Preventing Worker Drownings [video description page]

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• Corporate Authors:
  California. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  José never learned how to swim. The 45-year-old lake maintenance worker had been clearing weeds and algae from lakes for 10 years. But one day in September 2014, Jose fell into a golf course lake and drowned. José's co-workers (and family members) tried to rescue him, but couldn't due to the dense weeds. His employer had not provided water safety training or life jackets to him or any of the crew. José's tragic death and recommendations on how others can avoid similar incidents are the focus of a new digital story by OHB's California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program. The 6-minute video reenacts the events that led up to José's death and what could have been done to prevent it. Watch the video. Watch the video in Spanish. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Drowning Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Fatalities Injury Prevention Landscape Services Workers Occupational Health Outdoor Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  California Department of Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059808
• Citation:
  Occupational Health Watch: August 2015. Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2015 Aug; :1-2
• Email:
  OHW@cdph.ca.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health Watch
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c2b61801f2b1268e6899261d2d983b21419427a453cf9080a24a3082ee5d16eac9988926af71e6e024bc413634f8db10829eb5527956ea0ae649ca0acab0aa2f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228999/cdc_228999_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 72.88 KB ]