Tip sheet: be seen - be safe

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  Each year trucking industry workers are injured and killed when hit by other drivers who do not see them. Make sure other drivers can see you by wearing a high visibility vest and making eye contact with drivers. Employers - Consider giving employees a high visibility vest. Employees - Wear your vest each time you exit your truck: 1. In the company yard. 2. At your customer's dock. 3. On the side of the road. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Education Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Drivers Exposure-levels Hazards Humans Injuries Injury-prevention Personal-protection Risk-factors Safety-clothing Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Trucking Visual-aids Work-environment Workers

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• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044550
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 90-29-2009, 2009 Mar; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  SHARP Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, PO Box 44330, Olympia, WA 98504-4330
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Tip sheet: be seen - be safe
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:26207ea175328143245e3e6b7284c144af97a688da76da029e7cd8492281fbf8081dcd328e8f32f044975eb1356f072670a25d7213e0c367bc9bba03a14e919a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200229/cdc_200229_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 124.97 KB ]