Fishing Safety Success Story: The More You Wear It, The Better Off You Are

September 2019
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2019-164

Total running time: 4:18

Falls overboard are the second leading cause of death among commercial fishermen in the United States and the leading cause of death among lobstermen in the Northeast U.S. from 2010 to 2014. NONE of the victims were wearing a personal flotation device (PFD) when they drowned. In November of 2016, Tyler was working as a sternman on his dad’s lobster boat when he was knocked overboard by a trap they were setting. Tyler’s newly acquired life vest inflated and kept him above the water while his dad maneuvered the boat to rescue him. Find your flotation at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/pfds.html

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Year: 2019
Video Pub. No.: 2019-164
Total running time: 4:18

Suggested Citation

NIOSH [2019]. Fishing Safety Success Story: The More You Wear It, The Better Off You Are. By Teske T. Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2019 164 https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2019164external icon

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