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Heart Attack Caused By Lack Of Oxygen

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

Heart Attack Caused By Lack Of OxygenVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Electric Shock Leads To Suffocation

A worker received an electric shock when he touched a boom on a lifting device. The ground wire had become detached. It was a hot day, so his skin was sweaty and moist, making it

Electric Shock Leads To SuffocationVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drum
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Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drum

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Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drum

Hospital workers are certainly not unaccustomed to death, but when a fellow worker dies in an incident there, shock waves reverberate throughout the facility.

Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drumVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Fall Down Stairs Kills Worker

A 59-year-old worker at a plant that makes plastic bags was fatally injured after falling down industrial stairs.

Fall Down Stairs Kills WorkerVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chemical Plant Worker Dies in Rescue
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Chemical Plant Worker Dies in Rescue

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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.

Chemical Plant Worker Dies in RescueVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

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

Lack Of Training About ‘Dead Air’ Leads To FatalityVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Gasoline Vapors Result in Fatal Fire

An experienced worker and his untrained helper lowered an aluminum ladder into an underground fuel storage tank. A small access hatch had been cut into the tank using a water cooled saw. One of the

Gasoline Vapors Result in Fatal FireVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Poor Supervision Leads to Teen Death

A 14-year-old accidentally hung himself with an electric hoist as he played with the dangerous piece of equipment. The incident occurred at an equipment rental company where the boy worked, helping customers load and unload

Poor Supervision Leads to Teen DeathVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Two Veteran Firefighters Killed in Flashover

February was a bad month for Canadian firefighters. Two veteran firefighters were killed in Winnipeg in a flashover incident during a house fire.

Two Veteran Firefighters Killed in FlashoverVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Too Young to Die

A 14-year-old Hispanic laborer who said he was 18 in order to get a job was partially decapitated and suffered multiple crushing injuries after he came in contact with a machine used to shred and grind plastic bags into a recyclable product.

Too Young to DieVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Electrical Contact Sets Off Fireball

A journeyman painter died of massive thermal burns caused when an electrical contact set off an explosion of volatile waterproofing material. The painter and a co-worker were in the basket of a personlift, designed to

Electrical Contact Sets Off FireballVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Mixer Strikes Ladder in Vat

A foreman placed a wooden ladder into a mixing vat that had recently been sprayed with a cleanser called methylene chloride. While on the ladder, he called over to a co-worker to start the fan in the vat.

Mixer Strikes Ladder in VatVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Sanitation Plant Fire Kills Two

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

Sanitation Plant Fire Kills TwoVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Young Father Killed in His Prime

A young father of two children was killed in an unusual manner in Dayton, OH, late in 2006. Thomas Morgan, 29, was trying to free a jam in a concrete crusher when he was struck by part of the machine.

Young Father Killed in His PrimeVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Worker Dies After Eight-Foot Fall

In the first fatality for his company, a North Carolina worker died after a fall from a truck bed.

Worker Dies After Eight-Foot FallVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Aluminum Ladder Conducts 7,200 Volts

While helping to reshingle a farmhouse roof, a worker was handling an aluminum ladder. The ladder contacted 7,200 volts of electricity when it hit a power line. The worker was electrocuted. An electrical entry wound

Aluminum Ladder Conducts 7,200 VoltsVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Electrician Falls From Aluminum Ladder After Shock

Three workers, one licensed electrician and two apprentices, were rewiring a residential basement. They were using a 300 watt lightbulb, drawing power from a temporary connection to power wires on an outside pole. The electrician

Electrician Falls From Aluminum Ladder After ShockVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Aluminum ladder contributes to electrocution death

A maintenance worker with no electrical training was electrocuted while doing renovation work in a 10-story office tower. The victim was standing on an aluminum ladder removing ceiling tiles when both hands made contact with

Aluminum ladder contributes to electrocution deathVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Hidden Electrical Hazard Kills Worker

When workers are electrocuted at worksites it's often because metal objects they are holding touch overhead electrical lines.

Hidden Electrical Hazard Kills WorkerVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Don’t slip up on fall prevention

Falls are the second leading cause of accidental deaths in North America - second only to motor vehicle accidents.

Don’t slip up on fall preventionVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Apprentice Fatally Burned In Flash Fire

A flash fire killed an electrician's apprentice when he touched a switch he thought was de-energized. The mishap occurred at a transformer station. The apprentice was part of a team doing modifications on equipment at

Apprentice Fatally Burned In Flash FireVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

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

Ladder Touches High Tension WireVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Training Wasn’t Passed On

A construction foreman died and a laborer was critically injured after they were exposed to toxic gases while working in a sewage pumping station dry well.

Training Wasn’t Passed OnVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Eye Contact Didn’t Mean Anything

We're taught to make eye contact to signify our intentions - such as when crossing the road on a crosswalk.

Eye Contact Didn’t Mean AnythingVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Workers Burned in Oxygenated Air

Two men working for a municipality subcontractor died of burns received while installing a valve in a concrete sewage channel.

Workers Burned in Oxygenated AirVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

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