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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
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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
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,
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
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
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
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

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
A tow truck driver helping a stranded motorist on a busy freeway was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. The driver had stopped to help a woman whose car had a flat tire. He
Slips, trips and falls rank only behind motor vehicles as the leading cause of industrial deaths in North America. Many of these fatalities involve stairways. Here's an example from the oil and gas industry.
A helicopter pilot and passenger were killed in a crash attributed to horseplay. Witnesses reported seeing two helicopters engaged in what appeared to be games or stunts in the air, dodging and weaving within a
A migrant farm worker died after the tractor he was driving overturned on a country road. The victim, who had no experience driving on public roads, was pulling a load of tobacco when the wagon jack-knifed and broke loose from the tractor.
On average, 5,000 to 6,000 workers are killed each year. Learn from the following reports of real workplace fatalities to avoid a similar fate.
Jose Vega, a 36-year-old construction worker, had a dream of one day reuniting with his little girl, a year after escaping Cuba in a boat.
A shift supervisor died after both arms were caught and partially amputated between two paper machine rollers.
Two construction companies have been hit with big fines for the death of a laborer who fell through an inadequate guardrail in 2003.
A nightshift worker died because a giant mixer was not locked out. The needless fatality brought a $265,000 fine against the company.
It was late at night and traffic was light, but unfortunately not light enough. A car traveling through the Big Dig Tunnel in Boston was in the wrong place at the wrong time when four concrete slabs weighing several tons fell from the ceiling, killing a woman.
An Ontario mine is paying the price for failing to develop standard safe procedures for workers performing checks to determine the presence of gases following rock blasts.
A 44-year-old experienced tree trimmer died recently after apparently suffocating in the foliage of a palm tree in San Diego, CA.
A leaking methane seal and an open flame were key factors in a Kentucky mine explosion that claimed five lives in May 2006.
If only Tim had realized he was seconds away from death while watching his co-worker excavate a trench with a backhoe; he would have run away as far as possible.
A numbered company in Alberta has been issued a whopping $350,000 fine
It was like something out of a horror movie. But it really happened.
More than 2,000 Chinese miners have died in work-related incidents this year to date
A 39-year-old brake press operator was killed when an exceptionally large metal sheet (lug) was ejected from the machinery he was operating and hit him in the head and chest.