Hay Baler Injuries

David W. Robinson, Douglas A. McKinnon, Frank W. Masters
NIOSH Education and Information Division

AUTHOR ABSTRACT

The critical review of 12 cases of trauma produced by hay baler accidents has shown a characteristically devastating pattern of injury to the upper extremity, requiring some form of amputation in 50 per cent of the individuals.

• The treatment consists of conservation of all viable tissue and bone, followed by reconstruction of the individual defects.
• If incapacitating injury is to be prevented, greater emphasis must be placed upon safety education of the farmer and safety engineering of the equipment.

JOURNAL AND NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#

JOURNAL: J Trauma. 1967; 7(2): 265-274.

Note: Journal of Trauma.

NLOM ID#: 67094738

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This document was extracted from the CDC-NIOSH Epidemiology of Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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