Safety information profile: mobile earth moving equipment - non-mining.

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• Personal Author:
  Hunt D
• Description:
  A safety information profile is presented for the nonmining mobile earthmoving equipment operations industry (primarily Standard Industrial Classification 1629). Heavy earthmoving equipment and processes are described. Potential health and safety hazards are discussed, particularly equipment rolling over, slipping of workers while mounting and dismounting from machinery, exposure to exhaust fumes, and silicosis. Existing hazard controls and federal standards are outlined. Sparse injury and illness data are reviewed and recent studies are mentioned. Industry trends are cited. Also provided is a listing of names and addresses of industry associations and other interested parties. It is concluded that additional studies are warranted to obtain comprehensive injury and illness data for earthmoving operations.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Dust Epidemiology Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Contract-210-78-0130 Earth-handling-equipment Heavy-construction-contractors; Heavy-construction-except-highways Highway-and-street-construction Industrial-hazards NIOSH-Contract Safety-equipment Safety-practices Safety-programs

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract;
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-48
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091512
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1979 Apr; :1-48
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5be1af01e0555aa6887943ebb13e2875a31b94ab6ed5342456fdd7e5c4b4a7bc5bfb22c59224b55ea9a97f7bffa34387c73162fb18ec1234b8a6ce89cf849881
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178909/cdc_178909_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.39 MB ]