PFDs That Work: Dungeness Crabbers

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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 University of Washington, Oregon Health Science University and the NIOSH Alaska Pacific Office conducted an evaluation with commercial Dungeness crab fishermen in Oregon to rate the comfort and acceptability of five modern personal flotation devices (PFDs). Fifty 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 Dungeness crabbers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Hunting Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns Fishing-industry Humans Marine-workers Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2015180
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  APRO - Alaska Pacific Regional Office ; WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046469
• 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. 2015-180, 2015 May; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010930
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2dd03504ce19e1c1392bf5b3cf5fcf56c373c2b0a41ffec5b8438a41cd5b1cb5d16cb9e50a3d9146da0d3d00d932d62d8071b5d188d3d690c0443b028c5a5c54
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210061/cdc_210061_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.48 MB ]