At 21, Catrina Faye Coffman had everything to look forward to.
Whether operating potentially dangerous machinery or driving home after a long shift, workers suffering the effects of fatigue are far from being at their best.
If only Tim had realized he was seconds away from death while watching his co-worker excavate a trench with a backhoe; he would have run away as far as possible.
A 19-year-old worker died when he reached inside the hopper of a rear-loading trash truck while it was cycling trash.
An Ontario supplier of oil purification systems has been fined $90,000, plus a 25 percent victim fine surcharge, regarding an occupational fatality.
Deviating from standard machinery operating procedures is always a gamble. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) alleges that failure to follow procedures contributed to a worker's death at a plastics company in Sarepta, LA.
In life, Jeffrey Mills made a difference. In death, he also made a difference, but with a huge impact.
A 17-year-old teenager who was operating a defective forklift in a construction yard in Portsmouth, UK, died suddenly when the machine overturned and crushed him.
A 35-year-old Anderson, IN, worker died from burn injuries after an electrical fire started in a service room at a new Wal-Mart store in Bloomington.
Hoisting an automobile engine by the use of chains and a forklift proved deadly in a California auto shop recently.
An unsafe practice that was allegedly encouraged by his employer resulted in a 52-year-old man losing his life in December 2005.
A worker was hired to clean up and crush cars in an automobile junkyard.
A 40-year-old auto mechanic died in an explosion at his auto repair shop.
A 23-year-old mill worker received a compound fracture to his foot when he tried to clear a conveyor jam.
Wearing gloves around moving machinery can be a recipe for disaster, as a recent fatality in Colorado illustrates.
A 17-year old worker died just one hour into his new job after becoming pinned under a forklift. He hadn't received any job orientation or training.
Could This Have Been You? A machine operator was killed when he lost control of the asphalt roller he was operating.
Some 2.2 million people worldwide die of work-related accidents and occupational diseases each year.
A mill operator at a rubber compound plant died when caught between two rollers on the lamination machine he was operating. Investigators later assumed he had been bending over or crouched under the machine, removing
A rock quarry supervisor died when he was hit by a half-ton machine part while servicing a crushing machine. He and two workers were working on a weekend when the quarry was shut down. They
A 14-year-old accidentally hung himself with an electric hoist as he played with the dangerous piece of equipment. The incident occurred at an equipment rental company where the boy worked, helping customers load and unload
A worker in the air transport industry was riding as a passenger in a ground service vehicle. The driver parked the vehicle parallel to a stationary twin-engine airplane which still had both engines running. The
A worker received massive head injuries when a crane lifting a 54,600-pound piece of steel tipped over. The crane was unstable because one outrigger device, which extends from the crane to balance it was inoperable.
A forklift overturned at a salvage lumber operation, fatally injuring the operator. The young worker had been asked to move the forklift from the lumber storage area to the resaw area when he returned to
A worker was killed when he was dragged into a rotating concrete mixer while he was cleaning it. He had completed a pressurized concrete pour at a construction site. He then returned to the company
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