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A study of the accidents within the trucking industry and the effectiveness of the accident countermeasures

Creator:

Lewellyn-Barnett, Tracey A.

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A random sample of Oregon motor carriers was selected to determine the effectiveness of the Accident Countermeasures (ACM), a process created to address the factors involved in truck accidents and recommendations a motor carrier may utilize to prevent future similar accidents from occurring. Two groups of fifty motor carriers were...

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Masters Thesis

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throughout my program at Oregon State University: Dr. David Lawson, for encouragement and guidance, Dr
Occupational exposure characterization of vacuum pump maintenance technicians in a semiconductor manufacturing environment

Creator:

Buser, Deborah Elaine

Abstract:

In the semiconductor industry, numerous potential occupational exposures exist as a result of the diversity of chemical and physical hazards unique to integrated circuit manufacturing. The hazards associated with maintenance tasks are challenging because the sporadic nature of the tasks make exposure monitoring difficult. In particular, vacuum pump maintenance is...

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Masters Thesis

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would also like to thank my committee members Dr. Cathy Neumann, Dr. Dave Lawson, Mrs. Nicole Reilly
Factors affecting farmworkers' injuries due to use of pesticides in the United States and their relation to reentry time intervals

Creator:

Nemati, Gholam Reza

Abstract:

More than 2.3 billion pounds of pesticides with a value of $4.1 billions are applied by farmworkers to agricultural crops each year. These chemicals applied to farm lands lead not only to acute and chronic health effects, they also enter the groundwater and food chain of populations. In recent years...

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Masters Thesis

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McCubbin, and David C. Lawson, for their support, timely advice and instruction. To my family, my wife