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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Circumstances of fatal lockout/tagout-related injuries in manufacturing.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Over the past few decades, hundreds of manufacturing workers have suffered fatal injuries while performing maintenance and servicing on machinery and equipment. Using lockout/tagout procedures could have prevented many of these deaths. ... Read more...

Prevention of traumatic nail gun injuries in apprentice carpenters: use of population-based measures to monitor intervention effectiveness.

29 Sep 2008 INTRODUCTION: Nail guns are responsible for a significant injury burden in residential construction. Risk, based on hours of work, is particularly high among apprentice carpenters due in part to more frequent exposure to tool use. METHODS: Nail gun ... Read more...

Hand transplantation in the United States: experience with 3 patients.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA) is a newly emerging field of transplantation that involves the simultaneous transfer of multiple tissues with differing antigenicity. Hand transplantation, the most widely recognized form of ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Accidents, Occupational'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Circumstances of fatal lockout/tagout-related injuries in manufacturing. 29 Sep 2008
• Prevention of traumatic nail gun injuries in apprentice carpenters: use of population-based measures to monitor intervention effectiveness. 29 Sep 2008
• Hand transplantation in the United States: experience with 3 patients. 29 Sep 2008
• Houdini's last deception (or, Aristotle's bowel). 4 Sep 2008
• [Needlestick injuries and unprotected sex in the Netherlands] 4 Sep 2008
• Fatalities in the landscape and horticultural services industry, 1992-2001. 30 Aug 2008
• Can a transitional work grant program in a workers' compensation system reduce cost and facilitate return to work? 30 Aug 2008
• Just in the wrong place...?: geographic tools for occupational injury/illness surveillance. 30 Aug 2008
• An exploratory study of needlestick injuries among Australian prison officers. 30 Aug 2008
• Three-year prospective study to improve the management of blood-exposure incidents. 30 Aug 2008
• Mechanisms of injury in wartime. 30 Aug 2008
• A change in culture is required. 30 Aug 2008
• Stop pushing. 30 Aug 2008
• Fine points about safety syringes and level of risk. 30 Aug 2008
• [Analysis of sports injuries covered by German occupational accident insurance associations at a former district hospital over a period of six years] 30 Aug 2008
• It pays to treat sleep apnea. 30 Aug 2008
• Lockout basics. 30 Aug 2008
• How to use the 'minor service exception'. 30 Aug 2008
• Back to the basics. 30 Aug 2008
• The softer side of safety. 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Accidents, Occupational'

Definition: Unforeseen occurrences, especially of an injurious character due to factors involving one's employment. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p10)

Descriptor UI: D000062

Alternative terms: Accidents, Occupational; Occupational Accidents; Accident, Occupational; Occupational Accident; Accidents, Industrial; Industrial Accidents; Accident, Industrial; Industrial Accident;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; mortality; prevention & control; psychology; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: N06.850.135.240;

Online Note: use ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL to search ACCIDENTS, INDUSTRIAL 1966-78

History Note: 79; was in Cat G & J 1979-82, was ACCIDENTS, INDUSTRIAL in Cat G & J 1967-78 & Cat G & I 1963-66

Technical Notes: IM; coord with specific occupation (IM); DF: ACCIDENTS OCCUP