NIOSH Hazard Controls HC14 – Control of Scrap Paper Baler Crushing Hazards

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This leaflet presented methods for controlling the crushing hazards associated with scrap paper balers. Exposure to crushing and amputation hazards exist for workers involved in loading, operating, or maintaining balers. Hazards also exist in the lockout procedures. Although 16 and 17 year old workers may legally load material into balers, they may not operate or maintain them. Three criteria were suggested for protecting workers from injury during operation of paper balers. First, the point of operation guarding must prevent workers from placing any parts of their body into hazardous areas during operation. Secondly, periodic inspection and maintenance of the equipment and the safeguarding devices must be conducted. Thirdly, workers must be trained in the safe operation of the equipment, understand the hazards related to bypassing safety devices, and recognize the limitations and effective operating ranges of safety devices. Requirements of the American National Standards Institutes for baling equipment safety were defined. Minimum performance requirements for the control of hazardous energy as set forth by OSHA also were noted. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Aging Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Age-groups Body-protection Equipment-operators Hazards Industrial-safety-programs Injury-prevention Legislation Machine-guarding Machine-operators Regulations Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-operations Worker-health Workers

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Hazard Control
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB97113
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00237689
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: 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. 97-113, (HC 14), 1997 Apr; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62bcab713261969ed8a92feb17eda7ba270b4d9b354fa1b9fa5fb101aa85e2d91b12940b9ece0758ab812560b4be65a4e831117b2e83387253db185fba652510
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209718/cdc_209718_DS1.pdf
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