Laborer Drowns in Flooded Pipeline
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.
Hazardous Energy Kills
Hazardous energy conditions can appear during installation, maintenance and other types of work.
Worker Dies While Cleaning a Vat
Late in the afternoon, a worker at a manufacturing company was requested to clean out a vat. It was approximately 5 feet deep and 5 feet in diameter. He was instructed to use
Paramedics Among Dead at Mine
Two paramedics responding to an emergency call at a decommissioned mine in British Columbia were among four people who died there.
Sanitation Plant Fire Kills Two Workers GallerySanitation Plant Fire Kills Two Workers
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Sanitation Plant Fire Kills Two Workers
A crew leadman and a foreman were fatally burned when their oxygen-saturated clothing caught fire.
Divers Die When Trapped By Water Pressure
Two commercial divers drowned when they became trapped by a water leak on a seaway lock. The first diver went down to inspect a malfunctioning underwater valve. He became trapped because water leaking to the
Welder Dies in Tanker Trailer GalleryWelder Dies in Tanker Trailer
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Welder Dies in Tanker Trailer
A 37-year-old welder died when an explosion occurred in the tanker trailer where he was working.
Young Worker Dies in Concrete Mixer Incident
A 23-year-old worker at a company that produces concrete and brick pavers, masonry and retaining walls, died after becoming caught in a concrete mixer.
Chips Bury Lone Laborer
A laborer was pushing hardwood chips along on a conveyor toward the digester in a paper mill. Working alone within the chip bin, he was using a pole 12 feet (3.7 meters) in length to
Crushed In Compactor
A computer support technician at a communications company went to the loading dock to retrieve a shipping box, mistakenly thrown into the stationary trash compactor.
Workers in Pit Could not Breathe
Two workers died of oxygen deprivation as they were repairing the concrete wall at a garbage disposal site. One of them had been attaching anchor bolts to the wall of an intake pit and was
Worker Killed in Prime of Life
Little is known about Antonio Tapia, 27, except that he was a Mexican immigrant and was living with a relative, Ricardo Vega Sanchez, and Sanchez’s wife and daughter, in Burlington, NJ.
New Worker Checklist GalleryNew Worker Checklist
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New Worker Checklist
Are you new here? Use this checklist to make sure [...]
Seven Statistics on Confined Spaces
Confined spaces, found in a wide variety of work settings, [...]
Confined Space Management in Industrial Settings: An Engineer’s Perspective GalleryConfined Space Management in Industrial Settings: An Engineer’s Perspective
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Confined Space Management in Industrial Settings: An Engineer’s Perspective
Date: July 19, 2017 Slides Click here Speaker: Matthew Allen, [...]
Is This the Kind of Confined Space Entry You Want for Your Workplace?
A sobering reminder of confined space dangers that you can use to protect your own workers.
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