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Man Killed In Concrete Mixer
A male laborer died after being crushed while cleaning the inside of a concrete mixer at a pipe manufacturing facility. [...]
Machine Operator Crushed
Could This Have Been You? On average, 5,000 to 6,000 workers are killed each year. Learn from the following reports [...]
Focus On: Crane Safety
Crane accidents can be dramatic events. Think of the news stories you’ve seen – large tall cranes collapsing on a [...]
Stairway Collapse Fatality File
A 64-year-old male employee was fatally injured when the stairway he was standing on collapsed 17 feet (5 meters) to [...]
Long Fall Ends On Standpipe
A painting contractor's crew was sandblasting and painting the inside of a riser under a water tower. One worker was [...]
Log Amputates Bridge Builder’s Leg
A railroad bridge building crew was dispatched to a job they had never done before – to try to break [...]
Lockout / Tagout: Fatality Report
PREAMBLE Employees servicing or maintaining machines or equipment may be exposed to serious physical harm or death if hazardous energy [...]
Loader Slides Off Low-Boy
A worker drove a front-end loader up a dirt ramp onto a lowboy trailer in preparation for a move to [...]
Leaking Propane Cylinder Causes Fatal Fire
Several unsecured propane cylinders were being stored on the third floor of a construction project. A large propane heater was [...]
Laying Down Cut-off Casing Results in Fatality
The following is a real-life example of what went wrong and what corrective measures resulted from an incident in the [...]
Language barrier contributed to crushing death
A landscaper who did not speak English was crushed to death as he and a co-worker attempted to unload a [...]
Land Owner Dies In Collapse Of Well Excavation
A property owner had contracted a backhoe operator and a helper to assist him in digging a well. The excavation [...]
Lack Of Training About ‘Dead Air’ Leads To Fatality
A barge maintenance worker was found dead of asphyxiation in a compartment on the vessel. The barge, used as a [...]
Laborer Whipped With Hydraulic Hose
A 32-year-old laborer for a boring and tunneling company died when he was struck with a hydraulic hose. The victim [...]
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