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Truck Driver Dies After Falling 12 Feet While Securing A Load of Roof Trusses
Get PDFOn July 14, 1993, a 54-year-old male truck driver was critically injured after falling 12 feet from a load of wooden roof trusses he was securing on the trailer of his truck. The incident occurred after the victim had climbed on top of the load and was securing the trusses with a hand-operated metal strap bander. As he was using the bander he apparently slipped, falling 12 feet to the ground and injuring his head. He died of his injuries on July 31, 1993, 17 days after the incident. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities with the participation of the workers. 2. Employers should explore alternate methods of securing trusses to the trailers. 3. Employers should develop and implement a comprehensive safety program with the assistance of a joint labor/management safety committee.Formerly 93NJ096Cooperative Agreemen
Farmer Killed on Tractor During Logging Operations
Get PDFA 21-year-old male was killed when he and his 19-year-old brother were engaged in logging activities their grandparents' farmland. They both had grown up helping with the family farm and for the last two years their primary source of income was cutting trees on the land to sell for firewood. After cutting down the trees, the normal routine was for the younger brother to operate the tractor to pull the trees to a clearing where they would be cut into pieces. Although the victim had experience operating tractors, he had never performed that particular task. Because there was no drawbar on the 1950 Massey Ferguson (model 30) tractor they used to pull the trees, they hitched a chain at a higher point than is recommended. After working for about 30 minutes, the two brothers got into a small argument. The victim stated that he also wanted to perform the task of hauling the trees to the clearing and got onto the tractor to pull a log which had been secured with the tow chain. Nearly immediately the tractor reared backwards and flipped over onto its side, trapping the victim underneath the steering wheel and fender. The tractor was not equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS). The younger brother witnessed the incident and ran to the grandparents' house and called 911 then drove another tractor back to the site and pulled the tractor off his brother's body. By this time rescue squads arrived but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. In order to prevent similar events from occurring, FACE investigators recommend: 1. tractors should be equipped with a rollover protective structure (ROPS) and seatbelt 2. hitching points on the tractor for tow chains should be carefully selected 3. obtain training or instruction from experienced workers before performing new tasks.Cooperative Agreemen
Sawmill Worker Killed by Circular Saw
Get PDFA 32-year-old laborer (the victim) at a sawmill died as a result of injuries received when he lost his balance and fell onto the log carriage directly in front of the 56-inch circular saw. He had been using a cane hook to turn the logs for repeated passes through the saw. After hooking a log, he somehow lost his balance and fell backward onto the carriage; the saw cut him from his shoulders through his midsection. A co-worker (the sawyer) was present, but had been facing another direction and did not see the victim fall. When the sawyer turned around and discovered what had happened, he ran outside, calling for help. The owner's wife called 911 from the nearby office building. Although emergency personnel responded promptly, they found the victim dead at the scene. The deputy coroner was summoned and pronounced the victim dead at 10:05 a.m. The FACE investigator concluded that, to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. install guardrails or barriers between workers and the log carriage, to prevent workers from falling onto the carriage; 2. designate a qualified person to conduct regular safety inspections; 3. develop, implement and enforce a written safety program which includes worker training in recognizing, avoiding and abating hazards in the workplace.Cooperative Agreemen
Emerg Infect Dis
No full textWe describe a case of infection with Cronobacter sakazakii sequence type 494 causing bacteremia and meningitis in a hospitalized late premature infant in Brazil. We conducted microbiological analyses on samples of powdered infant formula from the same batch as formula ingested by the infant but could not identify the source of contamination
Emerg Infect Dis
No full textWe report 3 atypical rubella cases in a family cluster in India. The index case-patient showed only mild febrile illness, whereas the other 2 patients showed acute encephalitis and died of the disease. We confirmed rubella in the index and third cases using next-generation sequencing and IgM
Emerg Infect Dis
No full textWe report invasive candidiasis caused by Candida viswanathii over 2 time periods during 2013-2015 in a tertiary care hospital in Chandigarh, India. Molecular typing revealed multiple clusters of the isolates. We detected high MICs for fluconazole in the second time period
