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In July of 2016, the 70-year-old owner of a bark and wood wholesale and retail company died from surgical complications resulting from injuries he sustained when a wall being constructed from concrete "ecology blocks" collapsed, and a 3600lb. block fell onto him, crushing his legs. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 12/21/2016 — 0 Views
In September 2014, a 24-year-old cutter died when he was struck by a tree felled by his employer. Previously the cutter had worked for four years on a rigging crew. He wanted to learn to cut timber and had been working directly under the supervision of his new employer for one month. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 12/9/2016 — 0 Views
In March 2015, a 31-year-old Hispanic roofer was injured and later died after he fell from a house roof. The incident occurred at a job site during a tear-off and replacement of a roof on a two-story house. The victim had worked with his employer, a roofing contractor, for three months as a roofer. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 12/7/2016 — 0 Views
Previous studies have found older workers to be at increased risk of fatal occupational injuries. To better understand work-related injuries suffered by older workers, we used three measures of occupational injuries, each of different severity, to examine patterns of work-related injuries by worker age across industries. « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 12/5/2016 — 1 Views
In October 2012, a 22-year-old worker on an inmate forest work crew was electrocuted while using a chainsaw to cut into a tree that had fallen onto an 115,000-volt power transmission line. The inmate work crew was employed by a state agency to conduct forest thinning on a plot of state owned land. The victim had been working with the crew for approximately 3 weeks before the incident. More »He had previously worked on a similar crew in another part of the state, and was generally considered the most experienced worker in the group. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 11/22/2016 — 0 Views
In February 2015, a 27-year-old dairy laborer operating a loader drowned when the loader fell into a manure pit. The victim was an experienced dairy worker who previously had operated loaders at other farms. « Less
Washington — Other — 11/1/2016 — 0 Views
In February 2015, a 27-year-old dairy laborer operating a loader drowned when the loader fell into a manure pit. The victim was an experienced dairy worker who previously had operated loaders at other farms. « Less
Washington — Other — 11/1/2016 — 0 Views
Safety poster on landing. « Less
Washington — Other — 11/1/2016 — 1 Views
In January of 2016, a 26-year-old drive-through coffee stand owner died from burns she received when her stand caught fire. Propane vapor leaking from a 20-pound barbecue style cylinder was ignited by the open flame of a propane space heater's pilot light. The space heater was used to heat the stand. She had been using the 20-pound cylinder with a coupler adapter to transfer propane to refill1-pound cylinders. These cylinders were used to fuel the space heater. More »She received burns to 90% of her body and died four days later. « Less
Washington — Other — 10/25/2016 — 0 Views
In June of 2016, a 29-year-old hay farm laborer's legs were seriously injured when they were caught in a hay baler's machinery. This was the second season that the laborer had worked on his employer's hay farm. « Less
Washington — Other — 10/24/2016 — 0 Views
