Swing Stage Motor Failure Proves Deadly
Having a swing stage scaffold motor fail can be a pain, but if a worker is left stranded in a hazardous area, he or she can die.
Backward Step Leads to Fall
Employees working for a plumbing contractor were hoisting pipes up from ground level to higher levels for storage. They were standing on structural steel while they transferred the pipes to the floor above. One employee
Carpenter Falls From Scaffold
A 66-year-old carpenter died after falling from the plank of an improvised scaffold.
Falling Bucket Takes Worker Down
Just as construction can be dangerous work, so can taking structures down. This proved to be the case for a crew repairing a signboard located high up the side of a building. They had completed
Fatal Fall from Scaffold
A worker died of a broken neck and skull after he fell 23 feet from a scaffold. He was working part-time as a welder-fitter. He did not have experience in working from a scaffold.
Scaffold Not a Climbing Device
A young man was working on a building renovation project. He was inexperienced, and was working part-time for a sub-contractor. Despite repeated warnings not to do so, he had been in the habit of climbing
Counterweight Gives Way
Two employees were painting the outside of a three-story building. They were standing on a two-point suspension scaffold. The outriggers for the scaffold were inadequately counterweighted with three five-gallon (18.93-liter) buckets of sand. They were
Bad Board Disintegrates
One defective plank was the cause of a three-story fall that killed a bricklayer. He was part of a crew laying bricks on the top floor of a building. They had built a six-foot (1.83-meter)
Makeshift Ladder Explodes! GalleryMakeshift Ladder Explodes!
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Makeshift Ladder Explodes!
An apprentice mechanic, working part-time with a transport company, was working when a drum of windshield washer antifreeze exploded. The explosion was set off by a spark from his welding. The investigation into this death
Altered Scaffold Collapses Under Weight
Two workers fell from a suspended scaffold when it broke in half 10 stories above the ground. The scaffold was loaded with supplies and equipment to repair balconies. It had been altered to lengthen the
Scaffold Slippery from Ice and Snow
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.
Too Experienced to Need Training? GalleryToo Experienced to Need Training?
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Too Experienced to Need Training?
A construction crew was preparing to pour concrete into forms. A laborer climbed a ladder on one side of a form and stepped over the form to stand on an unguarded scaffold on the opposite side.
Company Cited Following Fall Fatality
Work-related fatal falls continue to take a terrible toll in the workplace. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 815 workers throughout the US lost their lives in falls in 2004. In Canada, a worker dies in a fall about every three days.
Construction Safety Training Programs in 6 Steps GalleryConstruction Safety Training Programs in 6 Steps
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Construction Safety Training Programs in 6 Steps
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Safety Standards for Scaffolds Used in the Construction Industry
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