Construction Injury Narrative: Teen Worker Loses Legs to Trencher [2012]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  Temporary workers are placed in some of the most hazardous jobs. Often, these workers are not provided enough information and training about their jobs and how to perform the work safely. From 1993 through 2011, the MA FACE project identified 15 fatalities of temporary workers, including three deaths to workers under age 24. What can be done? MA FACE has found a lack of health and safety training and communication with workers to be an issue in all the temporary worker fatalities investigated. To help prevent future fatalities, temporary agencies and worksite employers must work together to inform workers about job hazards and provide general and site-specific training. Also available in Portuguese and Spanish. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Fatalities
  • Injuries
  • Accident analysis
  • Accident prevention
  • Safety
  • Safety education
  • Safety practices
  • Workers
  • Work zone
  • Worker safety
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053361
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Massachusetts State Department of Public Health, 2012 Apr; :1-2
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  FACE facts: agencies and worksite employers share responsibility for keeping temporary workers safe
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228888/cdc_228888_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 176.46 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1cdb6b08c3400787c106eaf7813950d353bbbfefaa56fcc1d6784c9d5cd86e1be87ad1264982b329d0abefc21334b92e3af9c65570b96a4a0225e26593514c1e