Occupational Safety
Emergency Preparedness Should Include Everybody!
Written by barb howe Thursday, 21 August 2008 17:21
As Tropical Storm Fay floods my home state of Florida, the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) paper has a timely story about the dangers to non-English speaking populations when language barriers impede people's access to emergency information.Heat Related Illnesses 100% Preventable
Written by Bruce Goldstein Monday, 04 August 2008 16:27
Two more farmworkers die from heat
Written by barb howe Thursday, 10 July 2008 20:30
Autopsy Report Confirms Heat Stroke Diagnosis
Written by barb howe Thursday, 19 June 2008 18:05
The autopsy report released yesterday
(June 18th) by the San Joaquin County Coroner's Office confirmed that Maria Isabel, the 17 year old farmworker who collapsed in a California vineyard last May died of "heat stroke/sun stroke due to occupational environmental exposure". Her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. You can download the complaint here
. Marcos Camacho who is on Farmworker Justice's Board of Directors is one of the lawyers representing Maria's family.
FJ Report: Heat Related Illness: An Occupational Health Concern for Farmworkers
In other health news, the California State Department of Managed Health Care announced the funding of a new program to help health care providers obtain better access to the health records of migrant farmworkers so that when they travel, their health records travel with them.
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