Roller Incident Kills Supervisor
A shift supervisor in a paper mill bled to death after both his arms were caught between two paper machine rollers. He entered an unguarded metal walkway that provides access to the area without first
A shift supervisor in a paper mill bled to death after both his arms were caught between two paper machine rollers. He entered an unguarded metal walkway that provides access to the area without first
A logger suffering from lack of sleep reported for work. He was supposed to be keeping a safety watch for another faller who was cutting down trees, but took a nap instead. A co-worker had

An experienced mechanic/welder was crushed to death by a door on a metal shredder at a large scrap iron facility. The hydraulically-operated door flips down to reject unshredded metals.

A 19-year-old immigrant from Mexico died from heat stress on the job in Fort Worth, TX, where he reportedly never saw a paycheck.

Safety training is critical for any job and if you don't provide it and a worker becomes injured or dies as a result, you and your company could face a legal nightmare.

A security guard working at a FedEx Ground distribution center near Washington, DC, was found shot dead.

A mechanic was killed when a bus fell on him. He apparently had used a 12-ton bottle jack under the differential to raise the rear of the 35,000-pound (15,875-kilogram) bus.

A textile worker was working on a conveyor belt. At the end of a day's production she had to clean the belt using a highly volatile cleaning solvent. This solvent was used very close to

A natural gas company service man was contacted early one winter morning to investigate a gas leak. A bridge crew had noticed a strong odor of gas and a hissing sound at a natural gas

A worker cleaning the third floor of a warehouse received massive head and chest injuries after falling more than 22 feet (seven meters) to the concrete floor below. No one witnessed the accident so it
An empty water tank weighing 14 tons (12.7 metric tons) was being lifted by a crane onto a water tower frame. The land around the new community water tower had been excavated the previous month
A worker filling a lumber order was fatally crushed when a beam fell on him, causing multiple traumatic injuries to his abdomen and pelvis.
A faller started his chainsaw and heard a squealing noise from it. He turned the saw over to see if it was catching on anything. It did not appear to be. He then turned the

A crew leadman and a foreman were fatally burned when their oxygen-saturated clothing caught fire. A sanitation district had hired a contractor to install a gate valve in a hydraulic channel. The limited-access channel was

It has taken more than two years, but a Nebraska company has finally pleaded guilty in the death of an employee who was buried alive by soybeans in 2003.
The Workers' Compensation Board of Prince Edward Island has charged a PEI wood-processing company in connection with an occupational fatality
A shortcut along the edge of a gravel-pit pond proved deadly for the owner of an excavating company hired to dig test holes for a client who was evaluating the site for potential construction.
A city maintenance worker who was trying to dislodge material from a street sweeper's suction hose was killed after accidentally placing his foot on a lever that raises and lowers the machine's hopper.

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A hospital maintenance worker was repairing a broken hand held hair dryer. He asked a co-worker to assist in locating some acetone to remove epoxy from his hands.
A crew was logging a right-of-way prior to road construction. A faller was preparing to cut down a tree. He signaled to another worker, waving with his yellow hardhat to indicate the direction in which
A house builder died after a fall from a ladder. The incident happened when two workers were climbing two ladders positioned side by side. Between them they were carrying a sheet of wood to be

AThree experienced welders were killed recently in separate incidents while using torches to work on containers they believed were empty. In the first, a mechanic supervisor was using a torch to cut a 55-gallon metal
An electrical engineer became fatally entangled in a piece of rotating machinery. The victim was a partner in a company installing new computerized equipment in a sawmill.
A worker was using a chainsaw to trim the ends off spacers used to separate layers of lumber in preparation for drying in a kiln. He was working alone although other workers were close by.