True Stories: You Might Be Strong but Are You This Strong?

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  Many Washington truck drivers discover the hard and painful way that they are no match for the power a worn bungee cord can have when it snaps. Taking time to check and replace worn bungees is worth it when compared to the types of injuries truckers have sustained from worn bungees or straps. One 43-year-old flatbed truck driver had already tarped his first trailer and was working on the second one when a bungee broke. He fell about four feet from the flatbed and was found by the forklift driver in a pool of blood. He sustained a head injury, shoulder injury, three broken ribs, a fractured thumb...the list goes on. He was off work for 67 days and his workers' compensation claim cost over $30,000. TIPS TO LIVE BY: Employers - Provide plenty of good quality bungees. Train drivers to inspect and replace worn bungees. Drivers - Follow instructions imprinted on bungee cord, especially the maximum length the cord can safely be stretched. Keep your body position at a right angle to the path of tension to reduce the chance of getting hit if the bungee breaks. Do not tie knots in cords to shorten them or repair a broken cord. Put worn or damaged bungees in the trash so they cannot be used again. Keep spare bungees in your truck so you aren't tempted to use ones that get damaged. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Equipment Maintenance Equipment Reliability Injury Prevention Safety Practices Truck Drivers Trucking
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058905
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 90-76-2011, 2011 Sep; :1
• Email:
  TruckingNews@KeepTruckingSafe.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  True stories: you might be strong... but are you this strong?
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228936/cdc_228936_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 190.76 KB ]