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Brick wall falls into trench
A brick wall collapsed and killed a worker digging in a trench beside it. He had been looking for a water line and had dug down about four feet (1.22 meters). The wall, seven feet
Nitrogen Hook-Up Kills Three Workers
Three employees equipped with respirators were preparing to paint a heat exchanger in a manufacturing plant. Their sandblasting work was almost finished. The portable air compressor used to supply breathing air to the sandblasters' hoods
Remote-Controlled Boom Hits High Voltage Line
A concrete worker was electrocuted when a pumping truck boom touched a 34,000-volt power line. He had been manipulating the boom with a hard-wired remote control, preparing to pour concrete into a wooden form. When
Painter Electrocuted and Partner Falls
A painter was electrocuted and a co-worker survived a fall after they connected with a high voltage overhead power line. The two were using an aluminum extension ladder as they cleaned the brick wall of
Excavator Bucket Throws Passenger
Two plumbers had been working in a construction trench. When it was time to come back up to the street level, they rode in the bucket of an excavator. As the excavator operator started to
Migrant Worker Falls From Unprotected Stairway GalleryMigrant Worker Falls From Unprotected Stairway
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Migrant Worker Falls From Unprotected Stairway
A worker cleaning the third floor of a warehouse received massive head and chest injuries after falling more than 22 feet (seven meters) to the concrete floor below. No one witnessed the accident so it
Oil Drum Blows Up
A steel drum containing lubricating oil exploded while a worker was heating it with a propane torch. The explosion occurred in cold winter weather in a temporary logging camp. The victim was preparing to replace
Makeshift Switch Sets Off Fuel Explosion GalleryMakeshift Switch Sets Off Fuel Explosion
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Makeshift Switch Sets Off Fuel Explosion
A makeshift switch on a sandblasting unit apparently set off an explosion of gasoline vapors killing a worker who was cleaning a petroleum storage tank. The victim had recently been promoted to foreman. His first
Worker Pulled From Catwalk Into Conveyor
A worker was standing on a catwalk, using a vacuum with a long nozzle to clean a fast-moving conveyor belt. It appears the nozzle became caught between two large rollers and pulled the worker into
Electrician Falls From Aluminum Ladder After Shock GalleryElectrician Falls From Aluminum Ladder After Shock
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Electrician Falls From Aluminum Ladder After Shock
Three workers, one licensed electrician and two apprentices, were rewiring a residential basement. They were using a 300 watt lightbulb, drawing power from a temporary connection to power wires on an outside pole. The electrician
Hammering Pin Dislodges Boom
A laborer at a surface quarry mine was trying to take apart a crane boom to install additional sections. He had trouble removing one of the pins holding two sections together. While underneath an unsupported
Worker Killed Cleaning Dough Machine
A food production worker employed at a pizza dough manufacturing plant was killed when he was struck in the neck by the steel blade on a dough machine. The victim and a co-worker were assigned
Backhoe Jumps Forward And Crushes Laborer
A backhoe in poor repair could only be started by using a screwdriver to engage the starter. Besides its inoperable starter button, the backhoe had a broken safety catch on the gear shift. In addition,
Cold Storage Chain Catches Forklift Driver
The cold storage area of a food warehouse was the scene of a forklift fatality. The victim was working from a standup forklift when he backed into a chain. His neck was pinned between the
Stacked Countertops Topple Onto Worker
A driver working for a shiploader was killed when he backed a forklift off the edge of a pier. There was no barrier or bull rail in place to prevent such a tragedy, but a
Snowmobile Mechanic Thrown Against Tree
A mechanic working for a snowmobile dealer was killed on a test drive. He had worked on the machine, and was trying it out on a public snowmobile trail near his workplace. He was traveling
Inadequate Respirator No Protection
A worker cleaning metal pieces prior to repainting was found unconscious at his workstation. Resuscitation by co-workers, firefighters and ambulance attendants failed to revive him. Methylene chloride formic acid was suspected as a cause of
Summer Job Takes Life Of Student GallerySummer Job Takes Life Of Student
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Summer Job Takes Life Of Student
A student working on a summer job was electrocuted when a truck-mounted crane he was operating struck a power line. The driver of the truck instructed the student to move the crane, then backed the
Driver Trapped in Crushed Cab
A hydraulic cylinder crushed the cab of a dump truck, fatally injuring the driver. The incident occurred when the driver was dumping a load of waste from the truck. When the dump box was raised
Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drum
Hospital workers are certainly not unaccustomed to death, but when a fellow worker dies in an incident there, shock waves reverberate throughout the facility.
Killer gave warning
"That's what you get for firing me," said the man shooting rounds from a semi-automatic handgun at a group of managers. Three were killed and two were injured when the ex-employee found the group in
Lone worker takes fatal fall
A mine worker fell 500 feet (152 meters) to his death down a vertical passageway used to transport ore. His job was ore pass operator. He monitored the flow of ore down the pass and
Steel Dock Plate Falls and Kills Two
Could This Have Been You?
Two 53-year-old male maintenance mechanics died when a suspended steel dock plate fell on them.
Accumulator Bottle Explosion Kills Rig Manager
Could This Have Been You? A rig manager was picking up two nitrogen bottles and two 10 gallon accumulator bottles from a third party distributor.
Clean-up Person Killed by Saw
A clean-up person at a veneer manufacturing plant died as a result of wounds received after being struck by a rotating cut-off saw.
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