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Don't be put under pressure

Safety has been acknowledged by industry as crucial however hydraulic safety has not been recognized. Most hydraulic related deaths and injuries occur due to lack of hydraulic safety knowledge. Welcome to the latest in proactive safety awareness training programs specific to hydraulic safety.

ARE YOU PURSUING EVERY LEVEL OF DUE DILIGENCE?

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Tell us your hydraulic related incident.

We greatly appreciate your assistance in protecting the lives of other workers.

Hydraulic Injuries DO Exist!

Crushing Injury

Hydraulic lift dropped on the victim

Victim's chest was crushed

Crushed between hydraulic-operated tilt cab and the frame

Truck box crushed the victim

Accidentally activated the hydraulic system

Cardiac arrest due to electrocution

Backhoe bucket fell on him

Caught under collapsing structures

Caught under collapsing structures

Contact with electric current

Crushed between objects

Contact with electric current

Crush injury to the head

Rod broke allowing squeeze gate to crash down

Severe head injury

Struck by a metal rod

Hoisting apparatus

Improper support to heavy lid while repairing machine

Crushing injuries to skull and brain

Crushed between a bucket and a front-end loader

Defect in the hydraulic mechanism

Crushing injury of chest, traumatic asphyxia

Bucket pinning the victim against the loader

Multiple trauma, a crush injury

Testing newly installed equipment in a sawmill

Hydraulic upright lift collapsed

Separation of the hydraulic cylinders

Failure of the boom

Crushed by steel beam

Main rotating pin broke

Live overhead hydro wire

Severe crushing of the chest

Asphyxiation due to compression of the neck

Bucket of the bulldozer

Raising the hydraulic lift a small degree

Sharp force injury to the neck

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