A superintendent on a high-rise construction complex fell to his death after sustaining multiple injuries. Earlier that day, this superintendent was discovered traveling without authorization in a newly installed elevator. As a result, the company
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.
It's said life begins at 40. Sadly, for Gregory Scott Johnson, it ended at that age when he became caught between two hydraulic cylinders used to pull logs toward a saw at the Suwannee Lumber Co. in Dixie County, FL.
He was always safety conscious and careful, according to his former boss.
The goal was gleaming, refinished wood floors. Instead, the result was fire and death.
Being experienced in your work does not provide immunity from injuries. Nearly a quarter of acute injuries happen to experienced workers - as a result of human errors.
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