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.
  
  Suggested citation: NIOSH [2015]. PFDs That Work: Dungeness Crabbers. Anchorage, AK: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. DHHS, (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-180.
  
  NIOSTIC no 20046469
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Drowning/Prevention & Control Fisheries Protective Devices Safety Shellfish
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046469
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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