Drug and alcohol abuse is the cause of many injuries at work. These clues are about the hazards and solutions related to substance abuse.
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
Alcohol use may have been a major factor in the suffocation of a general maintenance worker repairing a water leak.
Could This Have Been You? An equipment operator for an engineering firm was operating a backhoe without wearing a hard hat or seat belt.
A ferry pilot convicted of manslaughter in connection with a fatal ferry crash in New York Harbor has been sentenced to 18 months' jail...
A 29-year-old man who made a terrible decision after drinking will have almost two years in jail to think about the consequences of his actions. Raymond Shaw of Kelowna, BC, was the driver of a vehicle that sped through a highway construction zone and struck a flag woman so violently that her body flew and snapped off the top of a tree. She had been holding a "slow" sign.
A narcotics officer who died of cancer believed that exposure to the toxic products, solvents, and volatiles of the meth labs and drug factories he busted contributed to his death.
A 33-year-old man, with eight years of experience, was crushed by his own bulldozer when he fell between the treads and the deck.
A journeyman ironworker fell through a roof and died of a brain injury. He and a co-worker were working on the roof of a building being dismantled. They were in the process of removing large
An experienced press operator was killed when he was struck by pieces of a die thrown from his press. It appeared that the overhead ram of the press was set an inch lower than it
An explosion which killed a plumber may have been the result of using drugs at work. He had arrived at work with an apparent hangover. Co-workers had not seen him very much that day because
An overhead crane operator died when a bale of steel slipped off the C-hook and hit him. He had positioned the bale incorrectly on the C-hook, so it was not balanced and centered. Ordinarily he
A superintendent on a high-rise construction complex fell to his death after sustaining multiple injuries. Earlier that day, this superintendent was discovered traveling without authorization in a newly installed elevator. As a result, the company
At approximately midnight, a worker was attempting to repair a leak in a hydraulic cylinder of a newly installed washer in a commercial laundry plant. Leaning under the machine, he attempted to unhook a hydraulic
A farmer was crushed by his own tractor when another person was attempting to operate it. The victim was adjusting the spreader which was being towed behind the tractor. Another person tried to put the
A load of wooden beams fell from a flatbed trailer and killed a person who was standing by to help hook the trailer to a transport tractor. The victim and another worker were hired to
A worker was instructed to mechanically trowel a concrete floor slab on the 30th floor of a building under construction. Instead, he went for a nap on the 29th floor. After his nap, he tried
This webinar will help you understand and manage the many workplace legal risks associated with marijuana and other substances, legal and otherwise.
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