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Children Die In Farm Silo
Two boys were visiting a farm. One was a relative of the farmer and the other was a friend. For some reason, they climbed to the top of a silo which was used for storage
Buried in Sawdust
A worker died from suffocation after he was buried in a sawdust bin at a wood processing plant. He had backed a truck under the bin and was attempting to load sawdust. The auger was
Recycling Worker Electrocuted
A man working in the recycling business was electrocuted when he was helping move some scrap metal stored beneath a power line.
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Apprentice Fatally Burned In Flash Fire
A flash fire killed an electrician's apprentice when he touched a switch he thought was de-energized. The mishap occurred at a transformer station. The apprentice was part of a team doing modifications on equipment at
Construction Worker Lands On Stored Beams
A construction worker died when he fell from the exposed second story of a building. He struck his head when he landed on metal I-beams stored on the ground. The fatality occurred during construction of
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.
Bad Tire Causes Crash
A work crew was on its way to a remote jobsite in the early morning hours. The crew cab pickup was traveling downhill when it suddenly left the road. It rolled over several times before
Tractor Loader Crashes Into Canyon
A tractor loader was traveling over a log bridge across a canyon when the bridge collapsed under its weight. When the loader fell part way down into the rocky canyon, the operator was thrown off
Core Sampler Electrocuted
Three employees were taking earth samples using a core sampling rig with a 22-foot high tower. As they removed the sampling rod, the rod struck a 4160 volt electrical power line directly above the work area.
California Laborer Dies After Inhaling Vapors
A 20-year-old laborer drowned in a bin filled with water after inhaling toxic fumes. The worker was standing on a 23-inch ladder using a high-pressure steam hose to clean glue from the bottom of a
Remember 9/11?
A total of 2,886 work-related fatalities resulted from the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
No Ground Fault Interrupter, no Pulse
Failure to have a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) in place was a key element in the death of a Minnesota turkey farmer.
Worker’s Head Crushed By Forklift
A worker was hired to clean up and crush cars in an automobile junkyard.
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