Daniel Lefkowitz, Ph.D.Daniel Lefkowitz, Ph.D.

NJ Department of Health NJ Department of Health and Senior Servicesand Senior Services

NJ FACE UPDATENJ FACE UPDATE

Tail Stand IncidentTail Stand Incident

FACE FACE –– outreach outreach

Tail stand hazard alertTail stand hazard alert

Target audience: cargo Target audience: cargo handlershandlers

SIC Code 4581 (Airports SIC Code 4581 (Airports and Airport Terminal and Airport Terminal SvcsSvcs.).)

•• ~175 companies~175 companies

Tail Stand SurveyTail Stand Survey

Q 8-9: Training/injuries

Q 10-11: Use of Alert

Q 1-4: Job title, business type, use of tail stand

Q 5-7: Questions about tail stand

Tail Stand SurveyTail Stand Survey

Q12: Impact of Alert; recommendations

Q13-15: How to improve Alert, request copies

Crane Spreader IncidentCrane Spreader Incident5757--yearyear--old port authority old port authority employee employee

Performing maintenance Performing maintenance on a crane spreader, on a crane spreader, which is used to lift cargo which is used to lift cargo containers at a dockcontainers at a dock

Crane operator activated Crane operator activated the spreader and crushed the spreader and crushed him to deathhim to death

Crossing Guards Final ReportCrossing Guards Final ReportContains results from survey and recommendations

Dissemination • 534 Police Chiefs• NJDOT (Safe Routes to School)• NJMEL• NJLOM• NJACOP• PTA/School Superintendents

Presented at 2008 CSTE in Denver

Featured in April ‘09 NIOSH eNews

Selected as NJ Governor’s Hot Topic

Nonfatal Injury Paper FindingsNonfatal Injury Paper Findings

Incr. risk of workIncr. risk of work--related injuries among Hispanic males for related injuries among Hispanic males for workwork--related falls, MV incidents, struck by objects, and related falls, MV incidents, struck by objects, and machinemachine--related incidents compared to the U.S. working pop.related incidents compared to the U.S. working pop.

Risk of a workRisk of a work--related fatality from falls, fire/explosions, related fatality from falls, fire/explosions, machinemachine--related, or struck by object statistically significantly related, or struck by object statistically significantly elevated among Hispanic compared to nonelevated among Hispanic compared to non--Hispanic males Hispanic males

Correspondence between ethnicCorrespondence between ethnic--specific ranking of fatal and specific ranking of fatal and nonnon--fatal types of workfatal types of work--related injuries related injuries

Similarities in the mean age of fatal and nonSimilarities in the mean age of fatal and non--fatal workfatal work--related related injuries within ethnicity and type of injuryinjuries within ethnicity and type of injury

Fisheries ResearchFisheries Research

Worked with Jennifer Lincoln and Devin Worked with Jennifer Lincoln and Devin Lucas at Alaska NIOSHLucas at Alaska NIOSHDrexel MPH Student, Emily DayDrexel MPH Student, Emily DayUtilizing United States Coast Guard Utilizing United States Coast Guard (USCG) Marine Safety and Pollution (USCG) Marine Safety and Pollution Database Database

•• Collision with fixed object, fall onto surface, line handling, aCollision with fixed object, fall onto surface, line handling, and struck by nd struck by a moving object were injury types significantly (pa moving object were injury types significantly (p--value <0.05) value <0.05) correlated to fatality incidence. correlated to fatality incidence.

FACE Focus Meeting: Hispanic WorkersFACE Focus Meeting: Hispanic Workers

Main goal is to identify, implement, and evaluate methods and strategies aimed at preventing and reducing work-related injuries in NJ Hispanic workers

NJ Hispanic workers continue to be disproportionately represented in the number of fatal occupational injuries

Major stakeholders:• OSHA • Rutgers University Occupational Training and Education Consortium• NJDHSS Office of Minority & Multicultural Health • New Labor Latino Occupational Safety and Health Initiative• Puerto Rican Association of Human Development • New Jersey Health and Safety Laborer's Fund• New Jersey Work Environment Council

Workers Memorial Day

FACE Web Site RevampedFACE Web Site Revampedwww.nj.gov/health/surv/face/index.shtmlwww.nj.gov/health/surv/face/index.shtml

Publications

FACE Reports Home page

Shandong Visit

Questions?Questions?

Comments?Comments?

daniel.lefkowitz@doh.state.nj.usdaniel.lefkowitz@doh.state.nj.us