Gas Blows Up Inside Steel Ladle
A worker in a steel mill was removing steel slag from the bottom of a ladle, about 14 by 10 by 8 feet in size. He was using a jackhammer, a pry bar and an
Children Die In Farm Silo
Two boys were visiting a farm. One was a relative of the farmer and the other was a friend. For some reason, they climbed to the top of a silo which was used for storage
Worker Dies While Cleaning a Vat
Late in the afternoon, a worker at a manufacturing company was requested to clean out a vat. It was approximately 5 feet deep and 5 feet in diameter. He was instructed to use
Divers Die When Trapped By Water Pressure
Two commercial divers drowned when they became trapped by a water leak on a seaway lock. The first diver went down to inspect a malfunctioning underwater valve. He became trapped because water leaking to the
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Lack Of Training About ‘Dead Air’ Leads To Fatality
A barge maintenance worker was found dead of asphyxiation in a compartment on the vessel. The barge, used as a construction base camp, was being prepared for the upcoming construction season. On the day of
Brick wall falls into trench
A brick wall collapsed and killed a worker digging in a trench beside it. He had been looking for a water line and had dug down about four feet (1.22 meters). The wall, seven feet
Chips Bury Lone Laborer
A laborer was pushing hardwood chips along on a conveyor toward the digester in a paper mill. Working alone within the chip bin, he was using a pole 12 feet (3.7 meters) in length to
Workers in Pit Could not Breathe
Two workers died of oxygen deprivation as they were repairing the concrete wall at a garbage disposal site. One of them had been attaching anchor bolts to the wall of an intake pit and was
Hydrogen Sulfide Causes Fall Into Tank
An employee of a natural gas well service company was knocked unconscious by hydrogen sulfide gas. He fell into a water tank and drowned. He had been trying to get a sample of the liquid
Coal Collapse Kills Worker
A worker was feeding coal from a bunker into a rail car at a steam plant. The coal jammed in the bottom of the bunker. The worker then entered the rail car and used a
Worker and Rescuer Killed in Tank
A worker collapsed because of the lack of oxygen in a tuolene storage tank. A fireman who was trying to rescue him was killed when the tank exploded. The incident occurred at a bulk petroleum
Engineer Killed Retrieving Meter
A city engineer collapsed in a manhole while attempting to retrieve a flow meter. The victim, an assistant engineer and a student intern had gone to a landfill to replace a battery of a flow
Inspector Dies in Tank
A contractor inspecting the seals inside a large gasoline storage tank did not make it out alive. He was overcome by the toxic vapors in the tank and unable to escape or call for help.
Laborer Buried as Sand Collapses In Hopper
A mixer operator in a cement roofing tile plant noticed that the sand was not flowing from the bottom of a hopper onto the conveyor belt. A plant laborer was instructed by the operator to
Tank Cleaner Found In Pool Of Sludge
A crew was engaged in cleaning a vessel in a plant. After the lunch break, one of the workers returned early to continue with his cleaning. A co-worker saw him climb the outside scaffold from
Three Workers Found Dead in Tank
Three workers were found dead in a tank containing a pipeline adhesive, which gives off highly toxic fumes from the solvent toluene.
Farmer Asphyxiated In CO2 Atmosphere
Lack of oxygen killed a farmer who fell into a silo. He was preparing for the arrival of corn to be placed in the top of the silo. He climbed into the top of the
Buried in Sawdust
A worker died from suffocation after he was buried in a sawdust bin at a wood processing plant. He had backed a truck under the bin and was attempting to load sawdust. The auger was
Crew Follows Boss Into Confined Space
When a construction foreman was found dead in water at the bottom of a manhole, his workers followed him into the confined space and risked death themselves. The fatality occurred when his crew was installing
Snow Maker Drowns in Vault
An employee at a ski area drowned when he was trapped in water in an underground vault. Co-workers found his body entangled with the pipes and valves in the vault.
Gas From Blast Kills Worker
A sewer worker was killed by poisonous gas 45 minutes after explosives were set off underground 50 feet (15.24 meters) away. The fatality occurred on a city utility construction site. A crew working for one
Nitrogen Hook-Up Kills Three Workers
Three employees equipped with respirators were preparing to paint a heat exchanger in a manufacturing plant. Their sandblasting work was almost finished. The portable air compressor used to supply breathing air to the sandblasters' hoods
Police Officer Among Fatalities
Three sanitation workers and one policeman died in an underground sewage pumping station. Two sanitation workers had entered the room 50 feet underground and attempted to unbolt an inspection plate from a valve. The plate
Chain Lowers Worker to Death
A young laborer was seated on a looped chain as he was being lowered into a 21-foot (6.4-meter) deep manhole to prepare for utility construction work.
Worker Overcome by Solvent Vapors
A night shift worker was working with his supervisor in an adhesive tape manufacturing plant. They had been monitoring a machine that applied a coat of adhesive to the tape, and were collecting samples, taking
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