Six Facts on Machine Related Accidents

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Lifetime odds of dying as a result of contact with machinery: 1 in 4,742.

1. The top 4 industries for machinery-related injury are agriculture, mining, manufacturing and construction.
2. On average, 7 workdays are lost as a result of each machine-related workplace injury.
3. Tractors account for 44 percent of machine-related deaths.
4. Of the injuries involving incidents with mechanical power presses, 49 percent result in amputations.
5. Private sector lost-time injuries caused by machinery in 2002 numbered 92,560 across the US.
6. Canadian worker fatalities involving machine-related incidents totaled 223 between 2002 and 2006.