Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate that about 10% (2,000 per year) of all reported amputations (20,000 per year) occur among power press operators, including those who operate mechanical power presses.
Our intention is for anyone with the need to know to have ready access to the information contained in these documents we welcome suggestions concerning their content, style, and distribution.ĭata from the Bureau of Census for 1980 show that there are about 151,000 mechanical press operators in the United States. This CIB was prepared in conjunction with the staff of the Division of Safety Research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 944 Chestnut Ridge Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505. They are distributed to representatives of academia, industry, organized labor, public health agencies, and public interest groups as well as to Federal agencies, such as the Department of Labor, that have responsibilities for protecting the health and safety of workers. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226). A CIB may draw attention to a hazard previously unrecognized or may report new data suggesting that a known hazard is either more or less dangerous than was previously thought.ĬIB’s are prepared by the staff of the Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer, NIOSH (Robert A. March 1987 DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 87-107 Current Intelligence Bulletin 49Ĭurrent Intelligence Bulletins (CIB’s) are issued by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, to disseminate new scientific information about occupational hazards.
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