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Big Beam Crushes Worker
A large steel beam fell from a storage crib and crushed a worker to death. The fatality happened when a [...]
Basement Explodes When Vapors Drift Near Pilot Light
Two finishers were working with a chemical product on a parquet tile floor in a residential basement. The heavier-than-air vapors [...]
Bad Board Disintegrates
One defective plank was the cause of a three-story fall that killed a bricklayer. He was part of a crew [...]
Backward Step Leads to Fall
Employees working for a plumbing contractor were hoisting pipes up from ground level to higher levels for storage. They were [...]
Backward Hose Sets Up Explosion
A bulldozer operator was preparing a roadbed by using the machine to lift trees out of the way. A hydraulic [...]
Backhoe Jumps Forward And Crushes Laborer
A backhoe in poor repair could only be started by using a screwdriver to engage the starter. Besides its inoperable [...]
Backhoe Driver Dies After Rollover
Could This Have Been You? On average, 5,000 to 6,000 workers are killed each year. Learn from the following reports [...]
Aerial Lift Fatality Carries Important Lessons
Workers operating aerial lift trucks need to pay attention to unusual noises, uncharacteristic vibrations, or abnormal operation when controls are [...]
Administrative Penalties for OHS Violations Can Be Imposed on Worksite Owners
A tree faller was struck by a section of a rotting fir tree and died. At the time, he was [...]
A Little Fun Turns Tragic
An operator of an excavator struck a water line while digging a trench, causing water to spray around. A worker [...]
24 Foot Fall from Roof
A 39-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he fell approximately 24 feet to the sidewalk below. On the day [...]
17-Year-Old Laborer Works His Last Day
A 17-year-old male laborer died, and a co-worker was injured after a wall in the trench they were working in [...]
Construction Worker Falls to His Death
A worker was instructed to mechanically trowel a concrete floor slab on the 30th floor of a building under construction. [...]
Young Worker Dies in Concrete Mixer Incident
A 23-year-old worker at a company that produces concrete and brick pavers, masonry and retaining walls, died after becoming caught [...]
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