Hazard Alerts and Notices are designed to spotlight important hazard issues in
workplaces and inform you of steps that can taken to protect yourself,
your employees, and others.
| Title |
Description |
| Improper Use of Canned-air Products Can Cause Flash Fires and Injury |
June 2008 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
 Damaged metal-halide lights and other high-intensity discharge lights can cause UV radiation burns.
|
December 2007 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
| Ineffective back-up alarms on road construction vehicles. |
December 2007 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
Food-processing
equipment amputates
worker’s hand and forearm.
|
November 2007 - DOSH Hazard Notice |
| Dump Trucks in the Construction Zone. |
May 2007 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Hot-weather work can kill. |
August 2005- WISHA Hazard Alert |
Fatal
Hazard – Five brush pickers die in unsafe vehicle - (English)
Peligro
Fatal - Transporte de recolectores de productos forestales en vehículos
inseguros - (Español) |
August 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: UPDATE - Falling through skylights and roof and floor openings. |
March 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Thermal Metal Spraying. |
March 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Falling through skylights and roof and floor openings. |
January 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Granite and Marble Transport Racks. |
November 2004 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazards in Agriculture: Two Boys Die in Silo. |
September 2004 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| A
Guide to Preventing Asthma and Death When Applying Spray-on Truck-bed
Liners.
|
June 2004 -- update to March 2003 hazard alert
February 2004 - WISHA Hazard Alert
March 2003 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazards - Flammable Solvents (140 KB PDF). |
September 2003 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Anthrax
Alert: Guidelines for Mail Sorters. |
November 2001 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Bioterrorism |
October 2001 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Lateral
Supports for Open Web Steel Joists |
March 2001 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Corrosion
on Portable Fire Extinguishers |
February 2001 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Asbestos
Hazards in New Materials |
January 2001 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning from Gas Fired Cooking Units in Food Preparation
Locations (100 KB PDF) |
Fall 2000 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
Respirable
Crystalline Silica Exposures During Tuck Pointing
You can read
the WISHA Cover letter to this NIOSH Hazard Alert here. |
November 1999 - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2000-113
Distributed by WISHA, December 2000. |
Exposure
to Mercury Vapor During the Use of Mercury Carburetor Synchronizers
You can read
the WISHA Cover letter to this NIOSH Hazard Alert here. |
June 1999 - NIOSH Hazard Alert #99-111
Distributed
by WISHA, February 2000. |
Fire
Fighting Hazards During Propane Tank Fires
You can read
the WISHA Cover letter to this NIOSH Hazard Alert here. |
June 1999 - NIOSH Hazard Alert #99-129
Distributed
by WISHA, February 2000. |
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning and Death After the Use of Explosives in a Sewer
Construction Project
You can read
the WISHA Cover letter to this NIOSH Hazard Alert here. |
March 1998 - NIOSH Hazard Alert #98-122
Distributed by WISHA, August 1999. |
Preventing
Asthma in Animal Handlers
You can read
the WISHA Cover letter to this NIOSH Hazard Alert here. |
January 1998 - NIOSH Hazard Alert #97-116
Distributed by WISHA, October 1999. |
| Preventing
Worker Deaths from Uncontrolled Release of Electrical, Mechanical, and
Other Types of Hazardous Energy |
August 1999 - NIOSH Hazard Alert #99-110 |
| Underwater
Confined Spaces Pose Serious Hazards for SCUBA Divers |
November 1998 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Inadequate
or Missing Guards on the Front and Rear of Trimsaws in Sawmills Can
Injure or Kill. |
June 1998 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Silica
Dust Poses Health Hazard in Stone Fabrication Industry |
May 1998 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
|
Skid-steer loader FACE Fatal Facts bulletin, including a one-page safety
tips poster (154 KB PDF) |
March 1998 - FACE publication
(Requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader, download here for free.) |
| Portal
Pack Respirator Certification Revoked |
December 1997 - WISHA Hazard Control |
| Latex
glove wearers warned that allergic reactions may result from frequent
use |
November 1997 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| "Gray
Market" Kubota Tractors |
March 1997 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Carbon
monoxide and nitrogen oxides from forklifts and other fueled equipment
can create dangerous conditions |
December 1996 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Air
compressors for air-supplied respirators |
February 1996 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Hard-metal
workers face risks from cobalt, cadmium |
March 1995 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| PVC pipe
not to be used in compressed air systems |
October 1990 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Elevator
and pressure vessel workers may be exposed to asbestos |
November 1987 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
