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  • Choker Setter Struck by Falling Exhaust Flap from Motorized Carriage

    In January of 2018, a 27-year-old choker setter was seriously injured when he was struck in the head by a metal exhaust flap that fell from a motorized carriage. Two rigging crew members were setting chokers. One of them went to retrieve chokers from a dropline under a Bowman motorized carriage.
    Washington — Case Report — 8/8/2018 — 0 Views

  • Choker Setter Struck when Hung-up Turn Clears

    In April 2018, a three man rigging crew was logging buncher piles on a flat area below an 80% slope near an RMA. They were about 850 feet from the landing. After the crew set a single choker on a four log pile, the rigging slinger cleared out into the RMA and the choker setter and hook tender cleared up the hill and under the skyline. The rigging slinger asked the choker setter and hook tender if they were in the clear and they answered that they were. More »
    Washington — Other — 8/7/2018 — 0 Views

  • A Boat Maintenance Crew Supervisor Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Using a Gasoline-Powered Pressure Washer While Removing Pump Summary

    On May 17, 2012, a 25-year-old boat maintenance crew supervisor died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using a gasoline-powered pressure washer to strip paint from a boat. On the day of the incident, he was supervising a crew using a pressure washer and disc grinders to remove old paint from the exterior of a 162-foot steel hulled fishing boat moored at a dock. More »
    Washington — Case Report — 8/7/2018 — 0 Views

  • A Boat Maintenance Crew Supervisor Dies of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Using a Gasoline-Powered Pressure Washer

    On May 17, 2012, a 25-year-old boat maintenance crew supervisor died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using a gasoline-powered pressure washer to strip paint from a boat. On the day of the incident, he was supervising a crew using a pressure washer and disc grinders to remove old paint from the exterior of a 162-foot steel hulled fishing boat moored at a dock. More »
    Washington — Case Report — 8/7/2018 — 0 Views

  • Immediate Inpatient Hospitalizations for Work-Related Injury or Illness - Washington State, 2015

    Work-related injuries that result in an immediate inpatient hospitalization are severe, costly, and often lead to long term disability. Currently, both the Washington State Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) and the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) require employers to report workplace injuries resulting in inpatient hospitalizations (within 8 or 24 hours of injury, respectively). More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 8/2/2018 — 2 Views

  • Estimating Race and Ethnicity in Occupational Research

    Race and ethnicity data are often absent from administrative and health insurance databases. Indirect estimation methods to assign probability scores for race and ethnicity to insurance records may help identify occupational health inequalities.
    Washington — Other — 7/20/2018 — 0 Views

  • Heavy Equipment Operator Run Over by Compact Roller

    A 73-year-old heavy equipment operator died when he fell from the compact roller he was operating and was run over by it.
    Washington — Case Report — 7/6/2018 — 0 Views

  • Heavy Equipment Operator Run Over by Compactor Roller Slideshow

    A 73-year-old heavy equipment operator died when he fell from the compact roller he was operating and was run over by it.
    Washington — Case Report — 7/6/2018 — 0 Views

  • Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment Measurements in Washington State

    Summary Results from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Compliance Inspections 2008-2016
    Washington — Technical Report — 7/6/2018 — 0 Views

  • Trucking Supervisor Crushed between Two Belly Dump Trailers Slideshow

    A 60-year-old construction company trucking operations supervisor was crushed while assisting a truck driver coupling a belly dump trailer to his truck when the trailer shifted.
    Washington — Case Report — 7/6/2018 — 0 Views
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