Steel Walkway Contacts 14,400 Volts
A worker attaching wire rope slings to a walkway was [...]
Steel Pile Falls On Worker
A construction worker died when a 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) steel pile [...]
Steel Panel Crushes Bank Vault Installer
A bank vault installer was crushed to death between a [...]
Steel Load Falls Off Crane
An overhead crane operator died when a bale of steel [...]
Steel Dock Plate Falls and Kills Two
Could This Have Been You? On average, 5,000 to 6,000 [...]
Search for New Life Ends Abruptly
A Haitian man who was working hard for a better [...]
Sampling Rod Touches Live Wire
A long metal rod being handled by three workers touched [...]
Rock Hits Miner Working Alone
A professional miner, working alone, was struck and pinned down [...]
Recycling Worker Electrocuted
A man working in the recycling business was electrocuted when [...]
Radio Interference Suspected In Mishap
A piece of a crane motor fell and struck a [...]
Prevent Hoist Line Failure
A derrickman was killed when a hoist line failed after [...]
Phone Repairman Dies of Electrocution
A repairman for a communications company was electrocuted recently while [...]
Passenger Crushed by Falling Slabs
It was late at night and traffic was light, but [...]
Painter Electrocuted
A house painter was electrocuted while setting up a 40-foot [...]
Overhead Hazards: Fatality Report
INCIDENT A comparison in real time between a Near-Miss/Close Call [...]
Overhead Hazard on Underground Job
Two workers trying to repair a pump in a water [...]
Operator Killed as Boom Touches Power Line
A company was contracted to dig post holes for a [...]
Oilfield Worker Dies in Rigging Accident
The following is a real-life example of what went wrong [...]
Oil Field Worker Struck By Pump Jack Head
A 24-year-old floor hand died from massive chest trauma from [...]
Metal Coil Rolls, Killing Worker
Ontario Ministry of Labour investigators are trying to determine the [...]
Longshore Worker Crushed by Lug on Suspended Load
The moral of this fatality is: Never work beneath a [...]
Logger Killed By Swinging Tree
A 47-year-old logger was working to set the chokers in [...]
Head injuries kill truck driver
A 34-year-old male truck driver was killed when he was [...]
Hammering Pin Dislodges Boom
A laborer at a surface quarry mine was trying to [...]
Half-ton part falls from machine
A rock quarry supervisor died when he was hit by [...]
