Work-Related Crushing Injuries Due to Presses: Stop Work-Related Crushing Injuries

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University
• Description:
  A crushing injury is one of the most severe and traumatic injuries a worker can sustain in a workplace. From 2013-2018, 334 workers in Michigan had a work-related (WR) crushing injury treated in the emergency department; 40 of whom were hospitalized. Many Michigan workers, who are using a type of press at their workplace, are at risk of a crushing injuries. A press is a machine that uses pressure to change the shape of a workpiece by rolling, forming, forging, punching, stamping, bending, piercing, drawing, etc. Presses are classified by the work they perform in addition to their source of power: manual driven, mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic. The Manufacturing Sector had the highest number of crushing injuries (210) and the highest rate of work-related crushing injuries (4.1/100,000 workers) followed by the Services Sector (except Public Safety) with 32 cases, and then the Wholesale and Retail Trade Sector with 29 cases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Hazards Hydraulic Equipment Machine Safety Pneumatic Tools Traumatic Injuries
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066675
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2020 Jun; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work-related crushing injuries due to presses: stop work-related crushing injuries
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ed331829379b6f1f134f72e560322d83248b72b2f4b54819fa919569d8188cc97674505af063b21027aea76eca22a7029afc916475867727ae7b14cc1b436caf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/229138/cdc_229138_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 190.64 KB ]