Mechanic Killed Inspecting Stacker
On May 5, 2005, a 55-year-old maintenance mechanic was killed while inspecting a lifting machine at a masonry production plant.
Eliminate Doubt, Lock It Out!
Always follow your company's lockout and tagout procedures. Just shutting off the power is not enough.
Bulldozer Kills Operator Standing on Track
A 33-year-old man, with eight years of experience, was crushed by his own bulldozer when he fell between the treads and the deck.
Bulldozer Slides Over Worker
A 52-year-old ranch hand died when he was run over by a bulldozer on a cattle ranch in Oregon.
Forklift Safety
As a forklift operator, it's important to realize the majority of the safety responsibility rests on your shoulders - you are in the driver's seat.
Swing Stage Motor Failure Proves Deadly
Having a swing stage scaffold motor fail can be a pain, but if a worker is left stranded in a hazardous area, he or she can die.
Shingler Falls Off Roof
While shingling a house, a 46-year-old roofer fell more than 20 feet (six meters) to his death.
Assembly Line Worker Electrocuted
A mobile home assembly worker was electrocuted while installing a roof on a mobile home.
Respiratory Hazards are Difficult to Detect
Your five senses are of little use in alerting you to respiratory hazards. You usually can't see, feel or hear them, and they often have no smell or taste
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Safety Training: Once is Not Enough
Being experienced in your work does not provide immunity from injuries. Nearly a quarter of acute injuries happen to experienced workers - as a result of human errors.
Driver Trapped in Pipe
Lester L. Woda, an orchard manager, drowned in Okanogan, WA, after becoming trapped in a reservoir pipe.
Fourteen-Year-Old Laborer Crushed by Five-Ton Beam
A 14-year-old boy, employed as a laborer, was crushed by a five-ton beam that fell on him while he was working beneath a house that had been moved onto a vacant lot several months earlier.
Young Farmer Dies in Auger Entanglement
Roger, who sowed the seeds of his farming career at the age of 13, may have scoffed at the foretelling of his death on a small farm in Iowa 22 years later.
Longshore Worker Crushed by Lug on Suspended Load
The moral of this fatality is: Never work beneath a suspended load.
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Asphalt Plant Trainee Crushed In Conveyor
Trevor was 24 years old when he died in an unguarded conveyor at an asphalt plant, where investigators concluded that several safety procedures could have prevented his death.
Downed Power Line Electrocutes Deputy Sheriff
Deputy Sheriff Tony was quite certain that the downed power line hanging only a few inches above the road was a ground wire that was safe to move by hand. He couldn't have been more wrong.
Electrical Flash Burns Kill Hotel Maintenance Worker
Stan was hired as a hotel maintenance worker, whose duties included janitorial functions and minor repair. So how did he end up dead with electrical flash burns to 20 percent of his body?
Bridge Worker Falls Through Unsecured Opening
Falling through an opening on a bridge deck under construction wasn't Tom's idea of how he wanted to leave his mark in the world.
Cotton Swab Use Goes Too Far
A Canadian coroner is warning people about the overuse of cotton swabs after a Montreal man died following an ear infection last year.
Janitor Dies of CO Poisoning
At age 50, all Bob wanted to do was make a little extra money. So he found a job as a custodian. Two weeks later he died of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning while using a propane-powered floor buffer.
Fall from Loading Dock Kills Supervisor
Falling six feet (two meters) doesn't seem like a lot, but it was enough to kill a 68-year-old supervisor who was climbing down a loading dock.
Girl, 16, Shot to Death by Robber
Sixteen-year-old Shona* didn't even have time to react to the robber's demand for money before the bullet from his gun shattered her skull.
Worker Dies Shoveling Snow Off Roof
If you're tasked with shoveling snow off a roof this winter, take a lesson from this fatality, in which an employee fell through a snow-covered skylight.
Truck Driver Dies After Falling into Hopper
A truck driver died after trying to fix a tarp that covered the load on his trailer.
Man Crushed While Directing Truck
A truck driver was killed when he was caught between the tailgate of a semi-truck trailer and a seed dispenser at a cotton gin.
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