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  • Tower Technician Killed when Guyed Tower Collapsed

    Fatality report of a tower technician who fell to his death when a communication tower collapsed due to a guy line failure
    New York — Case Report — 3/27/2015 — 6 Views

  • Mechanic Crushed When the Dozer He Was Lowering Shifted and Fell Off the Jack - Massachusetts

    Results of an investigation by MA FACE into a work-related fatality, including recommendations for prevention.
    Massachusetts — Case Report — 3/15/2015 — 84 Views

  • Hispanic Roofer’s Fall Protection Failed Causing Him to Fall 29.91 Feet to His Death

    On Monday, June 30, 2014 at 11:48 am a 60-year-old Hispanic roofer was removing shingles from a church roof. As he leaned back on the leading edge of the roof, his safety rope snapped, causing him to fall 29 feet 11 inches to hard dirt below. Although the victim was wearing a safety harness, it was not considered a personal protection fall arrest system and he was not tied off properly. Emergency services were called and the victim was in cardiac arrest when emergency personnel arrived. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 3/9/2015 — 32 Views

  • Scrap Processor Struck by Wrench and Dies after Makeshift Torque System Fails

    On June 30, 2014, a 42-year-old scrap processor was instructed by his supervisor to salvage the main bolts on a locomotive flywheel that was being scrapped, so the normal procedure of removing them with a torch was replaced by the following method: To increase tension, the scrap processor wrapped one end of a large 48 mm wrench with a makeshift sling that was tied at the other end to an excavator grapple. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 3/5/2015 — 32 Views

  • Tower Technician Killed When Guyed Tower Collapsed Case Report 09NY095

    FACE Report: Technician dies on the job.
    New York — Case Report — 2/15/2015 — 1 Views

  • Foreman Falls into Running Auger after Stepping on Door Panel With Broken Door Interlocks

    On Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 9:00 am a 21- year- old foreman and two coworkers were assigned to clean a mixing plant and try to free the vein feeder that had become clogged with dried concrete. The last time the mixing plant had been used was the fall of 2013 and it had been stored for the winter in the lot next door without having been cleaned. After freeing the vein feeder, the foreman started the mixer section to remove the dried concrete. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 2/11/2015 — 32 Views

  • Two Masons Electrocuted after Contact with an Overhead Power Line

    On April 3, 2013, a sunny and windy spring morning, around 10:15 am, two male masons, ages 51 and 76, each an owner of his own small business, were performing repair work on a chimney of an unoccupied house in a rural area. Both masons were in the bucket of an aerial lift, which was elevated to allow them to reach the chimney. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 2/11/2015 — 31 Views

  • Truck Driver Falls from Tanker Truck to His Death

    On May 14, 2014, at 10:30 am, a 56-year-old tanker driver arrived at an oil distribution plant with 6,000 gallons of oil. He backed into the garage bay with the guidance of an employee at the distribution plant. The victim exited the cab, climbed onto the top of the tanker, and began the process of venting the oil tanker compartments. The employee was in the bay area, but the driver was not in his sightline. More »
    Kentucky — Case Report — 2/2/2015 — 37 Views

  • 47-year-old factory maintenance worker died when he was entangled in the plastic drive gear of a food conveyor

    MIFACE, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is a joint research project of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).
    Michigan — Case Report — 1/22/2015 — 0 Views

  • 46-year-old male owner of a logging firm died when he was struck by a rotten section of a poplar tree he had just hand felled

    MIFACE, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), is a joint research project of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine’s Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).
    Michigan — Case Report — 1/22/2015 — 0 Views
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