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Show Web Version of 'Fish Harvesting Alert: 84 Fatalities 1991 - 2009' Poster in New Window
 Fish Harvesting Alert: 84 Fatalities 1991 - 2009
Keywords: Fishing, drowning, diving
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2009
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Show Web Version of '160 Fishing Vessels Capsized 1975 - 2009' Poster in New Window
 160 Fishing Vessels Capsized 1975 - 2009
Keywords: fishing, vessel, capsize
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2009
Alert #: PL22
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Show Web Version of 'Fisherman drowns after falling from fishing boat' Poster in New Window
 Fisherman drowns after falling from fishing boat
Keywords: fishing, fisherman, drowning, PFD, lifejacket, boat
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2007
Alert #: Fatality 07-05
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Show Web Version of 'Fish Harvesting Alert: Vessels Capsizing and Lives Lost' Poster in New Window
 Fish Harvesting Alert: Vessels Capsizing and Lives Lost
Keywords: fish, harvesting, alert, vessels, capsizing, lives, lost, 2005
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2005
Alert #: 0304
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Show Web Version of 'Cold Water Immersion' Poster in New Window
 Cold Water Immersion
Keywords: cold, water, immersion, hypothermia, drowning, fishing
Industries: Fishing, other
Year: 2004
Alert #: WS 04-01
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Show Web Version of 'Cold water can kill - Immersion suits can save lives' Poster in New Window
 Cold water can kill - Immersion suits can save lives
Keywords: immersion suit, cold, water, overboard, abandon, ship, crewmembers
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2004
Alert #: AA 04-03
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Show Web Version of 'Quick death follows cold water immersion' Poster in New Window
 Quick death follows cold water immersion
Keywords: crewmember, overboard, secure, line, cold, water, immersion
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2004
Alert #: Fatality 04-02
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Show Web Version of 'Weedlines Cause Concerns' Poster in New Window
 Weedlines Cause Concerns
Keywords: weedlines, salmon gillnets, vessels, fishing, entanglement, entangle
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2002
Alert #: WS-Weedlines
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Show Web Version of 'Tugboat crew missing and presumed drowned' Poster in New Window
 Tugboat crew missing and presumed drowned
Keywords: tugboat, drowned, girding, personal flotation device, PFD, lifejacket, cold water immersion
Industries: Other
Year: 2002
Alert #: Fatality 02-15
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Show Web Version of 'PFDs must be worn to save lives' Poster in New Window
 PFDs must be worn to save lives
Keywords: personal flotation device, fisher, overboard, lifesaving equipment, safety drills
Industries: Fishing
Year: 2000
Alert #: Fatality 00-15
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Show Web Version of 'Diver killed during maintenance work' Poster in New Window
 Diver killed during maintenance work
Keywords: commercial diver, aerator intake pipe, pump, industrial effluent pond, lockout, zero visibility, safe work procedures
Industries: Diving
Year: 2000
Alert #: Fatality 00-14
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Show Web Version of 'Ironworker drowns trying to swim to shore' Poster in New Window
 Ironworker drowns trying to swim to shore
Keywords: jet boat, ironworker, large-diameter cable, towing, PFD, remote location
Industries: Construction
Year: 2000
Alert #: Fatality 00-12
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Show Web Version of 'Contaminated air kills diver' Poster in New Window
 Contaminated air kills diver
Keywords: divers, carbon monoxide, dive compressor, air intake hose, buddy system
Industries: Diving
Year: 2000
Alert #: Fatality 00-07
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Show Web Version of 'Develop a quick-release towline system' Poster in New Window
 Develop a quick-release towline system
Keywords: logging tugboat, towline, dragging, heavy rock anchor, capsized, sank
Industries: Forestry
Year: 1996
Alert #: Fatal 96-07
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Show Web Version of 'Closely monitor use of equipment' Poster in New Window
 Closely monitor use of equipment
Keywords: farm worker, unauthorized, ATV, tipped over, dyke, drowned
Industries: Agriculture
Year: 1995
Alert #: Fatal 95-11
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