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Alleged Repeat and Serious Violations Bring Citations Carrying Proposed Penalties of $120,000 for a Milwaukee Manufacturer
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Alleged Repeat and Serious Violations Bring Citations Carrying Proposed Penalties of $120,000 for a Milwaukee Manufacturer

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Alleged Repeat and Serious Violations Bring Citations Carrying Proposed Penalties of $120,000 for a Milwaukee Manufacturer

OSHA conducted an inspection at a west Milwaukee plant in [...]

Alleged Repeat and Serious Violations Bring Citations Carrying Proposed Penalties of $120,000 for a Milwaukee ManufacturerVicky Pickford2018-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

Asbestos: Pick Six
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Asbestos: Pick Six

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Asbestos: Pick Six

Six important statistics regarding asbestos-related diseases.

Asbestos: Pick SixVicky Pickford2018-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Allegations of One Willful, 31 Serious Violations Bring $192,350 in Proposed Fines

The willful violation alleges failure to enforce lockout/tagout procedures to [...]

Allegations of One Willful, 31 Serious Violations Bring $192,350 in Proposed FinesVicky Pickford2018-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Safety Puzzle – Chemical Safety 1

If you are familiar with a material safety data sheet, you???ll be familiar with the words in this puzzle.

Safety Puzzle – Chemical Safety 1Vicky Pickford2018-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Safety Puzzle – Chemical Safety 2

Chemical hazards are complicated, but with training you can figure them out. Now if you can just figure out this crossword puzzle???.

Safety Puzzle – Chemical Safety 2Vicky Pickford2018-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Worker Burned With 2,4-D Solution
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Worker Burned With 2,4-D Solution

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Worker Burned With 2,4-D Solution

A chemical manufacturing worker was splashed with a solution containing 51 percent 2,4-DCP. while moving a hose used to transfer the material. The solution covered 60 to 65 percent of his body surface area including

Worker Burned With 2,4-D SolutionVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Fire Kills Worker Assigned As Lookout
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Fire Kills Worker Assigned As Lookout

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Fire Kills Worker Assigned As Lookout

At a sawmill, a fire broke out. It had originated in the vacuum system which picks up sawdust from the various woodworking machines and carries it to a large silo outside the building.

Fire Kills Worker Assigned As LookoutVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Spark Sets Off Tank Explosion
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Spark Sets Off Tank Explosion

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Spark Sets Off Tank Explosion

Two workers died after a welding spark set off an explosion in a tanker truck. They were starting to replace an overflow pipe on the truck when the spark ignited flammable gas in the tank.

Spark Sets Off Tank ExplosionVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Abandoned Pump Cable Was Blast Conduit
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Abandoned Pump Cable Was Blast Conduit

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Abandoned Pump Cable Was Blast Conduit

Lightning that traveled down an abandoned pump cable triggered a methane blast that killed 12 West Virginia miners in January 2006

Abandoned Pump Cable Was Blast ConduitVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Argon Builds Up in Large Tank

Argon gas accumulated in the bottom of a large tank killed two workers assigned to clean the tank. The atmosphere in the tank had been tested before they entered it, but the testing was done

Argon Builds Up in Large TankVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Propane Blows Up After Truck Hits Tank
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Propane Blows Up After Truck Hits Tank

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Propane Blows Up After Truck Hits Tank

A customer at a hardware store was trying to back his pick-up truck to a stairway that led to an oxy-acetylene cylinder storage shed. He was maneuvering past a parked transport van when his pick-up

Propane Blows Up After Truck Hits TankVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

California Laborer Dies After Inhaling Vapors
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California Laborer Dies After Inhaling Vapors

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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

California Laborer Dies After Inhaling VaporsVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Methane Kills Four Family Members
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Methane Kills Four Family Members

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Methane Kills Four Family Members

The dangers of trying to rescue others from a deadly atmosphere can't be emphasized enough.

Methane Kills Four Family MembersVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Explosion Tosses Worker 130 Feet into the Air
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Explosion Tosses Worker 130 Feet into the Air

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Explosion Tosses Worker 130 Feet into the Air

A worker was thrown 130 feet into the air and fell through the roof of another building when a cutting torch ignited gasoline vapors. The worker had been dismantling a 5000-gallon gasoline tank. He had

Explosion Tosses Worker 130 Feet into the AirVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Gas Explodes After Torch Flames Out
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Gas Explodes After Torch Flames Out

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Gas Explodes After Torch Flames Out

An ironworker was using a blow torch for work inside the bilge area of a construction barge. The flame on the torch failed, but propane continued to leak out of the torch, gathering inside the

Gas Explodes After Torch Flames OutVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Contractor Dies in Tank
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Contractor Dies in Tank

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Contractor Dies in Tank

A contractor inspecting the seals inside a large gasoline storage tank did not make it out alive. He was overcome by the toxic vapors in the tank and unable to escape or call for help.

Contractor Dies in TankVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chemical Overexposure Takes Life of 17-year-old
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Chemical Overexposure Takes Life of 17-year-old

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Chemical Overexposure Takes Life of 17-year-old

At age 17, Timothy had no plans of dying. But fate forced a change in those plans one day.

Chemical Overexposure Takes Life of 17-year-oldVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Explosion Fatal for Plant Worker
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Explosion Fatal for Plant Worker

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Explosion Fatal for Plant Worker

An explosion at a metal recovery plant killed one worker and endangered the lives of other plant employees as well as those working in the surrounding area. The victim, a 20-year-old who had worked in

Explosion Fatal for Plant WorkerVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Pumping Sets Off Fuel Tanker Blast
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Pumping Sets Off Fuel Tanker Blast

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Pumping Sets Off Fuel Tanker Blast

An explosion in a fuel tanker killed a worker loading the truck. The cause of the explosion was a static spark generated by the pumping of a thick oil product into the tanker. The spark

Pumping Sets Off Fuel Tanker BlastVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Gas Engine Kills Two
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Gas Engine Kills Two

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Gas Engine Kills Two

Running a gasoline-powered engine in a confined space can have fatal consequences, as an incident at a home construction site clearly shows. Two carpenters entered a basement where a gasoline-powered generator was operating and both

Gas Engine Kills TwoVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Fiancandeacute;e Makes Horrible Discovery
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Fiancandeacute;e Makes Horrible Discovery

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Fiancandeacute;e Makes Horrible Discovery

The middle-aged farm worker was found by his fiancee in a large barn.

Fiancandeacute;e Makes Horrible DiscoveryVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Toluene Vapors Kill Lab Employee

A laboratory used for analyzing rock samples in the oil and gas industry was the scene of a fatal chemical exposure.

Toluene Vapors Kill Lab EmployeeVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Driver Drowns As Machine Burns
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Driver Drowns As Machine Burns

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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

Driver Drowns As Machine BurnsVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Training Wasn’t Passed On

A construction foreman died and a laborer was critically injured after they were exposed to toxic gases while working in a sewage pumping station dry well.

Training Wasn’t Passed OnVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Carbon Monoxide Kills Carpet Layer
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Carbon Monoxide Kills Carpet Layer

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Carbon Monoxide Kills Carpet Layer

A 25-year-old man got a job as a laborer, installing carpets in newly-built homes for a small company after a tornado had devastated a small farming community.

Carbon Monoxide Kills Carpet LayerVicky Pickford2018-01-17T00:00:00+00:00