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Two feet of water would not seem to pose a drowning hazard for an adult, but it proved fatal for a 25-year-old lawn maintenance worker in New York. The 25-year-old man died after his riding mower tipped over into a pond in an industrial park.
He loved working out at the gym and spending time with his girlfriend. But it all came to an abrupt end when a pile of heavy steel tubes crashed down on this 18-year-old worker at a welding shop in southern Ontario.
Many questions still remain about the late August crash of a passenger jet on takeoff from Lexington, KY, but some of the early answers aren't encouraging.
In life, Jeffrey Mills made a difference. In death, he also made a difference, but with a huge impact.
A house painter was electrocuted while setting up a 40-foot (12-meter) aluminum ladder. It contacted an electrical line.
A tugboat operator was fatally injured in California earlier this year after a towline snapped taut
A West Virginia company that had not experienced a worker fatality since April 1996 lost a long-time employee
A 26-year-old Yale School of Drama student who was working on his master's degree in technical design and production had his dreams and his life cut short while unloading materials from a truck in advance of a theater production.
Dale Scott was in the mechanic's shop alone fixing a leaky left rear tire on a front-end loader.
The death of an eight-year-old girl who fell out a third-floor window was "a terrible accident," the child's grandmother said.
A former high school marching band director died after falling off a ladder while putting up a Christmas wreath.
Lester L. Woda, an orchard manager, drowned in Okanogan, WA, after becoming trapped in a reservoir pipe.
One worker was killed and another hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak at the Tyson Foods Inc. plant in Kansas.
A 21-year-old assistant mountaineering guide fell to his death on Denali (Mount McKinley) while attempting to rescue another climber from falling.
A 52-year-old ranch hand died when he was run over by a bulldozer on a cattle ranch in Oregon.
At age 50, all Bob wanted to do was make a little extra money. So he found a job as a custodian. Two weeks later he died of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning while using a propane-powered floor buffer.
A 49-year-old man was electrocuted when he leaned on a fluorescent light fixture while painting.
A technical engineer died after being crushed by a 12-ton bulldozer at a landfill.
His parents were long-time customers, and the victim had done odd jobs at the store.
A 39-year-old father of five was killed when he was run over by a dump truck.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a dredging company for multiple alleged serious violations after one of its workers was killed and a second worker was injured in a paint vapor explosion in July 2011.
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