Man Falls Through Window
A window mechanic died from generalized trauma when he fell through a window he was trying to replace on the 21st floor of an office building.
Use This Safety Checklist – On Yourself GalleryUse This Safety Checklist – On Yourself
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Use This Safety Checklist – On Yourself
Just as you use a checklist to inspect equipment, you [...]
Washer Emits Lethal CO Gas GalleryWasher Emits Lethal CO Gas
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Washer Emits Lethal CO Gas
A 35-year-old man was found several hours after he died inside a barn he had been cleaning. He had been using a pressure washer with an 11-horsepower gasoline engine.
Body Found Under 20 Feet of Soda Ash Waste
A chemical company hired a geo-technical engineer to determine if a 20-foot dike could be built across a soda ash waste bed. The engineer's report concluded that by following specific measurements and instructions it could
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.
Suspended Ceiling Didn’t Support Weight
A worker stepped onto a suspended ceiling. It broke under his weight and he fell through. He landed on a concrete floor 42 feet below and died of blood loss and multiple injuries. A more
Painter Falls From Stepladder GalleryPainter Falls From Stepladder
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Painter Falls From Stepladder
A job of repainting an outdoor stairway at a commuter train station was the end of the line for a 45-year old man. He fell from a stepladder while painting the concrete and metal stairway
Anti-Contamination Clothing Catches Fire GalleryAnti-Contamination Clothing Catches Fire
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Anti-Contamination Clothing Catches Fire
A welder was cutting metal while working in a high contamination area of a nuclear energy site. A spark or a piece of hot metal landed on the lower leg of his anti-contamination coveralls. Because
A Little Fun Turns Tragic
An operator of an excavator struck a water line while digging a trench, causing water to spray around. A worker in the trench took his shovel and started tossing water back at the excavator operator.
Ladder Touches High Tension Wire GalleryLadder Touches High Tension Wire
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Ladder Touches High Tension Wire
A ladder touching a high tension wire - this scenario has caused countless fatalities in all kinds of industries and workplaces and homes. An employee of an aluminum siding company was electrocuted when the ladder
Punch Stabs Press Operator
A punch press operator was killed when a punch struck him in the chest, puncturing his heart. He had been working in a plant where construction machinery was manufactured and repaired. He had been operating
Steel Panel Crushes Bank Vault Installer
A bank vault installer was crushed to death between a forklift and a steel panel. Ordinarily the panels are moved by a lifting device which is part of the vault panel. However, on this vault
Log Amputates Bridge Builder’s Leg
A railroad bridge building crew was dispatched to a job they had never done before – to try to break up a log jam against a bridge in a river. The crew tried first to
Teen Dies Pulling Weeds
A teen pulling weeds to earn pocket money died when an improperly stored piece of hoisting equipment fell and crushed his skull. The boy, just 14-years-old, was working with his father at an automobile repossession
Poor fitting safety line fails to save man
Five feet of slack meant the difference between life and death for a California warehouse worker. The man was working at a salt processing plant, cleaning the inside of a salt storage bin, when the
Steel Dock Plate Falls and Kills Two
Could This Have Been You?
Two 53-year-old male maintenance mechanics died when a suspended steel dock plate fell on them.
Welder Dies in Tanker Trailer GalleryWelder Dies in Tanker Trailer
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Welder Dies in Tanker Trailer
A 37-year-old welder died when an explosion occurred in the tanker trailer where he was working.
Worker Falls To Death With Safety Harness On
What good is wearing a safety harness if you don't tie it off?
Trash Packer Strikes Worker
A 19-year-old worker died when he reached inside the hopper of a rear-loading trash truck while it was cycling trash.
Worker’s Life Over in the Flick of a Switch
Properly trained workers know exactly what will happen when they operate a machine switch - but if a switch is tripped in a moment of inattention or confusion
Poor Communication Contributes to Crushing Death
A maintenance mechanic died when he was crushed between an overhead bridge - crane and a light fixture.
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 Killed Clearing Rock Crusher
The 45-year-old worker was operating the crusher for a construction company, which subcontracted to the US government to produce gravel for forest roads.
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.
Road Milling Machine Crushes Worker
A worker was crushed underneath an overturned road-milling machine.
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