Arthropod-borne virus information exchange Number fourteen, September 1966
Get PDFOf the six internationally quarantinable diseases, four are arthropod-borne. Only one of these is an arbovirus disease - yellow fever. But in many respects yellow fever is of the greatest potential and actual importance, one reason being that it is transmitted by Aedes aegypti; the mosquito which has biologically adapted most successfully to association with the urban proclivities of man. During the past year yellow fever has erupted in a greater number of cases in more widely distributed situations than has been recognized for many years.In reviewing this, the fourteenth issue of the Arbovirus Information Exchange, which contains a greater number of reports on a greater variety of arbovirus subjects than ever before, it is apparent that the magnitude of what has happened with yellow fever this past year has not come through. It is therefore considered to be of sufficient importance to bring this to the attention of the participants. Not only is this pertinent to what expert advisors to many governmental health authorities need to know, but it illuminates needs for better epidemiological reporting, development of surveillance commensurate with augmented arbovirus facilities and modern techniques, and actually, for further field and laboratory investigations to supply solutions to previously unsolved or newly emerging problems .Several times in the past half century, it has been assumed that enough was known about yellow fever to make its elimination as a human disease amenable to application of simple public health measures of Aedes aegypti control or vaccination Several times some new feature of the virus, the vector or change in behavior of the human host has brought the problem of yellow fever back again as a subject which requires further special attention of specially qualified medical scientists.In this issue is a map of the occurrence of yellow fever in Africa and South American in 1965, prepared by the World Health Organization, on the basis of official reports. It should be emphasized that this is a minimum documentation because it is based on official information. Scientific information and information from scientists expands this considerably, and brings what knowledge is available to the point where it is the subject of this note.From mid-October to mid-December, 1965, Senegal in West Africa was the site of a major epidemic of yellow fever. Following the extensive vaccination campaigns begun in the late 1930\u2019s, Senegal had recorded only sporadic cases of yellow fever until 1965. In 1960 the periodic vaccination campaigns were discontinued and by 1965 there was a growing population of non-immune young children. The epidemic centered around the city of Diourbel, 125 kilometers east of Dakar. Although the official number of reported cases is 238, the actual number was much higher. Serological surveys carried out in Senegal suggest that at least 5,000 human infections occurred during the epidemic. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were prevalent in the Diourbel region breeding in domestic water containers. The method of introduction of virus into the epidemic region is unknown, although it is suspected that it accompanied migratory workers from Portuguese Guinea where epidemic yellow fever had been reported earlier. To prevent spread of epidemic yellow fever from the Senegalese hinterland into Dakar, prophylactic vaccination of children with mouse brain vaccine (because sufficient 17D was not available) was followed by The shift in public health practice following change in the status of former colonial territories has resulted in decrease or cessation of routine vaccination against yellow fever. This has led to accumulation of non-immunes over vast areas in Africa, susceptible to exposure to potential or actual intrusion of yellow fever virus from a sylvan or human transported infection.Rescheduling of priorities, wrought by political changes, and the population explosion has separated more rural residents from the routine vaccination practices of public health programs. This is what led to the spill of jungle yellow fever into residents of Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia, even thoughThe opinions or views expressed by contributors do not constitute endorsement or approval by the U.S. Government, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, or Communicable Disease Center
CDC Global Immunization Strategic Framework: 2016\u20132020
Get PDFSlides from a presentation given at the NVAC meeting, September 10, 2015, Washingto, DCPublication date from document properties.cdc_global_immunization_strategic_framework.pd
Winnable battle : motor vehicle injury prevention
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Facts about cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms for poison center professionals
Get PDFThis fact sheet provides an overview about cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom exposures in humans and animals. It covers signs and symptoms, laboratory testing, management, as well as contact resources.CS292944-APublication date from document properties.Facts_Cyanobacterial_Harmful_Algal_Blooms_508.pd