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Making Alaska a safer place to work

June 22, 2016

During 1980-1989, Alaska had the highest work-related fatality rate of any state in the nation, with a rate of 34.8 deaths per 100,000 workers per year compared to the average U.S. rate of 7 deaths per 100,000 workers per year.

New video tells story of how personal flotation devices saved lives

Paul Revere: A Story of Survival in Bristol Bay

April 10, 2014

NIOSH’s Alaska Pacific Office has released a new safety video highlighting the use of personal flotation devices as a critical tool in preventing deaths from rapid capsizing and man overboard events in commercial fishing.

Making a Splash: Three fishermen saved by personal flotation devices!

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Theodore D. Teske

April 3, 2014

On the night of June 26, 2010 the fishing vessel Paul Revere, a salmon setnet skiff, capsized while setting their gear in preparation for the start of fishing season. The skipper and her two crew members were thrown in the waters of Bristol Bay near South Naknek, AK.

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Making Alaska a safer place to work

New video tells story of how personal flotation devices saved lives

Making a Splash: Three fishermen saved by personal flotation devices!

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