Baler and Compactor-Related Deaths in the Workplace – United States, 1992–2000

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• Alternative Title:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), April 27, 2001 / Vol. 50 / No. 16: Baler and Compactor-Related Deaths in the Workplace – United States, 1992–2000
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Equipment that compacts and bales loose solid waste materials into denser, more easily transported units is common in refuse disposal and recycling and is used routinely at recycling centers, manufacturing facilities, and retail and wholesale stores to compress paper, textiles, metals, plastic, and other material. Persons operating balers and compactors can become caught by the powered rams of the compression chambers while using these machines. Risk factors resulting from these incidents have been identified through surveillance findings and results of investigations conducted by CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program and the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), a nationwide multisource reporting system for occupational deaths. This report describes the results of two baler and compactor-related investigations conducted during 1992-2000, summarizes surveillance data from 1992 through 1998, which indicated that some employers and workers may have been unaware of the hazards of operating or working near compacting and baling equipment, and suggests safety recommendations for preventing future incidents. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Industrial Waste Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Compressors Equipment-operators Industrial-wastes Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Machine-operators Mortality-data Retail-workers Risk-factors Waste-disposal Waste-treatment

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 2001; v. 50, no. 16, p. [309]-313 (5 pdf pages)
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)   ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)  
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• 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:
  p. [309]-313 (5 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021687
• Citation:
  MMWR 2001 Apr; 50(16):309-313
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5990f4bb189c1d3e1f3077beef81e8ef9dc671ea5716f2680269d8f3923a9161b6353364e806d5c449d470c4870b2403009debfcc4d14f3209b79f65997de9dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183025/cdc_183025_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 99.56 KB ]