavator grapple. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 3/5/2015 — 32 Views

  • Airport Manager Killed When Homemade Drag Struck Him While Smoothing a Runway

    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 (LARA). More »
    Michigan — Technical Report — 3/4/2015 — 0 Views

  • Truck Mechanic Pinned By Truck’s Sway Bar and Link

    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 (LARA). More »
    Michigan — Technical Report — 3/4/2015 — 0 Views
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