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Hazard Alerts by Accident Type - Equipment Failure

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		Gear Reducer Hazard Keywords: gear, reducer, explosion, sawmill Industries: Wood & Paper Products Manufacturing Year: 2012 Alert #: 2012-07  View  Print PDF (73 KB)  Send
		Worker struck by load after articulating boom crane "two-blocks" Keywords: construction, boom, crane Industries: Construction Year: 2012 Alert #: Injury 2012-06  View  Print PDF (134 KB)  Send
		Scaffold falls, leaving worker suspended in air Keywords: construction, scaffold Industries: Construction Year: 2012 Alert #: Warning 2012-05  View  Print PDF (186 KB)  Send
		Ice jacking seriously damages roof anchors Keywords: roof, anchors, fall, protection Industries: Service, construction Year: 2011 Alert #: Warning 2011-08  View  Print PDF (199 KB)  Send
		Worker fatally crushed between parts of trailer Keywords: lowbed trailer, gooseneck, pinch points, crushed by Industries: Trucking Year: 2010 Alert #: Fatality 2010-09  View  Print PDF (117 KB)  Send
		Inspect cables on trailer reload hoists Keywords: forestry, cables, hoists, trailer Industries: Forestry, trucking Year: 2010 Alert #: Warning 2010-05  View  Print PDF (126 KB)  Send
		Load falls when braking system fails on side boom tractor Keywords: boom, tractor, pipe, pipeline, oil, gas, construction Industries: Oil and gas, construction Year: 2009 Alert #: Warning 2009-06  View  Print PDF (149 KB)  Send
		Incorrect use of monitoring equipment in confined spaces can endanger workers Keywords: confined, spaces, carbon, monoxide, toxic, gases, monitoring, equipment Industries: Agriculture, manufacturing, construction, wood & paper products manufacturing, hospitality, oil & gas, diving, fishing, warehouse/large retail, other Year: 2009 Alert #: WS 2009-03 (Revised 2013)  View  Print PDF (162 KB)  Send
		Three workers injured when restaurant kettle explodes Keywords: restaurant, kettle, explosion Industries: Hospitality Year: 2008 Alert #: Injury 2008-27  View  Print PDF (250 KB)  Send
		Hazards involving automotive lifts Keywords: automotive, lifts, vehicle Industries: Other Year: 2004 Alert #: WS 04-05  View  Print PDF (81 KB)  Send
		Inspect and maintain jeep pins, connections, and slider mechanisms Keywords: jeep pin, slider mechanism, worn part, missing part Industries: Forestry Year: 2006 Alert #: WS 06-02  View  Print PDF (179 KB)  Send
		Inspection of Crane Hooks Keywords: crane hook, tower crane, hook assembly, threads Industries: construction Year: 2005 Alert #: WS 05-04  View  Print PDF (99 KB)  Send
		Check reversing mechanism on automatic garage doors Keywords: reversing, mechanism, garage door, closing, electric eye Industries: Agriculture, construction, health care, heavy equipment servicing, hospitality, manufacturing, oil and gas, performing arts and film, trucking, warehouse/large retail, wood and paper products manufacturing, other Year: 2005 Alert #: Fatality 05-02  View  Print PDF (112 KB)  Send
		Broken chain drive link penetrates protective window, striking feller processor operator Keywords: saw, chain, windshield, operator cab Industries: Forestry - Logging Year: 2004 Alert #: 2004 NOA 596  View  Print PDF (252 KB)  Send
		Abrasive wheel on grinder breaks, killing worker Keywords: abrasive, wheel, grinder, break, piece, cut, angle, rpm, guard, fatal Industries: Construction, manufacturing, other Year: 2004 Alert #: Fatality 04-15  View  Print PDF (132 KB)  Send

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