Press Brake Operator Hit By Steel Lug
A 39-year-old brake press operator was killed when an exceptionally large metal sheet (lug) was ejected from the machinery he was operating and hit him in the head and chest.
Farmer Dies in Loading Elevator
A 45-year-old farmer was working with two neighbors who had come to help him load corn into a wagon to feed cattle.
Forklift Driver Struck From Behind
A 20-year-old man, who should have had a lifetime ahead of him, didn't get to enjoy it. The man had a job with a steel fabricating company and a few months' experience driving a forklift
Fatality Brings Home Importance of Sounding Horn
Do your forklift operators consistently sound horns when turning around corners or entering trucks?
Forklift Fatality Carries Lessons
Forklifts and worker-congested pathways can be a deadly mix, especially when forklift operators haven't been trained properly.
Trash Packer Strikes Worker
A 19-year-old worker died when he reached inside the hopper of a rear-loading trash truck while it was cycling trash.
Company Fined For Forklift Fatality
An Ontario supplier of oil purification systems has been fined $90,000, plus a 25 percent victim fine surcharge, regarding an occupational fatality.
Company Allegedly Didn’t Follow Manufacturer’s Procedures
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.
Forklift Fall Leaves Kids Fatherless
In life, Jeffrey Mills made a difference. In death, he also made a difference, but with a huge impact.
Inexperienced Teen Crushed By Forklift
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.
Engine Drops, Crushes Young Worker
Hoisting an automobile engine by the use of chains and a forklift proved deadly in a California auto shop recently.
Sawmill Sees First Fatality in 20 Years
It's said life begins at 40. Sadly, for Gregory Scott Johnson, it ended at that age when he became caught between two hydraulic cylinders used to pull logs toward a saw at the Suwannee Lumber Co. in Dixie County, FL.
Unsafe Practice Kills Worker
An unsafe practice that was allegedly encouraged by his employer resulted in a 52-year-old man losing his life in December 2005.
Worker’s Head Crushed By Forklift
A worker was hired to clean up and crush cars in an automobile junkyard.
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Moving Chain Fractures Foot
A 23-year-old mill worker received a compound fracture to his foot when he tried to clear a conveyor jam.
Wood Chipper Kills Worker
Wearing gloves around moving machinery can be a recipe for disaster, as a recent fatality in Colorado illustrates.
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving
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Appearances Can Be Deceiving
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.
Laundry Worker Dies Entangled with Rotating drum
Hospital workers are certainly not unaccustomed to death, but when a fellow worker dies in an incident there, shock waves reverberate throughout the facility.
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Falling Crane Shears Off Light Standard
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Falling Crane Shears Off Light Standard
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.
Volunteer Plunges to His Death
A volunteer died of head and chest injuries when he fell 18 feet to a concrete floor while helping repair a community sports facility.
Recycling Plant Worker Suffocates in Plastic
A recycling plant worker was slicing open bales of plastic bags as they went by him on a conveyor. He slipped and fell onto the conveyor. He was carried along the conveyor and buried under
Paper Worker Pulled Into Press
Workers tending a paper manufacturing machine had to enter an narrow overhead platform above a moving press roller. One day a worker was on this 14-inch (.35-meter) wide platform structure. He was using a compressed
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Experienced Worker Becomes Entangled in Unguarded Drum
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Experienced Worker Becomes Entangled in Unguarded Drum
A lead hand employed by a heavy equipment dealer was responsible for operating a grader and a simple conveyor system. The conveyor was being used to separate topsoil. The conveyor was set on the diagonal,
Safety-Conscious Engineer is Tangled in Rotating Machine
An electrical engineer became fatally entangled in a piece of rotating machinery. The victim was a partner in a company installing new computerized equipment in a sawmill.
Punch Stabs Press Operator
A punch press operator was killed when a punch struck him in the chest, puncturing his heart. He had been working in a plant where construction machinery was manufactured and repaired. He had been operating
