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Publication No. 90-169-2015 « Less
Washington — Other — 6/1/2015 — 1 Views
Publication No. 90-168-2015 « Less
Washington — Other — 6/1/2015 — 1 Views
In September 2011, a 55-year-old log truck driver was fatally injured when he was struck and crushed by logs being loaded by a grapple loader onto the trailer of his truck. The victim worked for a trucking company that had been contracted to haul logs by the company logging the site where the incident occurred. The loader operator worked for the logging company. More »Both were experienced in their fields, but had not worked together before beginning work at this site approximately one week prior to the incident. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 5/15/2015 — 0 Views
Asthma is a serious, common, and costly lung disease in the United States [1-3]. Workplace exposures likely cause or exacerbate asthma in a significant portion of adults with asthma - estimates range from 5-44% [3-6]. In Washington State, for the years 2006-2009, the prevalence of current asthma in workers was 8.1% [7]. Hospitalized occupational asthma costs were estimated for US workers at $2.29 billion dollars in 2007 [8]. More »Workers with work-related asthma (WRA) may also have higher asthma severity, higher health care utilization, and poorer asthma control than individuals with non-occupational asthma [6, 9]. « Less
Washington — Technical Report — 5/1/2015 — 1 Views
Training course on safety climate. « Less
Washington — Other — 5/1/2015 — 1 Views
A 21-year-old choker setter died when the skyline tail hold failed and a log in a turn being yarded fell and struck him. « Less
Washington — Other — 4/26/2015 — 0 Views
In May of 2010, a 40-year-old propane service technician and a 25-year-old material handler were electrocuted at a propane gas supplier's tank storage yard when a boom truck crane's boom contacted an overhead power line. The incident occurred as the service technician operating the crane was preparing to lift a tank. The two victims were employed by a large national retail and wholesale supplier of propane. They worked at their employer's propane service center and regional office location. More »This plant location provided a variety of propane services including bulk fuel delivery, tank and cylinder delivery and installation, service location fuel sales, and appliance sales, service, and repair. « Less
Washington — Case Report — 4/21/2015 — 0 Views
On May 12, 2014, a 41- year-old construction worker suffered a severe traumatic brain injury when he fell approximately 14 feet and hit his head on the concrete below. « Less
Washington — Other — 4/10/2015 — 0 Views
On May 12, 2014, a 41- year-old construction worker suffered a severe traumatic brain injury when he fell approximately 14 feet and hit his head on the concrete below. « Less
Washington — Multi-Media — 4/10/2015 — 0 Views
On May 12, 2014, a 41-year-old construction worker suffered a traumatic brain injury when he fell from a height of approximately 14 feet hitting his head on the concrete. « Less
Washington — Other — 4/10/2015 — 0 Views