SPOKANE, WASH: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking PR support for a public safety campaign that aims to reduce the number of men in Northwest fishing communities who die by drowing.
The campaign aims to increase the use of personal flotation devices among fishermen in the Pacific Northwest. This community includes Alaska salmon fishermen, Bering Sea Aleutian Island crab fishermen, and West Coast Dungeness crab fishermen.
From 2000 to 2009, 155 fishermen drowned after falling overboard. None of them ...