Severe Weather Response and Recovery

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• Corporate Authors:
  University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  What is the hazard? Severe weather is an ongoing risk to Kentucky workers. Eleven workers lost their lives to lightning, tornados, and floods while working in Kentucky from 1994 through 2020. In December 2021, eight Kentucky workers were killed when a tornado hit the factory where they were working. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Emergency Response Floods Lightning Natural Disasters Tornadoes
• 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:20069124
• Citation:
  Hazard alert. Lexington, KY: Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, 2022 Jan; :1-2
• Email:
  kyfaceprogram@uky.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Severe weather response and recovery
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:faab15fa8b3757a8abedd3b316451ece53108deb2226a667e216bec16342051d5162f97ade666c41ed5c650113d8c308eec9a882faf5de598de713dfd7ecfc80
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207661/cdc_207661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 234.08 KB ]