Three workers, one licensed electrician and two apprentices, were rewiring a residential basement. They were using a 300 watt lightbulb, drawing power from a temporary connection to power wires on an outside pole. The electrician
A worker cleaning metal pieces prior to repainting was found unconscious at his workstation. Resuscitation by co-workers, firefighters and ambulance attendants failed to revive him. Methylene chloride formic acid was suspected as a cause of
Tell your crew about what happened to these workers. Failing to identify hazards before a job leads to many accidents in the oil and gas industry.
Could This Have Been You? Lowering A-legs in the oil and gas industry can be hazardous if all the wrong things happen, and they did to one Alberta worker.
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.
Dale Scott was in the mechanic's shop alone fixing a leaky left rear tire on a front-end loader.
Two men working for a municipality subcontractor died of burns received while installing a valve in a concrete sewage channel.
When in doubt, improvise. That old advice might work well in certain circumstances, but it?s dangerous if it involves compromising safety.
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 journeyman electrician was found dead in an office building crawl space after he had changed a ballast. He was new to the job site but had been given a familiarization tour a few days
A worker cleaning the third floor of a warehouse received massive head and chest injuries after falling more than 22 feet (seven meters) to the concrete floor below. No one witnessed the accident so it
A ladder touching a high tension wire - this scenario has caused countless fatalities in all kinds of industries and workplaces and homes. An employee of an aluminum siding company was electrocuted when the ladder
A worker received massive head injuries when a crane lifting a 54,600-pound piece of steel tipped over. The crane was unstable because one outrigger device, which extends from the crane to balance it was inoperable.
Three employees were taking earth samples using a core sampling rig with a 22-foot high tower. As they removed the sampling rod, the rod struck a 4160 volt electrical power line directly above the work area.
A 23-year-old mill worker received a compound fracture to his foot when he tried to clear a conveyor jam.
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.
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.
The symptoms of heat-related illness would have been obvious to anyone trained to spot them.
A fall from 25 feet (7.5 meters) killed a construction worker.
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
A worker painting a fence along a railway was killed when he stepped in front of an express train. He was part of a crew painting the fence located at a rail crossing barrier. The
A storage tank with approximately 200 gallons of combustible ink was accidentally damaged while it was being moved, causing a leak. A considerable amount of liquid had spilled onto the floor before it was noticed.
A machine at a steel foundry was found to be jammed in the "up" position and could not be lowered. The plant maintenance mechanic, who was an experienced and careful worker, was called to repair
A property owner had contracted a backhoe operator and a helper to assist him in digging a well. The excavation was 14 feet by 10 feet. The sides were not sloped nor were they shored
Welding torch sparks and oil tanks don't mix. Actually that's not true. Under the right circumstances they can mix with tragic results.
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