WHAT'S AT STAKE

When you work around machinery, vehicles and anything else that moves, you could be caught in a tight spot and crushed. Every year many workers are killed or seriously injured this way.

WHAT'S THE DANGER

Caught between" is the term used to describe these injury and fatality incidents. These words refer to being caught between two moving objects or between a moving object and a stationary object. The result is compression and crushing injuries which can be fatal. The places where these incidents occur are called "pinchpoints."

EXAMPLE

An example involving two moving objects is getting caught in running machinery - between […]