Working in Winter Weather

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• Corporate Authors:
  University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  What is the hazard? Winter weather presents a number of hazards. From 2018-2021, 2,325 Kentucky workers experienced various types of winter-weather related injuries. Slips or falls were the most common, accounting for 95% of the winter weather-related occupational injuries, followed by motor vehicle collisions (2%), overexertion during snow/ice removal (2%), and other (1%). This hazard alert also includes recommendations for preventing winter weather-related injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Injury Prevention Seasonal Factors Slips, Trips, And Falls STF Winter Storms
• Publisher:
  Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068682
• Citation:
  Hazard alert. Lexington, KY: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, 2023 Feb; :1-2
• Email:
  kyfaceprogram@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Working in winter weather
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f150c2dfeeb31b46f16307c3840c75466d6f9c9ae7ee8173ca2b3288d829cb15e27ceaacc0525a3b5c0462d5382b64c5b6c5b824fc1e284e80237803b3793241
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207272/cdc_207272_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.19 MB ]