PFDs That Work: Gillnetters

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Falling overboard is the second leading cause of death among commercial fishermen nationwide. Of the 182 fishermen who died from falls overboard between 2000 and 2011 NONE of them were wearing a personal flotation device (PFD). Researchers from the NIOSH Alaska Pacific Office conducted an evaluation with commercial fishermen from 4 gear groups to rate the comfort and acceptability of six modern personal flotation devices (PFDs). About 200 fishermen were asked to evaluate a PFD for one month while working on deck so that wearable PFDs could be identified. This document shows which PFDs were preferred by gillnetters. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Hunting Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety
• Keywords:
  Fall-protection Fishing-industry Humans Life-jackets Marine-workers Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2013107
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  APRO - Alaska Pacific Regional Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042226
• Citation:
  Anchorage, AK: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-107, 2012 Nov; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d22ac456c956a3b4659b7f44890102392172b34531bcfe5be71f61698457dd496299ecbe583b74cb39ece3aeec560a54214bbe2e99e834209f183cc4c59dbdb5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210045/cdc_210045_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.86 MB ]