State-based Occupational Health Surveillance Clearinghouse
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  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Workers - Spanish

    Your workplace can expose you to lead. Lead can harm your health and your family's health. You can protect yourself and your family. Many resources are available to help you deal with lead exposure in the workplace and the health problems caused by lead poisoning. Your employer, your doctor, the Department of Labor and Industries, the SHARP (Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention) Program, and the Department of Health can help — at no cost to you.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Workers

    Your workplace can expose you to lead. Lead can harm your health and your family's health. You can protect yourself and your family. Many resources are available to help you deal with lead exposure in the workplace and the health problems caused by lead poisoning. Your employer, your doctor, the Department of Labor & Industries, the SHARP (Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention) Program, and the Department of Health can help — at no cost to you.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Employers

    Lead enters the body when airborne lead fumes or fine lead dust is inhaled. This can happen if ventilation systems are ineffective or if respirators aren't used properly.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Occupational Lead Exposure: An Alert for Health Care Providers

    Although the toxic effects of lead have been known for centuries, many workers in the U.S. are overexposed and poisoned in their workplaces. This resource is designed to help you work with the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) to prevent lead poisoning among Washington's working men and women and their children.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/16/2017 — 4 Views

  • Valley fever - Information for Workers - Spanish

    Have you had a cough, fever, or painful breathing for more than two weeks? Tell your boss and see a doctor about Valley fever.People get Valley fever from breathing fungal spores that come out of the soil. Today we know that you can get Valley fever while working in southcentral Washington soil. In the past, Valley fever was only known in the southwestern states like Arizona and California.
    Washington — Brochure — 5/12/2017 — 4 Views

  • Washington State Occupational Health Indicators - Current Data (2010-present)

    Washington State researchers at the Department of Labor and Industries worked with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Occupational Health workgroup todevelop a set of measures to track occupational injuries and illnesses. These measures are called ‘occupational health indicators' (OHI) and are compiled yearly (because of time for datato develop and become available, there is about a 3-year lag; for 2017 CSTE OHI data is being collected for 2014). More »
    Washington — Technical Report — 5/4/2017 — 0 Views

  • Carpenter Falls 60 Feet from Bridge Concrete Form

    In March 2015, a 34-year-old journeyman carpenter died when he fell 60 feet from a concrete form suspended below a bridge. The victim was employed by a joint venture company that was contracted by the state department of transportation to build a bridge across a lake. He was an experienced journeyman carpenter and a crew foreman on this project.
    Washington — Case Report — 5/4/2017 — 0 Views

  • Carpenter Falls 60 Feet from Bridge Concrete Form (Slideshow)

    In March 2015, a 34-year-old journeyman carpenter died when he fell 60 feet from a concrete form suspended below a bridge. The victim was employed by a joint venture company that was contracted by the state department of transportation to build a bridge across a lake. He was an experienced journeyman carpenter and a crew foreman on this project.
    Washington — Case Report — 5/4/2017 — 0 Views

  • Choker Setter Struck by Falling Chunk

    In September 2016, a 27-year-old choker setter was seriously injured by a chunk (log) that fell from a processor grapple and then slid off the edge of a landing and struck him. The two-person rigging crew was made up of a hook tender/rigging slinger and a choker setter, both of whom had multiple years of experience in the logging industry.
    Washington — Case Report — 5/4/2017 — 0 Views

  • Valley fever (Worker)

    Do you work outside? Have you had a cough, fever, or painful breathing for more than two weeks? Tell your boss and see a doctor about Valley fever. People get Valley fever from breathing fungal spores that come out of the soil. Todaywe know that you can get Valley fever while working in southcentral Washington soil. In the past, Valley fever was only known in the southwestern states like Arizona and California.
    Washington — Brochure — 4/21/2017 — 3 Views
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