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A surveyor's assistant on a summer job was part of a crew assigned to build a temporary access road. Before starting the job, the foreman, the bulldozer operator, the surveyor and the assistant had discussed
A carnival crew had just pulled into the grounds and everyone was taking a rest or a nap until the boss arrived. The victim of this incident fell asleep in the shade in front of
The following is a real-life example of what went wrong and what corrective measures resulted from incidents in the oil and gas industry.
A restaurant manager died after contacting a faulty refrigerator. The victim was cleaning the floor of the kitchen after hours. His wife and two-year-old daughter waited in the dining area. He was wearing tennis shoes,
A male laborer died after being crushed while cleaning the inside of a concrete mixer at a pipemanufacturing facility. The 25-year old Mexican immigrant was taking part in the daily routine cleaning procedure when a
Could This Have Been You? A delivery driver who was changing a flat tire on the side of the road died when he was struck by another vehicle.
A 22-year-old worker died after jumping 16 feet (five meters) from an elevated pallet on a forklift that was tipping over.
It was a good day for a swim; it was only 35 yards from the shore; the water was only 15 feet deep. Plus, there were plenty of people around. So what went wrong?
A 31-year-old spray painter walked off the edge of a roof. He and co-workers were painting a condominium which has multiple roof levels.
A repairman for a communications company was electrocuted recently while fixing a damaged telephone pole in a Massachusetts community.
What good is wearing a safety harness if you don't tie it off?
A lumberyard worker was fatally struck by a 1,200-pound (543.6 kilogram) metal commercial garage door.
A former fire crew boss has been charged with manslaughter and lying to investigators five years after four forestry firefighters perished in a wildfire in Washington State. Ellreese N. Daniels faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter and seven counts of making false statements to people who were investigating the fatal fire.
A service worker for a security alarm system company died after a 35 foot (10.6 meter) fall.
Operating a provincially-run cable ferry in Nova Scotia was only part of Donald LeBlanc's job.
Safety training is critical for any job and if you don't provide it and a worker becomes injured or dies as a result, you and your company could face a legal nightmare.
Ontario Ministry of Labour investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fatality at a metal products plant in Windsor, ON.
A 45-year-old farmer was working with two neighbors who had come to help him load corn into a wagon to feed cattle.
A crew was installing flagging material in the sand line with the rig engine running.
The victim, a 22-year-old male firefighter recruit collapsed while running at the end of a training day.
A worker needs to use a piece of machinery. He is unaware that the device is not operating properly and is being worked on at that moment by maintenance employees he cannot see.
The manager of a farm supply store suffocated in a bin full of corn while attempting to dislodge stuck kernels.
In the first fatality for his company, a North Carolina worker died after a fall from a truck bed.
Having a swing stage scaffold motor fail can be a pain, but if a worker is left stranded in a hazardous area, he or she can die.
Sixteen-year-old Shona* didn't even have time to react to the robber's demand for money before the bullet from his gun shattered her skull.
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