Droplet Precautions
Transmission-based precautions help prevent the spread of certain infections. Droplet [...]
Dairy Operation Safety
INTRODUCTION California is a major supplier of milk products in [...]
Cotton Harvesting Safety Practices
The modern mechanical cotton harvester is a large machine with [...]
Contact Precautions
Transmission-based precautions help prevent the spread of certain infections. Contact [...]
Airborne Precautions
Transmission-based precautions help prevent the spread of certain infections. Airborne [...]
A Guide to Car Wash Safety
INTRODUCTION Workers in car wash operations encounter many hazards on [...]
Nursery Laborer Dies in Skid-Steer Loader
A 24-year-old nursery laborer had been on the job for [...]
Nurse Dies From Infected Thumb
The victim was a nurse at a care facility. She [...]
Not Wearing Seatbelts Results In Death
Two truck drivers were killed in two separate incidents in [...]
Normally Safety Conscious Worker Electrocuted
He was always safety conscious and careful, according to his [...]
Non-swimmer Disappears as Boat Sinks
At a coastal logging operation, a small boat was used [...]
No Place At Work For Horseplay
INCIDENT Workplace pranks: a history of violence It has long [...]
No Lockout and No Supervision Contributed To Death
An unsupervised nightshift worker died because a giant mixer was [...]
No GFCI, no Pulse
Failure to have a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) in [...]
No Escape From Cave-In
One pipelayer was crushed to death and another injured when [...]
No Escape From Burning Basement
A building contractor died when he was trapped in the [...]
Nitrogen Hook-Up Kills Three Workers
Three employees equipped with respirators were preparing to paint a [...]
Nitrogen Gas Overcomes Two
Workers were preparing to fill a rail tanker car with [...]
Newspaper Carrier Dies When Struck by Car
A 12-year-old newspaper carrier was fatally injured when she was [...]
Newlyweds’ Happiness Shattered in a Second
It's a story that first warms the heart and then [...]
New York Ironworker Crushed to Death
The victim had been working 11 years at the company. [...]
New / Young Worker Safety: Fatality Report
INCIDENT The incident happened at an agricultural cooperative (co-op). The [...]
Needlesticks and Sharps
INCIDENT Lisa Black contracted HIV and hepatitis C when she [...]
Near Miss
INCIDENT An event or incident in a Near-Miss lethal accident [...]
Natural Gas Explosion
A 35-year-old employee died from injuries sustained during a flammable [...]
