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Plumber Electrocuted
A 40-year-old plumber was electrocuted when he contacted frayed wires on his work light. The victim was installing plumbing at [...]
Painter Electrocuted
A house painter was electrocuted while setting up a 40-foot (12-meter) aluminum ladder. It contacted an electrical line. He was [...]
Overhead Hazards: Fatality Report
INCIDENT A comparison in real time between a Near-Miss/Close Call and a fatality. See a video online in which workers in [...]
Operator Killed as Boom Touches Power Line
A company was contracted to dig post holes for a fencing project which was located adjacent to overhead power lines. [...]
Operator Crushed on Loader
A worker was fatally injured when he was crushed between the cross member of the boom lift arm and the [...]
One Dies, Three Rescued as Smokestack Burns
A construction worker died in a smokestack fire at a West Virginia power plant and three others were plucked by [...]
No Escape From Cave-In
One pipelayer was crushed to death and another injured when a trench collapsed. They were laying sewer pipe in a [...]
No Escape From Burning Basement
A building contractor died when he was trapped in the burning basement of a house under construction. Another worker was [...]
New York Ironworker Crushed to Death
The victim had been working 11 years at the company. He was 43, and worked as a foreman. He was [...]
New Hire Dies Under Bulldozer
A dump truck spotter working for a North Carolina utility construction company was run over by a bulldozer. The 56-year-old [...]
Nail-Gun Incident Claims Young Life
Nail guns are extremely convenient. They can also be extremely dangerous. A construction worker in his late 20s fell while [...]
Moisture And Electricity A Deadly Mix
A worker had been operating an electrically-powered screw gun with pieces of plywood during a house renovation project. When his [...]
By the Numbers – Contractor Safety
DID YOU KNOW? According to the most recent OSHA statistics available, 5,250 workers died on the job in 2018, or [...]
Men Die When Bridge Equipment Collapses
Men Die When Bridge Equipment Collapses The men must have felt privileged to work on the largest public works project [...]
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