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.
In life, Jeffrey Mills made a difference. In death, he also made a difference, but with a huge impact.
A 17-year-old teenager who was operating a defective forklift in a construction yard in Portsmouth, UK, died suddenly when the machine overturned and crushed him.
A 35-year-old Anderson, IN, worker died from burn injuries after an electrical fire started in a service room at a new Wal-Mart store in Bloomington.
Hoisting an automobile engine by the use of chains and a forklift proved deadly in a California auto shop recently.
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.
An unsafe practice that was allegedly encouraged by his employer resulted in a 52-year-old man losing his life in December 2005.
A 24-year-old floor hand died from massive chest trauma from a falling pump jack head.
A worker was hired to clean up and crush cars in an automobile junkyard.
A 40-year-old auto mechanic died in an explosion at his auto repair shop.
A 23-year-old mill worker received a compound fracture to his foot when he tried to clear a conveyor jam.
Wearing gloves around moving machinery can be a recipe for disaster, as a recent fatality in Colorado illustrates.
A 17-year old worker died just one hour into his new job after becoming pinned under a forklift. He hadn't received any job orientation or training.
Could This Have Been You? A machine operator was killed when he lost control of the asphalt roller he was operating.
Some 2.2 million people worldwide die of work-related accidents and occupational diseases each year.
A mill operator at a rubber compound plant died when caught between two rollers on the lamination machine he was operating. Investigators later assumed he had been bending over or crouched under the machine, removing
A rock quarry supervisor died when he was hit by a half-ton machine part while servicing a crushing machine. He and two workers were working on a weekend when the quarry was shut down. They
A 14-year-old accidentally hung himself with an electric hoist as he played with the dangerous piece of equipment. The incident occurred at an equipment rental company where the boy worked, helping customers load and unload
Hospital workers are certainly not unaccustomed to death, but when a fellow worker dies in an incident there, shock waves reverberate throughout the facility.
A surveyor's assistant on a summer job was part of a crew assigned to build a temporary access road. Before starting the job, the foreman, the bulldozer operator, the surveyor and the assistant had discussed
A worker in the air transport industry was riding as a passenger in a ground service vehicle. The driver parked the vehicle parallel to a stationary twin-engine airplane which still had both engines running. The
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 forklift driver and two laborers were stacking 40-foot (12.91-meter) I-beams in preparation for a structural steel construction job. One of the laborers was placing a wooden spacer on the last I-beam when the forklift
A mechanic working for a snowmobile dealer was killed on a test drive. He had worked on the machine, and was trying it out on a public snowmobile trail near his workplace. He was traveling
A volunteer died of head and chest injuries when he fell 18 feet to a concrete floor while helping repair a community sports facility.
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