Falls are the second leading cause of accidental deaths in North America - second only to motor vehicle accidents.
A mill operator at a rubber compound plant died when caught between two rollers on the lamination machine he was operating.
An experienced worker was laying concrete on the second level of a construction project when the face shield from a welder's mask fell from an upper level. The construction worker agreed to cross the wet
A chemical manufacturing worker was splashed with a solution containing 51 percent 2,4-DCP. while moving a hose used to transfer the material. The solution covered 60 to 65 percent of his body surface area including
Late in the afternoon, a worker at a manufacturing company was requested to clean out a vat. It was approximately 5 feet deep and 5 feet in diameter. He was instructed to use
A painter fell 25 feet (7.62 meters) from the top of a tank to the concrete pad below. He died of multiple traumatic injuries.
A millworker died when the bulldozer he was driving rolled down an embankment. A lightning strike had caused a fire in the sawmill area. The fire department brought the fire under control and left the
A sawmill employee was operating an automated stacker when he noticed a board out of place on the top of the bundle of lumber. He left his work station and went to the stack to
The night shift crew at a paper mill told the incoming day shift supervisor that the press was putting an unwanted black line on the paper being produced.
A supervisor in a logging operation was killed by a falling tree. The crew of three had been working under a tight deadline as they cut dead trees to be removed by helicopter. The supervisor
Alcohol use may have been a major factor in the suffocation of a general maintenance worker repairing a water leak.
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.
When workers are electrocuted at worksites it's often because metal objects they are holding touch overhead electrical lines.
Jeffrey Mills was the kind of man who didn't mind going out of his way to help out.
Two men working for a municipality subcontractor died of burns received while installing a valve in a concrete sewage channel.
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 laborer took a fatal step onto a flimsy surface and fell 30 feet (nine meters) to a floor below. He was a helper on a crew re-roofing an old warehouse. Workers were removing the
A worker and his supervisor were working in a confined space using a flammable substance and an acetylene torch. The confined space was a freshwater pumping station. The two men were installing rigid foam insulation
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 17-year-old lifeguard preparing for summer was found dead in just inches of water after she fell 14 feet (four meters) into a nearly empty pool. The tragedy occurred while a crew of four were
A worker was standing on a catwalk, using a vacuum with a long nozzle to clean a fast-moving conveyor belt. It appears the nozzle became caught between two large rollers and pulled the worker into
A cleanup person was instructed by his foreman to do the cleanup of a conveyor area jammed with debris. This involved loading the debris onto the conveyor, running it until it was clean, shutting it
A load of wooden beams fell from a flatbed trailer and killed a person who was standing by to help hook the trailer to a transport tractor. The victim and another worker were hired to
A warehouseman at a store was assigned the job of taking the garbage from the store and putting it into a shredder - compactor. After loading the boxes into the shredder he jumped on top
Could This Have Been You? A machine operator was killed when he lost control of the asphalt roller he was operating.
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