Caught-In or -Between Hazards
According to OSHA, caught-in or -between hazards are defined as: Injuries resulting from a person being squeezed, caught, crushed, pinched, or compressed between two or more objects, or between parts of an object.
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This includes individuals who get caught in or crushed by operating equipment, between other mashing objects, between a moving and stationary object, or between two or more moving objects.
Events that should be classified as Caught-in include:
- cave-ins (trenching);
- being pulled into or caught in machinery and equipment (this includes strangulation as the result of clothing caught in running machinery and equipment); and
- being compressed or crushed between rolling, sliding, or shifting objects such as semi-trailers and a dock wall, or between a truck frame and a hydraulic bed that is lowering.
Common Types of Caught-In or -Between Hazards in Construction
Some of the working conditions which contribute to caught-in or-between hazards include:
- machinery which has unguarded moving parts or is not locked out during maintenance;
- unprotected excavations and trenches;
- heavy equipment that tips over, collapsing walls during demolition; and
- working between moving materials and immovable structures, vehicles, or equipment.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
3-1. Which of the following accidents would be classified as a "caught-in or -between" accident?
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