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  • Snowmaker Killed after Sliding off an Icy Trail and Striking a Tree

    Fatality investigation
    New York — Case Report — 12/2/2013 — 6 Views

  • Roofer Dies After Gust of Wind Knocks Him and a Co-Worker Off Roof (13KY059)

    Around 11:00 a.m. on a windy fall day, a 73-year-old roofer and a roofing coworker arrived at the commercial construction site to roof a newly constructed building. The two roofers climbed an extension ladder to access the roof to determine where they were going to place their anchors to tie off. While reviewing the backside of the commercial structure, a gust of wind around 33 m.p.h. made the two roofers lose their balance and fall from the roof. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 11/30/2013 — 32 Views

  • Choker Setter Struck by Log When Hung up Turn Comes Free

    A 19-year-old choker setter was struck by a log after a turn hung up on a stump came loose.
    Washington — Case Report — 11/30/2013 — 0 Views

  • Work Safe Work Smart: A Curriculum Targeted to Adolescent Health and Safety in the Workplace

    The Work Safe Work Smart curriculum was developed by public health professionals in collaboration with Minnesota teachers to explore occupational health and safety issues with high school students in an effort to reduce injury rates of young workers. In Work Safe Work Smart, students use their personal experience of work-related injury to identify workplace hazards, brainstorm ways to protect workers from hazards, and discuss barriers to making safe choices at work. More »
    Minnesota — Other — 11/27/2013 — 106 Views

  • Solid Waste Workers Killed on the Job

    A surveillance publication from New Jersey's Occupational Health Surveillance Unit. This hazard alert (English version) provides updated injury statistics and offers simple steps to collectors and drivers to help prevent injuries while working on or near sanitation trucks. For more information visit the NJDOH's resource Web page at: www.nj.gov/health/surv/solidwaste_recycle.shtml.
    New Jersey — Brochure — 11/26/2013 — 6 Views

  • Truck Driver Dies When Tractor-Trailer Leaves the Road and Plunges Into a Creek-Bed (13KY039)

    In the early morning hours of a fall day, exact time unknown and the length of time driving unknown, a 28-year-old male truck driver was driving north on an interstate transporting 30,000 lbs. of blue plastic injection molding pellets. The truck driver exited the highway behind a guardrail and traveled 1,320 feet, striking a wire fence and several trees before plummeting into a creek bed, shearing the cab open. At 10:27 a.m. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 11/20/2013 — 31 Views

  • Orchard Tractor Operator Dies when Run Over by Trailer-Mounted Water Tank Towed by Tractor

    Washington FACE Fatality Investigation Report: Orchard Tractor Operator Dies when Run Over by Trailer-Mounted Water Tank Towed by Tractor. In October of 2008, a 43-year-old male, Hispanic, foreign-born apple orchard tractor operator died when he was run over by the wheels of a water tank trailer.
    Washington — Technical Report — 11/18/2013 — 4 Views

  • Choker Setter Struck by Log When Hung up Turn Comes Free

    Washington FACE Logging Injury Alert: Choker Setter Struck by Log When Hung up Turn Comes Free. A 19-year-old choker setter was struck by a log after a turn hung up on a stump came loose.
    Washington — Case Report — 11/14/2013 — 0 Views

  • Tree Trimmer Dies When He is Crushed by Palm Tree Fronds

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 11/12/2013 — 2 Views

  • Sheepherder Dies When ATV Struck by Motor Vehicle slideshow

    Washington FACE Fatality Narrative Slideshow: Sheepherder Dies When ATV Struck by Motor Vehicle. On January 11, 2013, a 32-year-old sheepherder was operating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on a roadway when he was struck from behind by a motor vehicle.
    Washington — Case Report — 11/5/2013 — 4 Views
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