Three Heroes Die Attempting Rescue in a Confined Space
A young student engineer had just started a new job on a dam construction project. Another employee was given the task of showing him around the dam site. He took the engineer to a drain

A young student engineer had just started a new job on a dam construction project. Another employee was given the task of showing him around the dam site. He took the engineer to a drain

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.

A worker, who had recently been given the responsibility of safety inspector for the gravel pit where he worked, was killed when he was crushed in a piece of moving machinery. He was trying to

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

An experienced mechanic/welder was crushed to death by a door on a metal shredder at a large scrap iron facility. The hydraulically-operated door flips down to reject unshredded metals.
There is something to be said for following proper work procedures, including the inspection of tools and equipment.

Workplace violence reared its ugly head in Caroline, VA, recently when a school maintenance supervisor was gunned down in his office.

Jeffrey Mills was the kind of man who didn't mind going out of his way to help out.
Your five senses are of little use in alerting you to respiratory hazards. You usually can't see, feel or hear them, and they often have no smell or taste

At approximately midnight, a worker was attempting to repair a leak in a hydraulic cylinder of a newly installed washer in a commercial laundry plant. Leaning under the machine, he attempted to unhook a hydraulic

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 welder was cutting metal while working in a high contamination area of a nuclear energy site. A spark or a piece of hot metal landed on the lower leg of his anti-contamination coveralls. Because
A shift supervisor in a paper mill bled to death after both his arms were caught between two paper machine rollers. He entered an unguarded metal walkway that provides access to the area without first

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.

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 24-year-old floor hand died from massive chest trauma from a falling pump jack head.
In life, Jeffrey Mills made a difference. In death, he also made a difference, but with a huge impact.
The victim was a foreman of a crew working at a Wyoming rig site.

Being experienced in your work does not provide immunity from injuries. Nearly a quarter of acute injuries happen to experienced workers - as a result of human errors.

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Argon gas used as part of a welding operation caused the asphyxiation death of an apprentice welder working in a confined space. He was completing welding work inside a tank being constructed of titanium. Because
When a construction foreman was found dead in water at the bottom of a manhole, his workers followed him into the confined space and risked death themselves. The fatality occurred when his crew was installing

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 lead hand employed by a heavy equipment dealer was responsible for operating a grader and a simple conveyor system. The conveyor was being used to separate topsoil. The conveyor was set on the diagonal,
Slips, trips and falls rank only behind motor vehicles as the leading cause of industrial deaths in North America. Many of these fatalities involve stairways. Here's an example from the oil and gas industry.