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Operator Crushed inside Knitting Machine
A machine operator at a textile plant died of asphyxia when his torso was compressed in an automated circular knitting machine.
Steel Pile Falls On Worker
A construction worker died when a 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) steel pile (column) struck him.
Brake Failure Kills Driver
A 28-year-old father of three was killed while driving a concrete pumper truck.
Roofer Falls to His Death
A 22-year-old roofer fell approximately 22 feet (6.7 meters) off the edge of a roof onto concrete and died.
Safety Signs Checklist GallerySafety Signs Checklist
Accident Prevention, Agriculture, Checklist, Construction, Education, English, Forestry, General Industry, General Safety, Healthcare, Hospitality, Hospitality, Housekeeping, Industry, Language, Manufacturing, Maritime, Mining, Oil and Gas, Retail, Topic, Transportation, Type, Utilities
Safety Signs Checklist
The following checklist on the uses of color coding and [...]
Unsecured Plywood Results in Death
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
Washer Emits Lethal CO Gas GalleryWasher Emits Lethal CO Gas
Agriculture, Chemical Safety, Construction, English, Fatality Reports, Forestry, General Industry, General Safety, Industry, Language, Machinery/Equipment, Manufacturing, Maritime, Mining, Oil and Gas, Topic, Transportation, Type, Utilities
Washer Emits Lethal CO Gas
A 35-year-old man was found several hours after he died inside a barn he had been cleaning. He had been using a pressure washer with an 11-horsepower gasoline engine.
Rock Hits Miner Working Alone
A professional miner, working alone, was struck and pinned down by falling rock. The miner was scaling - knocking down loose overhead rock. He was working under an unsafe, unbolted rock ceiling, contrary to safe
Falling Tree Sends Worker To His Death
A crew was logging a right-of-way prior to road construction. A faller was preparing to cut down a tree. He signaled to another worker, waving with his yellow hardhat to indicate the direction in which
Coal Collapse Kills Worker
A worker was feeding coal from a bunker into a rail car at a steam plant. The coal jammed in the bottom of the bunker. The worker then entered the rail car and used a
No Escape From Cave-In
One pipelayer was crushed to death and another injured when a trench collapsed. They were laying sewer pipe in a trench four feet (1.22 meters) wide at the bottom and 15 feet (4.57 meters) wide
Window Worker Fatally Shocked
Two workers were installing shutters on the windows of a building. One was about six feet (two meters) above the ground on a scaffold.
Suspended Ceiling Didn’t Support Weight
A worker stepped onto a suspended ceiling. It broke under his weight and he fell through. He landed on a concrete floor 42 feet below and died of blood loss and multiple injuries. A more
Welder Falls 19 Storeys
A welder with 20 years’ experience as an iron worker died after he and his metal cage fell from a high-rise building where he and a co-worker were welding tube girts. Each welder was supported
Laborer Falls Onto Conveyor
A laborer working as a helper on a bark boiler in a paper mill was trying to unjam a blockage on a conveyor. The jam was preventing bark from moving into the boiler to be used as fuel.
Fire Kills Worker Assigned As Lookout
At a sawmill, a fire broke out. It had originated in the vacuum system which picks up sawdust from the various woodworking machines and carries it to a large silo outside the building.
Wrong Kind of Light Sets Off Explosion
A painter died of burns suffered in an explosion which occurred when he was working inside a newly-constructed large steel tank. A co-worker outside the tank survived with burns and a broken arm. The first
Roller Rolls Over Lookout
A spotter was crushed to death by a road roller during paving work. He had been guiding construction vehicles and general traffic on the road as asphalt pavement was being applied and finished. The roller
Fitter Gets Sucked Into Sand Hopper
A fitter went into a concrete batching plant to do some repairs while the plant was still in use. As the sand he was standing on was discharged from the hopper into a mixing vehicle
Dump Box Crushes Worker
A truck driver was crushed to death between the frame and dump box of a dump truck. He had been raising the dump box when the safety over-travel cable joining the truck frame and box
Experienced Worker Becomes Entangled in Unguarded Drum GalleryExperienced Worker Becomes Entangled in Unguarded Drum
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Experienced Worker Becomes Entangled in Unguarded Drum
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,
Worker Dragged Into Mixer
A worker was killed when he was dragged into a rotating concrete mixer while he was cleaning it. He had completed a pressurized concrete pour at a construction site. He then returned to the company
Big Bundle of Pipe Falls on Truck Driver
A truck driver was killed when a bundle of plastic irrigation pipe he was securing slipped, striking him in the head. A forklift operator placed four bundles of pipe onto the victim's semi-trailer bed. The
Forklift Flips, Kills Operator
A forklift overturned at a salvage lumber operation, fatally injuring the operator. The young worker had been asked to move the forklift from the lumber storage area to the resaw area when he returned to
Open Van Door Crushes Shipper
A shipper-receiver at a warehouse was crushed to death when he was pinned by the open back door of a van which was backing up. He had been loading material into the van with a
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