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About mid-day a foreman and three carpenters were assisting a crane operator with the placement of a 6000 pound steel mat. The mat was constructed of approximately 80 pieces of reinforcing steel each weighing about
A worker had been sandblasting equipment in preparation for repairs. A co-worker later found him dead on the floor. The victim had been using a supplied-air respirator, but it appeared he had mistakenly plugged it
A laborer working in a pulp mill went into an old, unused control room for his lunch break. Warning lights were flashing indicating a potentially dangerous situation with a plugged pressure sensing device. The worker;
A worker received massive head injuries when a crane lifting a 54,600-pound piece of steel tipped over. The crane was unstable because one outrigger device, which extends from the crane to balance it was inoperable.
A work crew was on its way to a remote jobsite in the early morning hours. The crew cab pickup was traveling downhill when it suddenly left the road. It rolled over several times before
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
Three employees were taking earth samples using a core sampling rig with a 22-foot high tower. As they removed the sampling rod, the rod struck a 4160 volt electrical power line directly above the work area.
A 20-year-old laborer drowned in a bin filled with water after inhaling toxic fumes. The worker was standing on a 23-inch ladder using a high-pressure steam hose to clean glue from the bottom of a
A total of 2,886 work-related fatalities resulted from the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
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.
The cannon salute during the evening flag ceremony had been a special event at the youth camp for three years, and it was an honor for a camp counselor to be selected to light the cannon.
Jorge Vale saw it coming, but it was too late; he couldn't save his son.
A restaurant owner in Buffalo, NY was killed in a shooting recently.
A 29-year-old truck driver was killed when a piece of pipe rolled off a truck bed and struck him in the head.
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 worker at a manufacturing company died after falling through an unguarded snow-covered skylight.
Wanting to hype his audience up in advance of an acrobatic performance, circus ringmaster Jesus Vasquez
Two New York contractors have both been sentenced to six-month jail terms in connection with the death of a worker
A car dealer in the Atlanta area stands charged with two counts of murder after two employees were shot dead.
A 34-year-old machine worker was electrocuted during a cleanup job at the wood pellet manufacturing plant where he worked in Oregon.
An Ohio worker who breathed hydrogen sulfide gas fell into a coma and died after rescuing a co-worker.
An unsupervised nightshift worker died because a giant mixer was not locked out.
An electrical arc ignited dust in a wood flour mill, causing an explosion that burned a worker to death.
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