Poor Fitting Safety Line Fails to Save Man
Five feet of slack meant the difference between life and [...]
Pneumatic Door Crushes Mechanic
A maintenance mechanic suffocated when his chest was squeezed between [...]
Peering Inside Machine Costly
An Ontario company has been hit with a $100,000 fine [...]
Paper Worker Pulled Into Press
Workers tending a paper manufacturing machine had to enter an [...]
Anthony Forest Products Saves Over 75% on Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premium
Retrieved from: Occupational Safety & Health Administration Since Anthony Forest [...]
Painter Electrocuted by Fluorescent Light
A 49-year-old man was electrocuted when he leaned on a [...]
Oxygen And Propane Explode When Mixed
A small business owner had been using an oxy-acetylene cutting [...]
Operator Pulled into Tinning Line
A machine operator died of crush injuries to his head [...]
Operator Killed While Repairing Running Machine
Operator Killed While Repairing Running Machine A 61-year-old woodworker was [...]
Operator Crushed inside Knitting Machine
A machine operator at a textile plant died of asphyxia [...]
One Dies, Three Rescued as Smokestack Burns
A construction worker died in a smokestack fire at a [...]
October 26, 1948: The Donora Death Fog
It was like something out of a horror movie. But [...]
No Lockout and No Supervision Contributed To Death
An unsupervised nightshift worker died because a giant mixer was [...]
Nitrogen Hook-Up Kills Three Workers
Three employees equipped with respirators were preparing to paint a [...]
Moving Chain Fractures Foot
A 23-year-old mill worker received a compound fracture to his [...]
Mixing, Heating Flammable Solvents Risky
If your workers mix and heat flammable solvents in open [...]
Mixer Strikes Ladder in Vat
A foreman placed a wooden ladder into a mixing vat [...]
Millwright Killed When Jam Breaks Free
A makeshift attempt to free a jammed conveyor cost a [...]
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By the Numbers – Equipment/Machinery
DID YOU KNOW? Employee exposure to unguarded or inadequately guarded [...]
Metal Shavings From Lathe Make A Deadly Noose
A machinist was finishing a piece of stainless steel on [...]
Metal Detector Misses Knife
A mill supervisor was killed when he was hit by [...]
Metal Coil Rolls, Killing Worker
Ontario Ministry of Labour investigators are trying to determine the [...]
Mechanic Killed Inspecting Stacker
Mechanic Killed Inspecting Stacker On May 5, 2005, a 55-year-old [...]
Mattress Spring Company Fined for Fatality
A Toronto-based company that manufactures inner spring units for mattresses [...]
Manager Falls to Death From I-beam
In an attempt to dislodge some wood on a conveyor [...]
