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Supervisor Falls From Roof
Could This Have Been You? On average, 5,000 to 6,000 workers are killed each year. Learn from the following reports [...]
Supervisor Falls Down Shaft
A fall down an elevator shaft killed a construction supervisor. He and his crew were setting up a work platform [...]
Steel Pile Falls On Worker
A construction worker died when a 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) steel pile (column) struck him. A crew was driving piles into lakeshore [...]
Steel Load Falls Off Crane
An overhead crane operator died when a bale of steel slipped off the C-hook and hit him. He had positioned [...]
Steamroller Overturns On Operator
California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) officials want to find out if a steamroller operator was safely belted in [...]
Silica Dangers: Fatality Report
INCIDENT Many workers have contracted silicosis. This is the reality that workers face who have contracted silicosis in their employment. [...]
Shoddy Procedures Result in Tragedy
A forklift driver moving scrap wood died when he was crushed between the forklift and a dumpster. He had hauled [...]
Shingler Falls Off Roof
While shingling a house, a 46-year-old roofer fell more than 20 feet (six meters) to his death. He had been [...]
Seeping Water Causes Cave-In
An unusual mishap occurred when the ground gave way outside of an excavation, burying and killing a worker. The worker [...]
Search Overlooks Watchman’s Body
A worker was killed when he fell down a large uncovered shaft in a shopping mall tower under construction. He [...]
Search for New Life Ends Abruptly
A Haitian man who was working hard for a better life died suddenly when scaffolding he was moving collapsed onto [...]
Scaffold Slippery from Ice and Snow
A tubular welded frame scaffold was covered with ice and snow. A construction laborer working on the third level slipped [...]
Scaffold Not a Climbing Device
A young man was working on a building renovation project. He was inexperienced, and was working part-time for a sub-contractor. [...]
Scaffold Collapse Takes Painter To Death
Painters were painting a new warehouse. To paint the roof supports, a scaffold was needed. The crew borrowed a scaffold [...]
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