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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
Maintenance Person Dies After Getting Head Stuck GalleryMaintenance Person Dies After Getting Head Stuck
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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.
Bypassed Switch Cost Worker His Life, Employer $200,000
The owners of a bottle depot recycling business and the company supervisor said they had no knowledge that a safety switch on a cardboard baler had been bypassed.
Fall Down Stairs Kills Worker GalleryFall Down Stairs Kills Worker
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Fall Down Stairs Kills Worker
A 59-year-old worker at a plant that makes plastic bags was fatally injured after falling down industrial stairs.
Ex-Boyfriend Kills Woman at Work
She did everything she could to keep him from finding her, but in the end her best wasn't good enough.
Untrained Worker Killed By Spinning Wrench
Verbal instructions on how to perform a task aren't worth much if the worker isn't asked to demonstrate the task and then be supervised doing it until competency is assured.
Faulty Water Pipes Eyed in Two Firefighters’ Deaths
The deaths of two Manhattan firefighters are being blamed on malfunctioning water pipes at a high rise tower there in late August.
Farmer Dies in Corn Husker
A 27-year-old farmer was pulling a picking machine through a cornfield with a tractor.
Fiancandeacute;e Makes Horrible Discovery
The middle-aged farm worker was found by his fiancee in a large barn.
New Hire Dies Under Bulldozer
A dump truck spotter working for a North Carolina utility construction company was run over by a bulldozer.
Butcher Dies Unloading Truck
A butcher was killed by a blow to the head from a truck's tailgate.
Know the Dangers of Confined Spaces
You need to know about the dangers of confined spaces - even if you don't work in them.
Don’t slip up on fall prevention GalleryDon’t slip up on fall prevention
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Don’t slip up on fall prevention
Falls are the second leading cause of accidental deaths in North America - second only to motor vehicle accidents.
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