A makeshift switch on a sandblasting unit apparently set off an explosion of gasoline vapors killing a worker who was cleaning a petroleum storage tank. The victim had recently been promoted to foreman. His first
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
A horrifying example of what can go wrong after an emotionally unstable employee is fired has resulted in a young man being jailed for life.
An electrical arc ignited dust in a wood flour mill, causing an explosion that burned a worker to death.
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
Some workplace fire hazards are obvious. You toss a match into a pile of dry sawdust, and you get a fire. Other hazards are harder to recognize. Consider the chemical reactions which can result in
A restaurant manager died after contacting a faulty refrigerator. The victim was cleaning the floor of the kitchen after hours. His wife and two-year-old daughter waited in the dining area. He was wearing tennis shoes,
Workplace violence reared its ugly head in Caroline, VA, recently when a school maintenance supervisor was gunned down in his office.
David S. Ganoe Jr. , a school maintenance supervisor, was gunned down in his office in Caroline, VA. Police report that Thomas E. Monroe, 66, a former maintenance employee, was charged with murder of the 51-year-old.
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
A restaurant owner and several restaurant workers were laying new carpet on the restaurant floor before the business opened for the day. After the project had been underway for about an hour, fire broke out.
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
A former fire crew boss has been charged with manslaughter and lying to investigators five years after four forestry firefighters perished in a wildfire in Washington State. Ellreese N. Daniels faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter and seven counts of making false statements to people who were investigating the fatal fire.
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.
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