Mobile machinery-related deaths Oklahoma, 1998-2008

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• Corporate Authors:
  Oklahoma. Department of Health
• Description:
  The use of large, mobile machinery results in many injuries and deaths each year in the United States. From 1998 to 2008, 89 people were killed in non-farming mobile machinery related incidents in Oklahoma. Almost all deaths occurred among males; ages ranged from 18 to 82. One-third of injuries occurred from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Two-thirds of incidents involved a forklift, tractor, aerial lift, or crane. Seventeen percent of injuries were construction related, 15% were work zone related, and 8% were oil and gas related. The most common causes of injuries were being struck/crushed by machinery, falls, and machinery rollovers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Construction Industry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Fall-protection Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Safety-equipment Safety-practices Tractors

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• Publisher:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038714
• Citation:
  Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma State Department of Health, 2011 Jul; :1
• Contact Point Address:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Service, 1000 NE 10th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Mobile Machinery-related Deaths Oklahoma, 1998-2008
• End Date:
  20110630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e4cb056aac780c1d405c943f651f107872579b536ed4abf1a88aea74f0716d9e54ec5eb52e6ff5ec27fb86a8525df32dc11e2ad33c445b75991c95396ec44da
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192330/cdc_192330_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 37.78 KB ]