Workplace Solutions: Preventing Injuries When Working with Hydraulic Excavators and Backhoe Loaders

Details

• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Casini, Virgil J. ; Moore, Paul H.
• Description:
  Workers who operate or work near hydraulic excavators and backhoe loaders are at risk of being struck by the machine or its components or by excavator buckets that detach from the excavator stick. NIOSH recommends that injuries and deaths be prevented through training, proper installation and maintenance, work practices, and personal protective equipment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Caption title.
  
  "CDC workplace safety and health."
  
  The principal contributors to this publication were Virgil J. Casini and Paul H. Moore, NIOSH Division of Safety Research, Morgantown, WV.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Backhoes Construction Industry Equipment Safety Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention; Injury-prevention; Construction-equipment; Construction-workers; Construction-industry; Traumatic-injuries; Injuries; Training; Safety-practices; Construction-Search
• Source:
  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. 2004-107, 2003 Nov; :1-4
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20023791
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2004-101401
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fcdc1399fd756a41ac2ac0c1b87a4ab2c2b0757d11a0c5fa686cecbca308f75cbdbb2c819430f7b4bbf91975198fa4729430b579d3381f7c9b720c24ae927c8b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5349/cdc_5349_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 621.80 KB ]