Fishing Safety Success Story: The More You Wear It, the Better Off You Are

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• Personal Author:
  Teske, Theodore D.
• Description:
  Falls overboard are the second leading cause of death among commercial fishermen in the Unites States and the leading cause of death among lobstermen in the Northeast U.S. from 2010 to 2014. NONE of the victims were wearing a personal flotation device (PFD) when they drowned. In the November 2016, Tyler was working as a sternman on his dad's lobster boat when he was knocked overboard by a trap they were setting. Tyler's newly acquired life vest inflated and kept him above the water while his dad maneuvered the boat to rescue him. Find your flotation at: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/pfds.html. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Hunting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Fishing Fishing Industry Personal Flotation Device PFD Safety Culture Safety Equipment Safety Practices
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2019164
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Moving Image
• Genre:
  Videorecording
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057114
• Citation:
  Spokane, WA: 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. 2019-164, 2019 Sep; :4:18 mins
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• 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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210134/cdc_210134_DS1.pdf
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