Occupational injuries in Ohio wood product manufacturing: a descriptive analysis with emphasis on saw-related injuries and associated causes

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• Personal Author:
  Amendola, Alfred A. ; Beery L ; Bertke SJ ; Collins JW ; Current RS ; Harris JR ; Lampl M ; Meyers, Alysha R. ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J.
• Description:
  Background: Stationary sawing machinery is often a basic tool in the wood product manufacturing industry and was the source for over 2,500 injury/illness events that resulted in days away from work in 2010. Methods: We examined 9 years of workers' compensation claims for the state of Ohio in wood product manufacturing with specific attention to saw-related claims. For the study period, 8,547 claims were evaluated; from this group, 716 saw-related cases were examined. Results: The sawmills and wood preservation sub-sector experienced a 71% reduction in average incidence rate and an 87% reduction in average lost-time incidence rate from 2001 to 2009. The top three injury category descriptions for lost-time incidents within saw-related claims were fracture (35.8%), open wounds (29.6%), and amputation (14.8%). Conclusions: For saw-related injuries, preventing blade contact remains important but securing the work piece to prevent kickback is also important. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Demography Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Wood Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Saws Blade Demographic-characteristics Equipment-design Equipment-operators Exposure-limits Injuries Kickback Machine-guarding Machine-operation Machine-tools Machine Safety Repetitive-work Risk-factors Sawmill-workers Shift-work Shift-workers Tools Wood-products Woodworkers Woodworking Woodworking-equipment Woodworking-industry Work-areas Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044918
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2014 Nov; 57(11):1265-1275
• Contact Point Address:
  James R.Harris, 1095 Willowdale Road, MS G800, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  jharris@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6bfe7b386a8e6903c40dca95336ed957c5730bc8d01321c861f5f4b3f51c9bcf2f1b02e01fef4cef5994106a0a40dbd37269f0eb02409d0e21dc22882e7e3e89
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200506/cdc_200506_DS1.pdf
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