PublisherRutgers Cooperative Extension, NJ Agricultural Experiment Station
Date Created1992-09-01
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical) Country: United States State: New Jersey County: NA
Subject (Topical)environmental occupational health; human health; industry; occupational/environmental health; water; immersion suits; commercial fishermen; hypothermia; United States Coast Guard
DescriptionThis document stresses the importance of proper care and use of immersion suits, particularly aimed to advise commercial fishermen who are at risk of hypothermia in cold weather conditions. The publication reviews proper storage and donning of an immersion suit as well as referencing related United States Coast Guard regulations.
NoteThis publication was made possible in part by a grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Program on Agricultural Health Promotions Systems for New Jersey.
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