# Fishing Safety Success Story- I Reached Over and Hit the E-Stop

Entanglements in fishing gear and deck machinery are a leading cause of injuries in commercial fishing. Pat and his crew used an emergency stop (E-Stop) on their deck winch to prevent an injury to one of their deckhands while salmon seining in Alaska. Being able to stop deck machinery quickly and easily can mean the difference between a near miss, a career-ending injury, or even death. Find out more about preventing entanglement injuries at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/decksafety.html.

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number: 2018-153

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- Kind: Short
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 5 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishing_Safety_Success_Story-_I_Reached_Over_and_Hit_the_E-Stop.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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