Ladder Safety – Word Search
This word search is about ladder safety. While you are searching for the words, think about how they relate to safe use of ladders.

This word search is about ladder safety. While you are searching for the words, think about how they relate to safe use of ladders.

A worker was inside a pressure trailer tanker applying a coat of anti-corrosive paint. He was using a safety lamp with a 500-watt quartz beam. A folded coat hanger was wrapped around the light and hooked to the manhole flange.

A firefighter died while fighting a house fire. He was in charge of the pumper truck crew which was called to a home. The fire was caused by a fireplace insert which had been designed

Heavy work on a hot day caused a fatal heat stroke for a laborer at an industrial waste processing facility. From the start of his shift in the morning to the time he collapsed in

Not knowing English can cause all kinds of safety problems for workers, but a recent case in California shows how it may endanger non-workers too.

A fire that killed a Long Island, NY, man and critically injured his wife was caused by a faulty power cord, according to fire officials.

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.

An experienced press operator was killed when he was struck by pieces of a die thrown from his press. It appeared that the overhead ram of the press was set an inch lower than it

Failure to maintain equipment resulted in a fatal explosion in a metal products plant. Oil that had oozed from a hydraulic press caught fire. The fire caused two hydraulic fluid accumulators to explode.

Several unsecured propane cylinders were being stored on the third floor of a construction project. A large propane heater was in use nearby to dry out the work-in-progress. A loud noise alerted the workers that

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.

Jeffrey Mills was the kind of man who didn't mind going out of his way to help out.

A fall from 25 feet (7.5 meters) killed a construction worker.

An explosion which killed a plumber may have been the result of using drugs at work. He had arrived at work with an apparent hangover. Co-workers had not seen him very much that day because

An apprentice mechanic, working part-time with a transport company, was working when a drum of windshield washer antifreeze exploded. The explosion was set off by a spark from his welding. The investigation into this death

A student working on a summer job was electrocuted when a truck-mounted crane he was operating struck a power line. The driver of the truck instructed the student to move the crane, then backed the

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 victim, a 22-year-old male firefighter recruit collapsed while running at the end of a training day.

Standing on a makeshift platform spanning the forks of a lift truck isn?t safe. In California, doing so proved lethal for a 29-year-old worker.

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
Two finishers were working with a chemical product on a parquet tile floor in a residential basement. The heavier-than-air vapors from the product accumulated and spread to an adjacent room where a gas-fired water heater

A construction crew was preparing to pour concrete into forms. A laborer climbed a ladder on one side of a form and stepped over the form to stand on an unguarded scaffold on the opposite side.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) has cited Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in connection with the deaths of three ski patrol members in April 2006.

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.

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.