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 |
 Motorized rollers cause serious injuries in Washington orchards (584 KB PDF)
Los
enrolladores motorizados causan lastimaduras serias en las huertas
del estado de Washington (297
KB PDF) (Spanish translation). |
September 2009 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
Combustible Dust Explosions (790 KB PDF)
Read the DOSH cover letter for this OSHA Fact Sheet. |
July 2009 - OSHA Fact Sheet |
| Transfer
Dump Trucks Can Crush Employees (329
KB PDF). |
June 2009 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
| Asbestos
and Carpet: What Is the Connection? (232
KB PDF). |
November 2008 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
| 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 (191 KB PDF).
|
December 2007 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
| Ineffective
back-up alarms on road construction vehicles (221 KB PDF). |
December 2007 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
Food-processing
equipment amputates
worker’s hand and forearm (127 KB PDF).
|
November 2007 - DOSH Hazard Notice |
| Dump
Trucks in the Construction Zone (62 KB PDF). |
May 2007 - DOSH Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Hot-weather work can kill (305 KB PDF). |
August 2005- WISHA Hazard Alert |
Fatal
Hazard – Five brush pickers die in unsafe vehicle (121 KB
PDF) -
(English).
Peligro
Fatal - Transporte de recolectores de productos forestales en
vehículos
inseguros (661 KB PDF) - (Español). |
August 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: UPDATE - Falling through skylights and roof and floor openings (213 KB PDF). |
March 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Thermal Metal Spraying (59 KB PDF). |
March 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Falling through skylights and roof and floor openings (53
KB PDF). |
January 2005 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazard: Granite and Marble Transport Racks (53 KB PDF). |
November 2004 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| Fatal
Hazards in Agriculture: Two Boys Die in Silo (62 KB PDF). |
September 2004 - WISHA Hazard Alert |
| A
Guide to Preventing Asthma and Death When Applying Spray-on Truck-bed
Liners (94 KB PDF).
|
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 |
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