Painters Take Fatal Fall From Radio Tower
Three painters plunged 1,200 feet (365 meters) to their death when the hoist used to hold them slipped. The company owner, his 16-year-old stepson and another young worker died when the owner’s wife lost her
Accumulated Oxygen Sets Off Explosion in Steel Ladle
A man working in a steel plant was removing steel slag from the bottom of an upright ladle. He was using a jack hammer, a pry bar and a cutting torch fueled by acetylene and oxygen.
Driver Drowns As Machine Burns
A heavy equipment operator drowned when his machine crashed and caught fire in a pit which had a small amount of water in the bottom. He was operating a front end loader near the edge
On-The-Job Sun Exposure Causes Skin Cancer
A former carpenter died of cancer at age 54. The disease began as skin cancer, caused by excessive exposure to the sun. During his career he was a framer, working on residential buildings. Traumatic injury
Welder Struck by Forklift
A worker driving an electric cart was run over and crushed by a forklift driver who could not see past his tall load. The incident occurred at a concrete pipe manufacturing plant where the man
Loose Clothing Pulls Supervisor Into Machine
A mechanical supervisor in a paper mill - with 23 years of experience in the industry - was inspecting a machine with two other supervisors. While repairs were being contemplated, the machine was left running
Punch Stabs Press Operator
A punch press operator was killed when a punch struck him in the chest, puncturing his heart. He had been working in a plant where construction machinery was manufactured and repaired. He had been operating
Scraper Apron Falls on Laborer
A laborer was steam cleaning a scraper used in a street paving project. The hydraulically-controlled bowl apron of the scraper weighing approximately 2,500 pounds had been left in the raised position. It had not been
Driver Pulled Into Hopper
A farm employee was trapped and crushed in a hopper while he was unloading alfalfa cubes from a truck. He had parked the truck close to the powered hopper. A conveyor from the truck to
Steel Panel Crushes Bank Vault Installer
A bank vault installer was crushed to death between a forklift and a steel panel. Ordinarily the panels are moved by a lifting device which is part of the vault panel. However, on this vault
Window Cleaner Falls From Seventh Floor
A window cleaner was working from a boatswain's chair, a device used for working at heights. He apparently got off the chair to clean the entire seventh floor windows along a catwalk. Because he did
Grinding Disk Strikes Face
A chunk of broken grinder disk smashed a worker's faceshield and hit him in the forehead, causing a fatal head injury. The employee at a metal castings plant had been using an angle grinder to
Untrained Worker Dies of Head Injury
A new untrained worker died of a head injury after he was hit by a falling tree. He was standing at the rear of a skidder being used in a logging operation at the time of the incident.
Inexperienced Truck Driver Crushed By Vehicle
A relatively new truck driver was engaged in transporting rock from the underground blasting area in a mine to the surface. He was still in what has been referred to as a "training position." He
Tanker Driver Crushed in Rollover
A volunteer firefighter was fatally injured after being thrown from a water tanker during a rollover. The victim was traveling to a wildland fire on an unpaved road within a national forest. The tanker went
Floorhand Falls to His Death
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.
Poor fitting safety line fails to save man
Five feet of slack meant the difference between life and death for a California warehouse worker. The man was working at a salt processing plant, cleaning the inside of a salt storage bin, when the
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Maintenance Person Dies After Getting Head Stuck
Alcohol use may have been a major factor in the suffocation of a general maintenance worker repairing a water leak.
Runaway Dump Truck Kills Spare Driver
Could This Have Been You? The young driver desperately radioed for help on how to stop the runaway dump truck he was in, but it was too late.
Carpenter Electrocuted By Power Saw
A 22-year-old carpenter was working at a construction site where a multi-unit apartment complex was being built.
Speeding Vehicle Kills Flagger
A Chevrolet Camaro suddenly screeched into the work zone. It slammed into a parked vehicle, hit Theresa, then crashed into a dump truck and backhoe. Theresa was pronounced dead at the scene.
Eye Injuries Hurt
Every single day about 1,000 people injure an eye on the job. Some of these injuries are called "minor", but even a minor eye injury results in lost work time, pain, and sometimes lasting damage.
One Dies, Three Rescued as Smokestack Burns
A construction worker died in a smokestack fire at a West Virginia power plant and three others were plucked by helicopter from the 900-foot structure while it burned.
Argon Gas Kills Three at Cosmetics Factory
Argon gas, used in welding, is not toxic but that doesn't mean it can't kill. Why? Argon gas can displace oxygen, potentially asphyxiating workers when used in confined spaces.
Ski Resort Cited For Ski Patroller Deaths
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) has cited Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in connection with the deaths of three ski patrol members in April 2006.
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