What’s at Stake?

Caught-in and caught-between hazards account for:

• Approximately 100 deaths each year
• 5% of all construction fatalities
• More than 2 amputations EVERY work day
• Over 550 amputations each year
• Thousands of disabling injuries

Don’t let yourself become one of these statistics!

What’s the Danger?

Caught-in/caught-between incidents happen when a worker is crushed between objects

• Examples could include cave-ins during trenching, clothing being pulled into machinery, or being crushed and trapped by shifting objects.
• Some of the working conditions that contribute to caught in-or-between hazards include, machinery that has unguarded moving parts or that is not locked out during maintenance, unprotected excavations and […]

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