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Driver Trapped in Crushed Cab
A hydraulic cylinder crushed the cab of a dump truck, fatally injuring the driver. The incident occurred when the driver was dumping a load of waste from the truck. When the dump box was raised
Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drum
Hospital workers are certainly not unaccustomed to death, but when a fellow worker dies in an incident there, shock waves reverberate throughout the facility.
Killer gave warning
"That's what you get for firing me," said the man shooting rounds from a semi-automatic handgun at a group of managers. Three were killed and two were injured when the ex-employee found the group in
Lone worker takes fatal fall
A mine worker fell 500 feet (152 meters) to his death down a vertical passageway used to transport ore. His job was ore pass operator. He monitored the flow of ore down the pass and
Steel Dock Plate Falls and Kills Two
Could This Have Been You?
Two 53-year-old male maintenance mechanics died when a suspended steel dock plate fell on them.
Accumulator Bottle Explosion Kills Rig Manager
Could This Have Been You? A rig manager was picking up two nitrogen bottles and two 10 gallon accumulator bottles from a third party distributor.
Clean-up Person Killed by Saw
A clean-up person at a veneer manufacturing plant died as a result of wounds received after being struck by a rotating cut-off saw.
Child Orphaned at 4
Four-year-old Tylerann Zadroga lost her mother in 2004 and now her father is dead at age 34.
Injured Carpenter Dies Driving To Hospital
The recent death of 27-year-old Octavio Godinez is a lesson to everyone on the job - don't drive while impaired by injury.
Not Wearing Seatbelts Results In Death
Two truck drivers were killed in two separate incidents in the mining industry. These fatalities had something in common - neither driver was wearing a seat belt.
Worker Drinks Acid By Mistake – And Dies
A Gatorade bottle on the worksite should have nothing else in it but Gatorade or water.
Scaffold Death Costs Company Almost $46,000
An Alberta painting contractor is paying the price after a worker fell from a scaffold that rolled from under him while he was trying to staple a tarp onto a wall.
Newlyweds’ Happiness Shattered in a Second
It's a story that first warms the heart and then freeze-dries it. Betty Jean Deyo and Joel Ridley were childhood friends, but they lost touch for decades.
Worker Dies Under Front-End Loader
Tom probably never knew what hit him, and Dean, driving the front-end loader, did not know he just ran over and killed a co-worker.
Mattress Spring Company Fined for Fatality
A Toronto-based company that manufactures inner spring units for mattresses has been fined $100,000
Aerial Lift Fatality Carries Important Lessons
Workers operating aerial lift trucks need to pay attention to unusual noises, uncharacteristic vibrations, or abnormal operation when controls are activated.
Fatality Highlights Dangerous Practice
There's no doubt it's easier to collect traffic cones from the back of a truck than to get in and out of a truck cab
Temporary Worker Caught in Tread Scrap Machine Dies
A 49-year-old man, employed by a temp agency to work in a tire manufacturing plant, was pulled into a tread scrap machine and killed.
Worker Backs Over Co-Worker
One worker backed over another while they were working as part of a crew securing concrete barriers at a roadway jobsite.
Laborer Pinned Against Dump Truck
Sean Merriman, 32, had been working for Caltrans for only a few months when he was killed at a road construction site in San Jose, CA.
School Maintenance Supervisor Murdered GallerySchool Maintenance Supervisor Murdered
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School Maintenance Supervisor Murdered
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.
Excavator Operator Sinks In Mud
A shortcut along the edge of a gravel-pit pond proved deadly for the owner of an excavating company hired to dig test holes for a client who was evaluating the site for potential construction.
Heat Illness Not Handled GalleryHeat Illness Not Handled
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Heat Illness Not Handled
The symptoms of heat-related illness would have been obvious to anyone trained to spot them.
Fourteen-Year-Old Laborer Crushed by Five-Ton Beam
A 14-year-old boy, employed as a laborer, was crushed by a five-ton beam that fell on him while he was working beneath a house that had been moved onto a vacant lot several months earlier.
Boat Operator Dies in Compartment
An ice-making barge operator died of asphyxiation after going into a confined space to look for leaks.
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