Normally Safety Conscious Worker Electrocuted
He was always safety conscious and careful, according to his former boss.
Builder Fined After Worker Electrocuted
A home builder in Winnipeg, MB, has been fined $30,000 after a worker was electrocuted when the boom of the crane he was operating touched overhead wires.
Press Fitting Kills Fabricator
A 20-year-old man was working by himself changing a press punch at a small machine shop when a welded hydraulic hose coupling blew, killing him instantly.
Drum Starts Unexpectedly
A crew was installing flagging material in the sand line with the rig engine running.
Recruit Firefighter Dies Nine Days After Heat Stroke GalleryRecruit Firefighter Dies Nine Days After Heat Stroke
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Recruit Firefighter Dies Nine Days After Heat Stroke
The victim, a 22-year-old male firefighter recruit collapsed while running at the end of a training day.
Worker Grabs Energized Anchor
A 44-year-old inmate of a North Carolina state prison who was working as a laborer was electrocuted while performing contract work for a utility company.
Too Young to Die GalleryToo Young to Die
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Too Young to Die
A 14-year-old Hispanic laborer who said he was 18 in order to get a job was partially decapitated and suffered multiple crushing injuries after he came in contact with a machine used to shred and grind plastic bags into a recyclable product.
Fall from Loading Dock Kills Supervisor
Falling six feet (two meters) doesn't seem like a lot, but it was enough to kill a 68-year-old supervisor who was climbing down a loading dock.
Forklift Rolls Onto Youth
His parents were long-time customers, and the victim had done odd jobs at the store.
Driving Hazards Rise in the Fall
People don't tend to think of the fall as a [...]
Rock Hits Miner Working Alone
A professional miner, working alone, was struck and pinned down by falling rock. The miner was scaling - knocking down loose overhead rock. He was working under an unsafe, unbolted rock ceiling, contrary to safe
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
Swimming Pool Worker Electrocuted
A 17-year-old assistant pool manager was electrocuted when she contacted an ungrounded electric motor. The victim, an employee of a city, was told to add soda ash to the swimming pool water to maintain the
Fall From Cliff Kills Inspector
A highway project supervisor who bypassed some basic safety rules died when he fell down a 40-foot (12 meter) bluff onto a highway. While supervisors spend a lot of their time looking out for their
Wood Sheeting Falls On Helper
A forklift operator's helper was crushed by a falling stack of wood sheeting. The incident occurred when the driver, using the forklift to reposition the load of wood, struck the pile of sheeting and knocked
Welder Struck by Forklift
A worker driving an electric cart was run over and crushed by a forklift driver who could not see past his tall load. The incident occurred at a concrete pipe manufacturing plant where the man
Veteran Lumberman Takes Fatal Shortcut
A worker filling a lumber order was fatally crushed when a beam fell on him, causing multiple traumatic injuries to his abdomen and pelvis.
Shoddy Procedures Result in Tragedy
A forklift driver moving scrap wood died when he was crushed between the forklift and a dumpster. He had hauled the load of discarded shingles to a remote section of the yard. A metal dump
Open Van Door Crushes Shipper
A shipper-receiver at a warehouse was crushed to death when he was pinned by the open back door of a van which was backing up. He had been loading material into the van with a
Tree Topples Onto Crane Cab
A crane operator was killed when an 80-foot (25-meter) tree fell and crushed the cab. A second worker was injured, as was a bystander struck by a tree while attempting to rescue the crane operator.
Lanyard Caught in Kelly Results in Fatality
The following is a real-life example of what went wrong and what corrective measures resulted from an incident in the oil and gas industry.
Hydraulic Door Crushes Welder GalleryHydraulic Door Crushes Welder
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Hydraulic Door Crushes Welder
An experienced mechanic/welder was crushed to death by a door on a metal shredder at a large scrap iron facility. The hydraulically-operated door flips down to reject unshredded metals.
Road Worker Crushed
A 54-year-old construction laborer died after a motor grader rolled over his upper back and head. The man, who was one of a crew of nine workers, was helping to install a new road in
Driver Dies While Changing Flat Tire
Could This Have Been You? A delivery driver who was changing a flat tire on the side of the road died when he was struck by another vehicle.
Worker Dies After Jumping From Elevated Pallet
A 22-year-old worker died after jumping 16 feet (five meters) from an elevated pallet on a forklift that was tipping over.
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