Preventing Excavator Quick Coupler Attachment Struck-by Fatalities and Injuries

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Excavator quick coupling devices are widely used on construction job sites to rapidly change buckets and other attachments for various tasks. A quick coupler failure can cause the attachment to fall suddenly, causing severe injury or death of workers. Employers, supervisors, and equipment suppliers should share and apply the recommended practices presented in this Fact Sheet to help prevent deaths, injuries, and close calls related to excavator quick couplers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction equipment; Excavation equipment; Injury prevention; Equipment operation; Safety practices
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2024-102, 2023 Oct; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2024102
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068612
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce288f97aa12c023ddcc6e627e2121eb7f670c8ef618b04b36091a19f28bb4c9e4318c3e104e1af283d90bb98db3fe4ced0ddb1ed35f7060a9762fda481cc74a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134363/cdc_134363_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 581.67 KB ]