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  • Construction Laborer Falls when Ladder Breaks (Slideshow)

    In January of 2016, a 53-year-old construction laborer was injured and later died after an extension ladder he was climbing broke and he fell 12 feet.
    Washington — Case Report — 2/13/2017 — 0 Views

  • Construction Laborer Falls when Ladder Breaks

    In January of 2016, a 53-year-old construction laborer was injured and later died after an extension ladder he was climbing broke and he fell 12 feet.
    Washington — Case Report — 2/13/2017 — 0 Views

  • Heat Exposure and Injury Risk

    It is well documented that heat exposure can lead to heat-related illness in outdoor workers. Some studies suggest a link between heat exposure and injury risk.
    Washington — Other — 1/19/2017 — 0 Views

  • Policy Can Improve Occupational Health and Safety

    The purpose of this review was to determine the strength of evidence for the effectiveness of occupational health and safety (OHS) legislative and regulatory policy “levers”. These levers refer to the specific means by which regulators encourage employer actions to improve OHS processes and outcomes.
    Washington — Other — 1/19/2017 — 0 Views

  • Dairy worker dies when loader falls into manure pit (Slideshow) (Spanish)

    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.
    Washington — Multi-Media — 1/13/2017 — 4 Views

  • Dairy worker dies when loader falls into manure pit (Spanish)

    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.
    Washington — Case Report — 1/13/2017 — 0 Views

  • Bark Company Owner Dies After Being Crushed By Ecology Block Wall

    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.
    Washington — Case Report — 12/21/2016 — 4 Views

  • Timber Cutter Struck by Falling Fir Tree

    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.
    Washington — Case Report — 12/9/2016 — 0 Views

  • Roofer Falls 19 Feet from Roof

    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.
    Washington — Case Report — 12/7/2016 — 0 Views

  • Occupational injuries by worker age, Washington 2011–2015

    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.
    Washington — Technical Report — 12/5/2016 — 0 Views
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