Runaway Dump Truck Kills Spare Driver
Could This Have Been You? On average, 5,000 to 6,000 [...]
Round Bale Rolls And Crushes Rancher
A rancher died from suffocation and internal injuries received when [...]
Rotating Digger Catches Worker
A crew was digging a small tunnel under a driveway [...]
Rotating Brush Kills Carwash Supervisor
A 23-year-old supervisor lost his life to a rotating sidearm [...]
Rooftop Fall Kills One Worker, Injures Another
On June 8, 2005, two window washers were working on [...]
Roofer’s Helper Falls Through Hole
A laborer took a fatal step onto a flimsy surface [...]
Roofer Falls to His Death
A 22-year-old roofer fell approximately 22 feet (6.7 meters) off [...]
Rollover in Company Vehicle Claims Driver
Failing to wear seatbelts cost one driver his life in [...]
Rollers crush mill operator
A mill operator at a rubber compound plant died when [...]
Roller Rolls Over Lookout
A spotter was crushed to death by a road roller [...]
Roller Incident Kills Supervisor
A shift supervisor in a paper mill bled to death [...]
Rock Hits Miner Working Alone
A professional miner, working alone, was struck and pinned down [...]
Robotic Arm Pulls Manager to His Death
Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) investigators are trying [...]
Robot Crushes Experienced Operator
A worker operating an automatic die-cast system died after being [...]
Robbers Shoot Restaurant Owner
A restaurant owner in Buffalo, NY was killed in a [...]
Road Worker Crushed
A 54-year-old construction laborer died after a motor grader rolled [...]
Road Milling Machine Crushes Worker
A worker was crushed underneath an overturned road-milling machine. The [...]
Rink Manager Asphyxiated
An assistant ice rink manager suffocated from lack of oxygen [...]
Restaurant manager electrocuted
A restaurant manager died after contacting a faulty refrigerator. The [...]
Remote-Controlled Boom Hits High Voltage Line
A concrete worker was electrocuted when a pumping truck boom [...]
Remote Control Activation Kills Worker In Drum
A worker was inside a cement truck mixing drum, cleaning [...]
Remember 9/11?
A total of 2,886 work-related fatalities resulted from the events [...]
Reel Handler Drowns in Pit
A reel handler fell into a water pit and drowned [...]
Recycling Worker Electrocuted
A man working in the recycling business was electrocuted when [...]
Recycling Plant Worker Suffocates in Plastic
A recycling plant worker was slicing open bales of plastic [...]
