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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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 [...]
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DID YOU KNOW? The National Institute for Occupational Safety and [...]
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DID YOU KNOW? Combustible dust explosions can cause employee injuries, [...]
Man Dies After Being Sucked Into Machine
A worker needs to use a piece of machinery. He [...]
Man Catapulted from Personlift
A journeyman glazier died after attempting to lift a 1,000 [...]
Makeshift Lighting Leads To Fatality
A worker was inside a pressure trailer tanker applying a [...]
Makeshift Ladder Explodes!
An apprentice mechanic, working part-time with a transport company, was [...]
Makeshift Fuse Arcs
An electrical arc ignited dust in a wood flour mill, [...]
Maintenance Person Dies After Getting Head Stuck
Alcohol use may have been a major factor in the [...]
Maintenance Man Drawn Into Pipe
A maintenance worker died after being drawn into a 172-inchdiameter [...]
Machine Guarding: Fatality Report
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Loose Clothing Pulls Supervisor Into Machine
A mechanical supervisor in a paper mill - with 23 [...]
Light Sets off Flammable Vapor
A painter died of extensive burn injuries after an explosion [...]
Lack of Maintenance Sets Stage for Explosion
Failure to maintain equipment resulted in a fatal explosion in [...]
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DID YOU KNOW? 15 Back Injury Statistics About 80% of [...]
