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  • Hispanic Laborer Killed When Struck By Falling Plywood on a Commercial Construction Site (14KY008)

    On a clear windy Wednesday, around 11:50 a.m., a 24 year-old Hispanic laborer was helping his brother-in-law load trusses on the ground, when a gust of wind ripped an 8 foot by 4 foot sheet of plywood from another Hispanic laborer’s hands as he was handing the plywood to a co-worker 60 feet above on a commercial construction site roof. The co-worker on the roof tried to grab the sliding plywood by jumping onto it, but could not stop it. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 4/25/2014 — 32 Views
  • Grain Truck Driver Killed at Train Crossing (13KY046)

    On a clear fall Wednesday afternoon, at 3:45 p.m., a 69 year-old driver of a semi-trailer loaded with soybeans was killed when he turned off a two lane state highway and into a farm driveway, directly into the path of an oncoming freight train. The train and truck were both travelling west on parallel pathways; the truck driver was struck on the blind spot of his cab’s passenger side by the train. The truck driver was not wearing his seatbelt and was ejected from the cab. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 3/28/2014 — 33 Views
  • DIGITAL FACE STORY: Owner of Towing Company Dies When Struck by Box Truck 12KY035

    Kentucky Digital FACE Story for a tow truck driver who was crushed and killed by a box truck while he was checking on his load.
    Kentucky — Multi-Media — 2/1/2014 — 37 Views
  • Two Semis Collide - Fire Ensues; Both Drivers Perish (11KY031)

    One summer’s night, A 49 year-old semi-truck driver (D1), pulling a flatbed loaded with salvage cars for recycling traveled north on a three-lane state highway. D1 topped a hill, drove through a right curve when the unit rolled onto the driver’s side, slide across the center line and entered a straight stretch approximately half way to the bottom of a hill. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 1/31/2014 — 32 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
  • 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
  • Arborists Die After Falling

    Haz Alert on the dangers of falls in the arborist an tree-trimming industry.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 11/1/2013 — 38 Views
  • Owner of Towing Company Dies When Struck by Box Truck (12KY035)

    A tow truck driver pulled over to the road side to check the securement of his cargo when a box truck veered off of the sholder, stricking and crushing the tow truck driver to death.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 7/7/2013 — 31 Views
  • Occupational Health in Kentucky, 2012

    This is the seventh annual report produced by the Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance (KOSHS) program at the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center. This report provides trend data on occupational injury and illness indicators including health, exposure, hazard, intervention, and socio-economic indicators. It also includes comparisons between Kentucky occupational injury and illness rates, and US rates.
    Kentucky — Annual Report — 7/2/2013 — 38 Views
  • Kentucky FACE Program 2012 Annual Report

    Annual Report for the findings of the Kentucky FACE Program.
    Kentucky — Annual Report — 7/2/2013 — 37 Views
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