Work-related asthma is a lung disease caused or made worse by exposure to substances in the workplace. Legal industrial-scale marijuana (Cannabis sativa) processing has highlighted a connection between plant dust inhalation and a risk for work-related breathing problem « Less
Washington — Case Report — 4/3/2017 — 1 Views
Percent of workers reporting frequent mental distress by occupation group Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (WA BRFSS) 2011–2014 « Less
Washington — Other — 3/22/2017 — 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). 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 evaluation « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 3/22/2017 — 1 Views
In September 2016, a 50-year-old logging equipment operator died when the shovel/yoder he was operating rolled down a steep ridge. He was an experienced equipment operator who began working in the logging industry at the age of 17. On the days leading up to the incident, the shovel was rigged up as a yoder. Once the crew had finished yarding and decking the logs on the ridge, the next step was for the operator to swing the decks of logs to the road. « Less
Washington — Other — 3/22/2017 — 0 Views
In January 2016, a 36-year-oldpipelayer died when the wall of the trench he was working in collapsed
and buried him. The incident happened at a residential job site where the employer, the victim,
and another worker were replacing a sewer line. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 3/16/2017 — 0 Views
In January 2016, a 36-year-old pipelayer died when the wall of the trench he was working in collapsed and buried him. The incident happened at a residential job site where the employer, the victim, and another worker were replacing a sewer line. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 3/16/2017 — 0 Views
SHARP, with joint sponsorship of the Washington Contract Loggers Association, conducted a mail-based survey of Washington-based contract logging employers engaged in manual (non-mechanized) logging – which entails timber falling, yarding and processing work outside of the safety of the cab of a machine - to gain a better understanding of contract logger's perceptions of the Washington Division of Occupational Safety and Health visits, safety in the logging industry, and perceptions of the Washington State logger safety initiative (LSI) program. « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 3/10/2017 — 1 Views
Work-related injuries so severe they result in immediate hospitalization of the worker can be prevented. We examined in-patient hospitalization data and workers' compensation claims data to learn more about incidents involving hospitalization within one day of work-related injury among Washington workers in the Crop and Animal Production industries (NAICS subsectors 111, 112, and 1151-1152) during the 5-year period, 2011-2015. « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 2/28/2017 — 1 Views
In December of 2015, a 58-year-old glazier foreman died of injuries after falling from a stepladder. The victim was employed by a glass and glazing contractor where he had worked for 30 years. His employer was subcontracted to install windows at a hospital. He was a foreman at the site overseeing two crew members. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 2/23/2017 — 0 Views
In December of 2015, a 58-year-old glazier foreman died of injuries after falling from a stepladder. The victim was employed by a glass and glazing contractor where he had worked for 30 years. His employer was subcontracted to install windows at a hospital. He was a foreman at the site overseeing two crew members. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 2/23/2017 — 0 Views
