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Worker Dies After Taking off Safety Harness
At 36, Eder Morales was in the prime of his life. We don't know much about Morales, except that he [...]
Worker Dies After Fall From Four Floors
INCIDENT Juan Carlos Reyes was found unresponsive and not breathing after his fall from four floors. He was trying to [...]
Worker Died After Trying to Save Another
A 53-year-old construction worker died after trying to warn another worker to get away from a wall at a building [...]
Worker Crushed In Trench Collapse
One man died in a construction site accident in Iowa earlier this year. Two men were working in a ditch [...]
Wind Blows Wall Over Onto Worker
A laborer was killed when a high wind blew over an unsupported concrete block wall. He was part of a [...]
Welder Falls 19 Storeys
A welder with 20 years’ experience as an iron worker died after he and his metal cage fell from a [...]
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 [...]
Unstable Bridge Collapses Too Soon
A railroad company needed to have a vehicle bridge removed quickly from above a track. The structure was starting to [...]
Unsecured Plywood Results in Death
An experienced worker was laying concrete on the second level of a construction project when the face shield from a [...]
Unprotected Worker Falls
A construction worker was killed when he fell 14 feet (about four meters) from a roof while installing metal roofing [...]
Two Die When Fumes Ignite in Elevator Car
A company had contracted with a building maintenance company to refinish two office elevators. The elevators' interiors were lined with [...]
Trucker Jailed for Fatal Crash
A judge in Calgary, AB, has imposed a 30-month jail term on a sleep-deprived dump truck driver who caused a [...]
Truck Crushes Yard Worker
A poorly-maintained truck and an unsafe action combined to kill a worker. The fatality occurred at a plant where asphalt [...]
Trenching and Excavation Fatality
INCIDENT A 22-year-old man was killed when the 14-foot-deep trench in which he was working collapsed and buried him beneath [...]
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