Scrap Metal Truck Driver Killed In Crash
A scrap metal truck driver was killed and three train passengers slightly injured when an Amtrak train carrying 89 people slammed into a tractor-trailer.
Freight Train Hits Watchman
A 59-year old worker was clearing snow from a rail station walkway when he was struck and killed by an approaching freight train.
Sanitation Worker Dies in Truck Crash
Twenty-five-year-old Michael Occhino was alone, driving his 20-ton sanitation truck to a New York Sanitation Department garage.
Trench Collapses and Buries New Worker
A new worker with little safety training died when the trench he was digging caved in around him.
Framer Dies of Illness After Injury
A man died after being hospitalized with a back injury from a construction incident, although he died from an unrelated cause.
Diver Trapped in Pipe
Lester L. Woda, an orchard manager, drowned in Okanogan, WA, after becoming trapped in a reservoir pipe.
Cancer Death From Chemical Exposure? GalleryCancer Death From Chemical Exposure?
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Cancer Death From Chemical Exposure?
A narcotics officer who died of cancer believed that exposure to the toxic products, solvents, and volatiles of the meth labs and drug factories he busted contributed to his death.
Man Dies After Being Sucked Into Machine
A worker needs to use a piece of machinery. He is unaware that the device is not operating properly and is being worked on at that moment by maintenance employees he cannot see.
Worker Grabs Energized Anchor
A 44-year-old inmate of a North Carolina state prison who was working as a laborer was electrocuted while performing contract work for a utility company.
Butcher Dies Unloading Truck
A butcher was killed by a blow to the head from a truck's tailgate.
Makeshift Fuse Arcs GalleryMakeshift Fuse Arcs
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Makeshift Fuse Arcs
An electrical arc ignited dust in a wood flour mill, causing an explosion that burned a worker to death.
Sparks Set Off Hydraulic Fluid
The shipyard welder was welding on a barge in dry dock when sparks from her wire-fed welding gun ignited hydraulic fluid that had atomized.
Store Employee Shot Tackling Robber
In what police called a "heroic" effort to save his co-worker, 35-year-old Ambioris Pena-Duran of Camden, NJ, died after being shot in Cesar's Grocery Store.
School Maintenance Supervisor Murdered GallerySchool Maintenance Supervisor Murdered
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School Maintenance Supervisor Murdered
David S. Ganoe Jr. , a school maintenance supervisor, was gunned down in his office in Caroline, VA. Police report that Thomas E. Monroe, 66, a former maintenance employee, was charged with murder of the 51-year-old.
Trucker Left to Die in Parking Lot
David Lindsey, 53, of Knoxville, KY, was dicovered lying in a Walgreens parking lot at about 3 a.m.
Guard Found Slain at FedEx Facility GalleryGuard Found Slain at FedEx Facility
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Guard Found Slain at FedEx Facility
A security guard working at a FedEx Ground distribution center near Washington, DC, was found shot dead.
Convenience Store Cashier Victim of Botched Robbery
A 49-year-old Texaco Food Mart cashier was shot to death during a robbery.
Hitching Mishap Kills Child
The 12-year-old victim was the farmer's nephew. He'd been helping bale hay on his uncle's 700-acre farm.
Paper Carrier Killed In Crash
A newspaper carrier making deliveries on her bicycle was killed when an automobile struck her.
Supervisor Dies After Snagging Lever
Workers can be extremely careful about keeping their hands away from machine controls, but overlook the possibility that a shirt pocket or other piece of clothing can snag onto those controls, with disastrous consequences.
Chemical Plant Worker Dies in Rescue
A South Carolina chemical plant worker who entered a large dryer to help an unconscious colleague died from lack of oxygen.
Ammonia Burns Food Plant Worker
One worker was killed and another hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak at the Tyson Foods Inc. plant in Kansas.
Worker’s Second Shock Proves Deadly
A young worker who had been hospitalized for electric shock in a similar incident just three months earlier died when the machine he was operating came in contact with a 14,000-volt power line.
Store Manager Engulfed by Corn
The manager of a farm supply store suffocated in a bin full of corn while attempting to dislodge stuck kernels.
Tannery Workers Killed by Hydrogen Sulfide
Two workers died trying to fix a wastewater valve housed in a manhole.
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