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
Fall From Girder Kills Ironworker
An ironworker foreman died in a fall from a roof under construction after he removed a safety barricade. The victim was supervising a crew building the roof of a cold storage warehouse. The final structural
Electric Eye Triggers Fatal Move
A sawmill employee was operating an automated stacker when he noticed a board out of place on the top of the bundle of lumber. He left his work station and went to the stack to
Hand Crank Hits Operator in the Head
A punch press operator was killed when he was struck in the head by a hand crank tool. The fatality occurred in a plant that manufactures lenses and other parts for developing photographic film.
Exploding Toolbox
A worker was fatally injured while grinding on the lid of a metal toolbox. The sparks from his grinder ignited an explosive mixture of oxygen and acetylene which had leaked from a torch placed inside
Tractor Loader Crashes Into Canyon
A tractor loader was traveling over a log bridge across a canyon when the bridge collapsed under its weight. When the loader fell part way down into the rocky canyon, the operator was thrown off
Fatal Grinder Accident at Quarry
Hand-held grinders are used frequently in the oil and gas industry in both maintenance shops and in the field. These tools contain significant potential energy and should be treated with respect.
Newlyweds’ Happiness Shattered in a Second
It's a story that first warms the heart and then freeze-dries it. Betty Jean Deyo and Joel Ridley were childhood friends, but they lost touch for decades.
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Skid Steer Mechanic Pinned Between Boom and Cab
Dale Scott was in the mechanic's shop alone fixing a leaky left rear tire on a front-end loader.
Supervisor Dies After Snagging Lever
Workers can be extremely careful about keeping their hands away from machine controls, but overlook the possibility that a shirt pocket or other piece of clothing can snag onto those controls, with disastrous consequences.
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Machinery Crushes Workers
A mechanic was killed when a bus fell on him. He apparently had used a 12-ton bottle jack under the differential to raise the rear of the 35,000-pound (15,875-kilogram) bus.
Plant Manager Jailed for Six Years for Safety Cover-ups
The former manager of Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. [...]
Laborer Buried as Sand Collapses In Hopper
A mixer operator in a cement roofing tile plant noticed that the sand was not flowing from the bottom of a hopper onto the conveyor belt. A plant laborer was instructed by the operator to
Accumulated Oxygen Sets Off Explosion in Steel Ladle
A man working in a steel plant was removing steel slag from the bottom of an upright ladle. He was using a jack hammer, a pry bar and a cutting torch fueled by acetylene and oxygen.
Struggle With Logjam Claims Mill Worker
A clean-up worker was killed when struck by a rotating cut-off saw as he and a co-worker tried to clear a logjam on a mill conveyor. The victim, a temporary employee who had worked at
Scraper Apron Falls on Laborer
A laborer was steam cleaning a scraper used in a street paving project. The hydraulically-controlled bowl apron of the scraper weighing approximately 2,500 pounds had been left in the raised position. It had not been
Broken Chain Kills Co-Worker
A faller started his chainsaw and heard a squealing noise from it. He turned the saw over to see if it was catching on anything. It did not appear to be. He then turned the
Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drum
Hospital workers are certainly not unaccustomed to death, but when a fellow worker dies in an incident there, shock waves reverberate throughout the facility.
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.
Company Fined For Forklift Fatality
An Ontario supplier of oil purification systems has been fined $90,000, plus a 25 percent victim fine surcharge, regarding an occupational fatality.
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.
Men Die When Bridge Equipment Collapses
The men must have felt privileged to work on the largest public works project in the state?s history, the building of an interstate highway bridge, but for several, their excitement turned to tragedy.
Drill Press Strangles Operator
A man was strangled after his shirt-sleeve was caught by the rotating drill bit of a drill press he was operating.
Safety Device Would Have Prevented Six Deaths
Had the crew of a barge used a steel pin [...]
Nitrogen Hook-Up Kills Three Workers
Three employees equipped with respirators were preparing to paint a heat exchanger in a manufacturing plant. Their sandblasting work was almost finished. The portable air compressor used to supply breathing air to the sandblasters' hoods
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