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  • Two Tree Trimmers Die When They Are Electrocuted While Pollinating Date Palm Trees

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 12/5/2016 — 2 Views

  • Hydroblasting laborer dies when he falls into an underground vertical pipe and suffocates

    Fatality investigation report by CA FACE Program with identified hazards and recommendations to prevent similar incidents.
    California — Case Report — 12/5/2016 — 8 Views

  • Forest Crew Worker Electrocuted While Trying to Cut Tree Fallen on High-Voltage Power Line

    In October 2012, a 22-year-old worker on an inmate forest work crew was electrocuted while using a chainsaw to cut into a tree that had fallen onto an 115,000-volt power transmission line. The inmate work crew was employed by a state agency to conduct forest thinning on a plot of state owned land. The victim had been working with the crew for approximately 3 weeks before the incident. More »
    Washington — Case Report — 11/22/2016 — 0 Views

  • 38-year-old owner and a 20-year-old coworker drowned when they attempted to assist coworkers in a boat taking on water and beginning to sink.

    MIFACE is funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The occupational and environmental health team at Michigan State University works closely with and is a bona fide agent of both the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) to administer this project.
    Michigan — Case Report — 10/25/2016 — 0 Views

  • Hazard Alert: Convenience Store Robbery Safety

    Hazard alert offering robbery safety recommendations for employees working in convenient and chain stores.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 10/1/2016 — 37 Views

  • Fertilizer Company Worker Crushed to Death by Falling Concrete Ecology Block

    In February 2012, a 56-year-old heavy equipment operator working for a fertilizer distribution company died when a concrete "ecology block" weighing approximately 4000 pounds fell from a retaining wall, crushing him.
    Washington — Case Report — 8/29/2016 — 0 Views

  • Seasonal Lawn Mower Operator Crushed and Dies After Lawn Mower Rolls Over on a 30 Degree Slope

    On July 24, 2015, a 22-year-old lawn mower operator was killed when he was involved in a lawn mower rollover incident. The victim was mowing horizontally on a hill with a 30 degree slope when his mower slid down the hill and rolled onto him. Landscaper crewmembers also working in the area discovered the victim pinned beneath the mower at the bottom of the slope and immediately removed the lawn mower from on top of the victim, discovering he was deceased. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 8/8/2016 — 37 Views

  • Teen Laborer Rides on Side of Forklift, Falls While Jumping, and is Run Over by Rear Tire

    At approximately 4:50 pm on Tuesday, November 4, 2015, a 17-year-old teen laborer (the victim) and another 19-year-old laborer were at the end of their 8- hour work day at an agricultural distribution center and were storing a rough terrain JCB 930 forklift in a gated parking lot for the day. The 19 year-old laborer was operating the forklift when he offered the victim a ride to the storage area. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 6/29/2016 — 32 Views

  • 19-Year-Old Construction Laborer Crushed in Trench Collapse While Laying Sewage Pipe

    On Thursday, June 11, 2015, a 19-year-old construction laborer (the victim), a construction foreman, and three other construction laborers were in a parking lot laying sewage pipe in a trench. The trench measured a depth of 12 feet 2 inches and covered an area of 5 feet by 48 feet. A trench box measuring 8 feet deep and covering an area of 2 feet 1 inch by 16 feet had been placed into the trench. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 5/31/2016 — 33 Views

  • Hazard Alert: Workers Killed While Unloading Cargo from Flatbed Trailers

    Loading zones have safety hazards that may result in serious injury or death. Nine workers were killed between 2010 and 2015 in Kentucky during truck loading and unloading procedures. Six of these incidents involved truck drivers. They were all preventable.
    Kentucky — Case Report — 5/1/2016 — 31 Views
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