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FIGURE 2 Top ten code violations in Washington State Analyzed in six labor-intensive crop types from July 2007 to June 2012. 9 8 Roll-over protection structure used on ag tractors 1 Pesticide handler standards Eye protection 7 Emergency washing facilities 6 2 Accident prevention plan Guards���power takeoff shafts 5 Guards���power takeoff driven equipment 4 3 Seatbelts used in roll-over protection structure Workers informed/trained in hazardous chemicals SOURCE: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries F or more information and safety resources, visit: www.lni.wa.gov/safety. L&I���s extensive safety training video library can be found at: http://www.lni .wa.gov/Safety/TrainTools/Videos/ Library/. protective equipment, and on-the-job review, and more) ��� Employee instruction in safe working practices at beginning of employment ��� Monthly walk-around safety inspections with employee representative ��� Monthly foreman and crew safety meetings Communication �� WIND MACHINES��� The standard by which all others are measured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et us help you solve your unique frost control needs. ! 20 April 1, 2013 GOOD FRUIT GROWER ! " ! !# ' !& " # ' ! " $ %! ! $$$ ! Serrano emphasized that workers must be trained how to use hazardous chemicals safely before they are exposed. ���The biggest factor in accidents is that they weren���t trained in a language they understand,��� he said, adding that workers also need to be effectively supervised while working. ���It takes five to six years to reach proficiency in a second language and five to ten years for someone learning a new culture to reach second-culture proficiency,��� Serrano said. The challenge for employers, he said, is in bridging that five- to ten-year language and culture gap before an accident happens. ��� PREVENTING future accidents B y carefully studying and investigating fatal occupational injuries, Washington State hopes to prevent future deaths by identifying situations that pose risks and sharing prevention strategies that could save lives. The program, known as the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation, is a program of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, and supported by a grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety. Nine states have assessment evaluation programs. Following a fatal workplace incident, evaluators conduct on-site investigations to gather information for a report that includes recommendations for preventing similar deaths in the future. The program is research based; investigators do not enforce compliance with state or federal occupational safety and health standards and do not determine fault or place blame. One of the program���s most recent reports involves an orchard worker who in 2009 was fatally crushed between a motor grader and a semitruck with trailer. The motor grader was attempting to tow the stuck semitruck trailer (there to pick up fruit bins) when brakes of the grader failed, causing the grader to collide with the front of the semi. The driver and orchard worker were in the process of attaching chains to the semi-truck when the collision occurred. The full report can be accessed at: www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/Research/Face/ ReptNarr/Investigations/ ���M. Hansen www.goodfruit.com