We're taught to make eye contact to signify our intentions - such as when crossing the road on a crosswalk.
The dangers of trying to rescue others from a deadly atmosphere can't be emphasized enough.
Editor's note: Toiling outdoors under a sizzling sun isn't an issue in much of North America at this time of year
A 67-year-old farmer was killed while trying to bypass start his tractor.
A maintenance mechanic died when he was crushed between an overhead bridge - crane and a light fixture.
A recycling collector on the job for just six months was run over and killed by the new recycling truck his fellow worker was driving.
In what police called a "heroic" effort to save his co-worker, 35-year-old Ambioris Pena-Duran of Camden, NJ, died after being shot in Cesar's Grocery Store.
A 56-year-old construction worker died after he was run over by a bulldozer. He was acting as a spotter to help a truck driver move his vehicle.
Fire safety is an extremely important part of any workplace safety program. It's everyone's responsibility to help prevent fires.
Lester L. Woda, an orchard manager, drowned in Okanogan, WA, after becoming trapped in a reservoir pipe.
Running a gasoline-powered engine in a confined space can have fatal consequences, as an incident at a home construction site clearly shows.
A tree faller was killed when struck by a decayed slab jarred loose by a fallen tree.
A city maintenance worker who was trying to dislodge material from a street sweeper's suction hose was killed after accidentally placing his foot on a lever that raises and lowers the machine's hopper.
A field engineer was killed when struck by a truck while he painted markings on the shoulder of a highway.
A fall from 25 feet (7.5 meters) killed a construction worker.
The former manager of Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. [...]
A hospital maintenance worker was repairing a broken hand held hair dryer. He asked a co-worker to assist in locating some acetone to remove epoxy from his hands.
An employee in a manufacturing plant was found dead of a heart attack believed to have been caused by electric shock. This is the chain of events leading up to his death: About two weeks
A carpenter building a wall form for concrete died when he fell onto a steel reinforcing dowel that was sticking straight up out of a concrete footing. He and a fellow worker were standing on
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 sewer worker was killed by poisonous gas 45 minutes after explosives were set off underground 50 feet (15.24 meters) away. The fatality occurred on a city utility construction site. A crew working for one
A long metal rod being handled by three workers touched an overhead power line. Two of the workers died of electrocution and the third was severely injured. The fatality occurred when they were using a
Two workers trying to repair a pump in a water well were electrocuted when the equipment they were using touched a 12,000-volt overhead power line. They were setting up a derrick to pull the pump
Employees working for a plumbing contractor were hoisting pipes up from ground level to higher levels for storage. They were standing on structural steel while they transferred the pipes to the floor above. One employee
A job of repainting an outdoor stairway at a commuter train station was the end of the line for a 45-year old man. He fell from a stepladder while painting the concrete and metal stairway
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