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  • Carpet Installer Dies after Falling 32 Feet at a Commercial Jobsite summary

    On November 12, 2009 a 45-year-old carpet installer was fatally injured when he fell 32 feet from a window striking his head on the concrete sidewalk below. The victim and a coworker were installing carpet in a commercial building that was under construction.
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  • Machinist Dies After Being Struck by Rotating Steel Bar Stock in Lathe in Washington State summary

    On January 29, 2010, a 27-year-old machinist was fatally injured when he was struck by a piece of round stainless steel bar stock that he was machining in a computer numerical control (CNC) lathe. According to the general manager, the victim was machining washers from the round bar stock for a gill net reel frame. He had placed a 6 foot piece of the bar stock into HAAS TL-3W model lathe. More »
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  • Deck Engineer on Barge Dies When Struck by Crane Counterweight in Washington State summary

    In June of 2010, a 26-year-old female deck engineer died when she was struck by the counterweight of a barge mounted crane/derrick. The deck engineer (victim) and a crane operator, both employees of a marine construction company, were working from a crane/derrick barge in support of a crew working at a job site on a project to replace pilings underneath a pier. The project involved having divers in the water and workers in small boats taking out the old pilings and replacing them with new ones. More »
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  • Orchard Tractor Operator Dies when Run Over by Trailer-Mounted Water Tank Towed by Tractor summary

    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. On the day of the incident during the harvest, he was performing one of his normal job tasks. This task involved the operation of a tractor pulling a trailer-mounted, stainless steel 1,000 gallon capacity water tank to dampen the orchard's compacted dirt and gravel roads to suppress dust while the apple pickers were working.
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  • Truck Driver Dies after being Run Over by Propane Transport Rolling Backward at Bulk Plant summary

    In March of 2011, a 69-year-old propane transport driver died when his loaded cargo tank transport semi-trailer truck rolled backward and over him. The driver was employed by a farm supply cooperative which delivers bulk propane in cargo tank semi-trailer trucks, also known as propane transports.
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  • Forest Crew Worker Electrocuted While Trying to Cut Tree Fallen on High-Voltage Power Line summary

    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.
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  • Timber Harvester Operator Killed Following a Chain Shot Incident

    On August 12, 2010, a 47-year-old timber harvester operator, employed by a logging company, was fatally injured when he was struck in the neck by a broken saw chain link while processing a Douglas-fir tree and the cutting chain experienced chain shot. Chain shot is the high velocity separation and ejection of a piece or pieces of cutting chain from the end of a broken chain.
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  • Equipment Hazards Frequently Found During DOSH Consultation Visits, January–April 2017

    Equipment in poor condition can cause injury!
    Washington — Other — 8/3/2017 — 0 Views

  • Hazard: Unstable Logs on Loads

    Logs not contained in the stakes can roll off and strike drivers wrapping the load.
    Washington — Other — 8/2/2017 — 0 Views

  • Hazard: Skyline Hung Through Standing Timber

    WAC 296-54-577(4) Employees must be in the clear of logs, root wads, chunks, hazardous trees, rolling material and rigging before the go-ahead signal is given and must stay in the clear until all rigging movement has stopped.
    Washington — Other — 8/2/2017 — 0 Views
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