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Safety Puzzle – Materials Handling
Materials handling is a type of work conducted in almost every workplace. These clues are about the safe moving, storage and handling of materials.
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Materials handling is a type of work conducted in almost every workplace. These clues are about the safe moving, storage and handling of materials.

This puzzle???s theme is materials handling. Complete this puzzle with words related to the safe moving, handling and storage of materials.

How would we get our jobs done without hand tools and power tools? Useful as they are, they are also involved in many injuries. Give some thought to how to use tools safely as you search for these words.
Playground Panic - You wouldn't put up with unsafe conditions at work, would you? Then why would you tolerate them in a public playground??? If you wouldn't then track down the hazards these kids are unsuspectingly exposed to.
Fall protection equipment is a lifesaver. Use your safety harness and lifeline correctly every time.
Infection is a constant hazard for workers in healthcare. Search here for words about the dangers and preventative measures.
Home of Horrors - Ah, home sweet home. A person's home is their castle, so the saying goes. So does it really matter that the battlements are crumbling a bit? What the worst that could happen?
Learn six facts about the dangers of the trucking industry.
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A journeyman ironworker fell through a roof and died of a brain injury. He and a co-worker were working on the roof of a building being dismantled. They were in the process of removing large
An industrial water meter reader was reported missing when he failed to return to headquarters at the end of his shift. Meanwhile, a passerby saw him lying face-down in a few inches of water at
A mill worker fell to his death when an unfinished overhead walkway fell apart. The catwalk was constructed at a sawmill so maintenance workers could reach machinery for oiling. The person building the catwalk was

A natural gas company service man was contacted early one winter morning to investigate a gas leak. A bridge crew had noticed a strong odor of gas and a hissing sound at a natural gas
Two workers died of oxygen deprivation as they were repairing the concrete wall at a garbage disposal site. One of them had been attaching anchor bolts to the wall of an intake pit and was
A young laborer was seated on a looped chain as he was being lowered into a 21-foot (6.4-meter) deep manhole to prepare for utility construction work.
A crew was building a chain-link fence in a residential area. One worker lifted a 21-foot (seven-meter) section of the metal top rail into the air and the rail contacted a 7,200-volt power line. He
Two drilling crew members were electrocuted when the boom of their drill rig contacted a high-voltage overhead power line. The victims were employed by a company hired to find and blast large rocks that lay
Just as construction can be dangerous work, so can taking structures down. This proved to be the case for a crew repairing a signboard located high up the side of a building. They had completed
A worker died of a broken neck and skull after he fell 23 feet from a scaffold. He was working part-time as a welder-fitter. He did not have experience in working from a scaffold.
A welder was standing on a ladder which ran between two walkways. He was welding on a large piece of equipment which was going to be used in a mining area. A five gallon "unapproved"
A bulldozer operator was preparing a roadbed by using the machine to lift trees out of the way. A hydraulic line to the right front hydraulic cylinder ruptured, spraying hydraulic fluid onto the engine manifold
A welder in a metalwork plant pushed a 250 amp welder on a dolly over to a wall outlet. He plugged it in with his right hand while his left hand was on the welder.
A worker was inside a cement truck mixing drum, cleaning out the residue which had built up and hardened inside. He had a portable light and a jackhammer. There was also a remote switch at
A large piece of equipment was being installed in a new paper mill. Two workers were making the final adjustments to a three-ton (2.72-tonne) machine suspended overhead by four threaded rods. They were supporting one
An employee at a mine was found strangled to death. The scarf he was wearing around his neck had become twisted around the rotating drill. To prevent such a tragedy from recurring, remember these safe