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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.
A 30-foot (10-meter) high concrete retaining wall made of interlocking concrete blocks was already in place. Then workers began to install concrete caps on top of the wall.
Two men working for a municipality subcontractor died of burns received while installing a valve in a concrete sewage channel.
Your five senses are of little use in alerting you to respiratory hazards. You usually can't see, feel or hear them, and they often have no smell or taste
A truck driver was killed when he was caught between the tailgate of a semi-truck trailer and a seed dispenser at a cotton gin.
A 53-year-old backhoe operator was killed, and his son seriously injured, when the wall of a trench they were working in caved in.
A worker died after being crushed by a palletizer lift. The automated equipment fills pallets with cases of soft drinks.
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