All occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) places workers at risk for infection from bloodborne pathogens. OSHA defines blood to mean human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.
Orrin Valente of Cumberland (left) and Harold Larrabee admire Valenteâs 277-pound buck, the largest deer certified in Maine in 2004, taken near Caribou Lake. Photo by Robert Verrill How many big bucks were taken during Maineâs 2004 season?
Each year, thousands of hunters take to the deer woods in Maine. Hunters averaged 150,000 during the 1950's, then increased to a peak of 215,000 by 1982. During the early 1980's, deer hunters outnumbered their prey in Maine!