Painter Falls From Stepladder
A job of repainting an outdoor stairway at a commuter train station was the end of the line for a 45-year old man. He fell from a stepladder while painting the concrete and metal stairway

A job of repainting an outdoor stairway at a commuter train station was the end of the line for a 45-year old man. He fell from a stepladder while painting the concrete and metal stairway
A shortcut across a moving conveyor belt was a fatal decision for a worker. He was watching the conveyor when he noticed a piece of timber fall to the floor instead of into the waste

Three workers, one licensed electrician and two apprentices, were rewiring a residential basement. They were using a 300 watt lightbulb, drawing power from a temporary connection to power wires on an outside pole. The electrician
A fisherman was working alone on his boat when he became entangled in a net which was being wrapped around a revolving drum. A hydraulic pump used to turn the drum was designed to be
A rancher died from suffocation and internal injuries received when he was crushed by a round hay bale.
A worker was using a chainsaw to trim the ends off spacers used to separate layers of lumber in preparation for drying in a kiln. He was working alone although other workers were close by.
A mine crew was returning to work after a lunch break, walking on a walkway beside a mine train. The train was traveling on the tracks, propelled by a locomotive at the rear of the
The following is a real-life example of what went wrong and what corrective measures resulted from incidents in the oil and gas industry.
Five feet of slack meant the difference between life and death for a California warehouse worker. The man was working at a salt processing plant, cleaning the inside of a salt storage bin, when the

Alcohol use may have been a major factor in the suffocation of a general maintenance worker repairing a water leak.
Failure to have a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) in place was a key element in the death of a Minnesota turkey farmer.
A worker was hired to clean up and crush cars in an automobile junkyard.
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 nightshift worker died because a giant mixer was not locked out. The needless fatality brought a $265,000 fine against the company.
Two British Columbia workers and two paramedics who tried to help them all died very quickly from a lack of oxygen, according to coroner Bruce Chamberlayne. But the reason why a formerly safe area would turn deadly hasn't been stated.
A former company president convicted in connection with the deaths of two workers has been sentenced to seven years' probation. Brent Weidman, who was convicted of charges of negligent homicide and reckless endangerment, must also perform 840 hours of community service.

Workplace violence reared its ugly head in Caroline, VA, recently when a school maintenance supervisor was gunned down in his office.
An immigrant from Ecuador who was working construction in the Bronx, NY, was killed in an unusual incident involving an excavator.
A tugboat operator was fatally injured in California earlier this year after a towline snapped taut
The Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission of New Brunswick is investigating the death of a excavator operator
A terrible incident in Tennessee, in which an equipment operator died from severe burns, shows how important it is to keep equipment inspected and properly maintained.
An 84-year-old man, who had farmed the same land for 60 years, was killed while his wife watched when he bypass - started a tractor.
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.
The victim and his co-worker were working a busy 24-hour shift, due to icy rain and reduced visibility that made area bridges icy.

David S. Ganoe Jr. , a school maintenance supervisor, was gunned down in his office in Caroline, VA. Police report that Thomas E. Monroe, 66, a former maintenance employee, was charged with murder of the 51-year-old.