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  • Auto Technician Mistakes Handicapped- Accessible Accelerator Pedal for Brake Pedal and Fatally Pins Co-Worker (14KY001)

    Monday, January 6, 2014, a 50-year-old master technician and married father was sitting at his desk in the service bay area of a dealership, with his back to the service area, when an auto technician mistook a handicapped-accessible accelerator pedal for the brake pedal causing a Lincoln MKX to travel forward. The vehicle struck the desk chair the victim was sitting in and knocked him into the desk. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 7/2/2014 — 37 Views

  • A Metal Fabrication and Finishing Foreman Dies After 25 Foot Fall at a Commercial Building Site (13KY042)

    On a fall Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 pm, a 53-year-old male fabrication and finishing foreman was installing sheets of insulation prior to decking on a commercial building. The foreman was standing at the edge of the decking on roof beams, arguing with an excavation contractor about the movement of his loader to complete grading work. Witnesses say the foreman was distracted when he told the other workers to spread the “itchy” (meaning rolls of fiberglass insulation). More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 7/2/2014 — 38 Views

  • Emergency Responders Struck and Killed During Incident Response

    Haz Alert for emergency responders and tow truck drivers on roadside dangers of being struck by approaching traffic while outside of vehicle.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 7/2/2014 — 37 Views

  • Kentucky FACE Program 2013 Annual Report

    Kentucky FACE Program 2013 Annual Report
    Kentucky — Annual Report — 7/2/2014 — 38 Views

  • Steel Worker Falls from Highway (10KY043)

    On a fall day in 2010, a 49 year-old steel worker fell from a highway bridge he was working from and died. The steel worker was in the process of leveling jacks for concrete forms. He had donned a fall protection harness with an attached lanyard then stepped outside the lifeline onto a 10”x2” wooden board to verify the jacks were level. As the steel worker stepped over the lifeline, he did not attach the lanyard and fell approximately 28 feet onto the railroad tracks below. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 7/2/2014 — 37 Views

  • Secure it to move it! Don't lose it!

    Poster demonstrating how people can secure their ladder in a truck to keep it from falling when transporting it on the roadway.
    Kentucky — Brochure — 7/2/2014 — 39 Views

  • Roofing and Construction Workers Killed Due to High Winds

    Haz Alert detailing the dangers of wind, specifically in the construction and roofing industries.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 6/1/2014 — 38 Views

  • Construction Flagger Struck and Killed in Two-Lane Highway Work Zone (14KY002)

    On a clear, cold, Monday, January 20, 2014, a 36-year-old married flagger entered a two-lane highway with his back toward oncoming traffic and was struck by a 2010 red Toyota Corolla, driven by a 53 year-old motorist. The seven-man crew had finished setting up a construction zone on a two-lane highway to repair damaged guardrails along the westbound side of the roadway. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 5/23/2014 — 37 Views

  • Tanker Truck Involved in Deadly Crash on Interstate (14KY007)

    February 17, 2014, on a cloudy Monday, around 4:40 p.m., a 40 year-old male tanker truck driver (victim) was driving down a straight level 3-lane interstate headed north bound to a neighboring state going approximately 70 m.p.h., to deliver his 45, 000 lbs. of liquid sodium sulfate when he came upon a slow moving vehicle in the right lane, the victim swerved to the left to avoid the vehicle and his 2001 Kenworth tractor trailer left the road. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 5/12/2014 — 31 Views

  • Heat Related Illness in Agriculture and Forestry

    Heat-related illness (HRI), such as heat exhaustion or heat stroke, can occur in otherwise healthy workers. Agriculture and forestry have a high burden of fatal and non-fatal HRI compared to other industries.
    Washington — Other — 5/1/2014 — 4 Views
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