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.
The symptoms of heat-related illness would have been obvious to anyone trained to spot them.
A city maintenance worker who was trying to dislodge material from a street sweeper's suction hose was killed after accidentally placing his foot on a lever that raises and lowers the machine's hopper.
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.
If your workers mix and heat flammable solvents in open tanks, make sure they follow proper safeguards.
We're taught to make eye contact to signify our intentions - such as when crossing the road on a crosswalk.
Despite showing due diligence by training an employee on lockout procedures, Forwell Materials Inc, an Ontario company that processes cement and gravel, has been fined $75,000 for failing to ensure that a machine was properly locked out, which resulted in the death of a worker.
A 61-year-old woodworker was killed as he was trying to replace a glue tray in a glue-press machine while it was still operating.
A crane oiler was crushed between counterweights and the superstructure (base) of a rotating mobile crane.
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.
Argon gas accumulated in the bottom of a large tank killed two workers assigned to clean the tank. The atmosphere in the tank had been tested before they entered it, but the testing was done
A worker died from suffocation after he was buried in a sawdust bin at a wood processing plant. He had backed a truck under the bin and was attempting to load sawdust. The auger was
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
A welder in a metalwork plant pushed a 250 amp welder on a dolly over to a wall outlet. He plugged it in with his right hand while his left hand was on the welder.
A mechanical supervisor in a paper mill - with 23 years of experience in the industry - was inspecting a machine with two other supervisors. While repairs were being contemplated, the machine was left running
A drill press operator was working at his bench, cutting out wood frames for use in manufacturing furniture. Immediately behind him were several large piles of various sheets of plywood used in the construction of
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