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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 [...]
Raise Requests Linked to Double Murders
A car dealer in the Atlanta area stands charged with [...]
Recruit Firefighter Dies Nine Days After Heat Stroke
The victim, a 22-year-old male firefighter recruit collapsed while running [...]
Railroad Workers Killed By Passing Train
INCIDENT Two experienced railroad workers who were performing their usual [...]
Radio Interference Suspected In Mishap
A piece of a crane motor fell and struck a [...]
Radiation Causes Cancer Among Nuclear Workers
INCIDENT The evidence from a study conducted from International Nuclear [...]
Punch Stabs Press Operator
A punch press operator was killed when a punch struck [...]
Pumping Sets Off Fuel Tanker Blast
An explosion in a fuel tanker killed a worker loading [...]
Prospecting Helper Dies in Wilderness
A new worker on a mining prospecting job became separated [...]
