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Just about all of us have experienced an electrical shock at some time in our lives - and lived through it. Unfortunately, the fact that many shocks are mild and cause no permanent harm can mislead us into thinking electricity isn't all that dangerous.
An elevator operator died when the elevator's counterweights came crashing down on his head and chest.
Trevor was 24 years old when he died in an unguarded conveyor at an asphalt plant, where investigators concluded that several safety procedures could have prevented his death.
Hazardous energy conditions can appear during installation, maintenance and other types of work.
A machine operator died of crush injuries to his head when caught by an ingoing pinchpoint on a hot tin coating machine.
A forklift operator at a pallet-manufacturing company was fatally injured when he was crushed under a fallen forklift.
A 41-year-old worker was killed when a car struck him while he was flagging traffic. He was part of a road crew that was replacing a sign on the side of a road.
A 37-year-old residential roofer was fatally injured after falling from a roof.
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A worker fell through an insecure opening on a roof during a construction project. A fire-damaged warehouse was being re-insulated and rebuilt. A hole which had been cut in the roof by the fire department
A manager in a paper plant was draining a tank filled with wood pulp treated with chlorine dioxide, a corrosive material. During the process, some of the chlorine dioxide spilled. He tripped and fell into
A vehicle spotter who was controlling the movements of trucks in and out of the dumping bays at a landfill site was struck and killed by a runaway truck. He had directed a truck into
A worker knowingly walked into a dangerous area and was hit by a heavy object as it fell. He was working at a plant which dismantles large machinery. Metal was cut with torches and large
An employee of a natural gas well service company was knocked unconscious by hydrogen sulfide gas. He fell into a water tank and drowned. He had been trying to get a sample of the liquid
A night shift worker was working with his supervisor in an adhesive tape manufacturing plant. They had been monitoring a machine that applied a coat of adhesive to the tape, and were collecting samples, taking
Poor supervision and poor planning were to blame for a fatality that occurred when a trench caved in and crushed an electrician. He was part of a crew working on construction of a shopping center.
Painters were painting a new warehouse. To paint the roof supports, a scaffold was needed. The crew borrowed a scaffold located in the warehouse. They dismantled the borrowed scaffold, moved it to where they were
A broken crawling board sent two workers to the ground, where one died and the other received multiple injuries. The two workers were painting a barn roof. They were using a crawling board, also known
A young man was working on a building renovation project. He was inexperienced, and was working part-time for a sub-contractor. Despite repeated warnings not to do so, he had been in the habit of climbing
A truck-trailer unit pulling a second small tanker trailer rolled over and collided with a parked transit bus ? causing a fire and explosion. The truck driver was killed. The rig was carrying gasoline. The
A bulldozer operator was sprayed with hot oil when a hydraulic hose ruptured. He was wearing flammable polyester clothing that melted on his skin. He later died from burn injuries. Investigation showed the hose had
Carbon monoxide killed a supervisor and an engineering draftsman when they entered a lime kiln to check the thickness of the metal walls. The kiln was not blocked off from another nearby kiln which had
A machine at a steel foundry was found to be jammed in the "up" position and could not be lowered. The plant maintenance mechanic, who was an experienced and careful worker, was called to repair
Getting caught between two diesel-operated ditching machines caused fatal injuries at a construction equipment salvage business. The victim was working alone in the scrap yard he owned. He was using a mobile ditch-drilling machine to
A construction elevator at an office building under construction began speeding upwards uncontrollably. It struck the top of the hoistway at about 65 miles an hour. Two of the occupants were killed and three others
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