Massachusetts Department of Public Health Releases Safety Report

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• Description:
  Resulting from a project investigating the death of a pressing machine operator in a diycleanJng shop two years ago, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently outlined a number of safety recommendations for the state's employers operating similar equipment. The department's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program conducted an investigation into this incident and released a report containing recommendations that employers can use to improve workplace safety and help prevent similar incidents from reoccurring. The department has already distributed their report to nearly 200 drycleaners in Massachusetts. The report includes a description of the incident and recommendations for employers and shirt pressing machine manufacturers, as well as a reference to an OSHA Safety and Health Information Bulletin describing the same incidenL Massachusetts is among 15 states that have a FACE program, funded by NIOSH, which are responsible for identifying and studying work-related fatalities and producing educational safety materials in an effort to prevent recurrences of preventable fatalities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Education Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Equipment Design Equipment Operation Equipment Operators Industrial-equipment Industrial-safety Injury-prevention Machine Operation Machine Operators Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Protective-measures Safety-research Training Traumatic-injuries

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052620
• Citation:
  Drycleaners News 2004 Jul; 53(7):1,12-14
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010901
• Source Full Name:
  Drycleaners News
• End Date:
  20061031
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9220a234f98a7d2e3629726d02b194a567c676c897c6c3ea2e9dbc03d024a78b91a5d1f33c41b67dadabec037d81e58e5bd31df16d771fbcfb576293eaf40da6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228874/cdc_228874_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.56 MB ]