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Focus on Officer Wellness: Prevent Struck-By Incidents at Crash Scenes

Melanie Lee Fowler, LCDR, Environmental Health Officer, United States Public Health Service, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and Rebecca Knuth, Health Communication Specialist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

There are more than 800,000 state and local law enforcement officers (LEOs) in the United States. Officers that perform traffic-related duties are exposed to the risk of being struck by passing vehicles while working outside of their patrol cars.

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