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Falling Bricks Land on Backhoe
A demolition project went terribly wrong when brick and wood fell several stories to land on the cab of a [...]
Willful, Serious Safety Violations Cited Against Construction Contractor
A Florida construction company was issued willful citations alleging failure to provide cave-in protection to employees working inside an excavation [...]
Who’s Liable for Safety Violations at Sites with More than One Employer?
Who’s Liable for Safety Violations at Sites with More than One Employer? There are hazards at every workplace. The OHS [...]
Fall from Elevation Kills
A 49-year-old construction worker was killed as a result of a fall from a roof. Two crews, one working for [...]
Fall from Elevation
A 37-year-old residential roofer was fatally injured after falling from a roof. The victim and one co-worker had climbed onto [...]
Fall Causes Fatal Head Injury
A fall from 25 feet (7.5 meters) killed a construction worker. The worker had been spraying foam used to seal [...]
Explosion Kills Welder
A welder was killed while welding on a wastewater recovery tank. He had been welding a pipe onto an empty [...]
Experienced Worker Becomes Entangled in Unguarded Drum
A lead hand employed by a heavy equipment dealer was responsible for operating a grader and a simple conveyor system. [...]
Excavator Operator Sinks In Mud
Excavator Operator Sinks In Mud A shortcut along the edge of a gravel-pit pond proved deadly for the owner of [...]
Excavator Operator Crushed
A 64-year-old operator was running an excavator in British Columbia. He was working alone, moving logs to build a cabin. [...]
Excavator Falls 30 Feet, Killing Operator
An immigrant from Ecuador who was working construction in the Bronx, NY, was killed in an unusual incident involving an [...]
Excavator Bucket Throws Passenger
Two plumbers had been working in a construction trench. When it was time to come back up to the street [...]
Excavation & Trenching
INCIDENT Carlos Moncayo, a 22-year-immigrant from Ecuador. He died on April 6 when a 13-foot deep trench he was working [...]
Engineer Struck While Marking Highway
A field engineer was killed when struck by a truck while he painted markings on the shoulder of a highway. [...]
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