A worker had been operating an electrically-powered screw gun with pieces of plywood during a house renovation project. When his co-workers found him, he was dead from electrocution. An investigation suggested this as the likely
Two plumbers had been working in a construction trench. When it was time to come back up to the street level, they rode in the bucket of an excavator. As the excavator operator started to
A painter died of extensive burn injuries after an explosion inside a tank he was painting. A co-worker was also injured but recovered. Both were working for a sheet metal fabrication firm. They were assigned
AThree experienced welders were killed recently in separate incidents while using torches to work on containers they believed were empty. In the first, a mechanic supervisor was using a torch to cut a 55-gallon metal
A front-end loader was working on a dirt road beside a fly ash pit. The loader went off the road into the pit, turned over and pinned the driver under water, where he drowned. The
A driver working for a shiploader was killed when he backed a forklift off the edge of a pier.
A tubular welded frame scaffold was covered with ice and snow. A construction laborer working on the third level slipped and fell headfirst to his death on the pavement about 20 feet (6.1 meters) below.
Two workers rode a self-propelled lift machine to their deaths as it crashed to the ground. One was washing windows and the other was obtaining measurements for building changes. One of the victims was operating
When you work in a large facility such as a hospital, you witness what seems to be a continuous round of construction and maintenance. Buildings get put up, renovated and taken down again.
Welding torch sparks and oil tanks don't mix. Actually that's not true. Under the right circumstances they can mix with tragic results.
Standing on a pile of stacked rounded steel bars proved to be a deadly decision for a worker. The worker climbed onto the pile in a warehouse in order to attach a sling so a
An ironworker died after falling 23 feet (seven meters) from a steel girder at a construction site.
Wearing gloves around moving machinery can be a recipe for disaster, as a recent fatality in Colorado illustrates.
A worker hailed as a hero in a 2001 steel plant explosion in Wales died from severe burns after falling into molten waste at the same plant five years later.
In 2000-2001, three welders in Massachusetts were fatally injured while cutting metal containers with torches.
A repairman for a communications company was electrocuted recently while fixing a damaged telephone pole in a Massachusetts community.
Lester Woda tugged on his safety rope to alert others that he was having trouble. The 49-year-old orchard manager was at the bottom of an irrigation tube, trying to fix a valve when his right foot became trapped.
A horrifying example of what can go wrong after an emotionally unstable employee is fired has resulted in a young man being jailed for life.
Deviating from standard machinery operating procedures is always a gamble. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) alleges that failure to follow procedures contributed to a worker's death at a plastics company in Sarepta, LA.
A film crew member was killed in an unusual incident in cold weather a couple of months ago in Toronto.
A numbered company in Alberta has been issued a whopping $350,000 fine
It was like something out of a horror movie. But it really happened.
Workers often get into trouble by failing to look up when moving metal ladders, poles and other objects.
A marina worker died of head injuries when a 30-ton tugboat slipped in a lifting harness.
Despite showing due diligence by training an employee on lockout procedures, Forwell Materials Inc, an Ontario company that processes cement and gravel, has been fined $75,000 for failing to ensure that a machine was properly locked out, which resulted in the death of a worker.
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