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| Kiln roof collapses suddenly during demolition Keywords: lumber, kiln, wood, manufacturing Industries: Wood product manufacturing Year: 2013 Alert #: Warning 2013-02 |
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| Getting the full benefits of safety-engineered medical sharps Keywords: needlestick injury, SEMD, safety-engineered medical device, hepatitis C Industries: Health Care Year: 2012 Alert #: WS 2012-03 |
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| Safety approaches---person or system centered? Keywords: TCP, traffic control person, vehicles, MVA, human factors Industries: Construction Year: 2010 Alert #: HF 2010-02 |
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| Workers injured when walls tip over Keywords: construction, frame, wall, struck by, Industries: Construction Year: 2010 Alert #: Injury 2010-04 |
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| Hiring a diver Keywords: Diver, diving, SCUBA Industries: Construction, fishing, performing arts and film Year: 2010 Alert #: WS 2010-04 |
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| Conducting safe diving operations at your workplace Keywords: diving, underwater, scuba, diver Industries: Diving, construction Year: 2007 Alert #: WS 07-07 (replaces WS 03-01) |
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| Fish Harvesting Alert: 84 Fatalities 1991 - 2009 Keywords: Fishing, drowning, diving Industries: Fishing Year: 2009 |
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| 160 Fishing Vessels Capsized 1975 - 2009 Keywords: fishing, vessel, capsize Industries: Fishing Year: 2009 Alert #: PL22 |
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| Written procedures and actual practice Keywords: saw, kickback, human, factors Industries: Manufacturing, wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 2009 Alert #: HF 2009-04 |
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| Faller dies when struck by large slab of danger tree Keywords: faller, danger, tree, escape, route, log Industries: Forestry Year: 2009 Alert #: Fatality 2009-12 |
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| Worker fatally injured under pickup truck Keywords: automotive, tire rim, truck, auto lift Industries: Heavy equipment servicing, small business, other Year: 2009 Alert #: Fatality 2009-09 |
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| Worker stuck by contaminated needle Keywords: needle-stick injury, health care, sharps, hepatitis Industries: Health care Year: 2009 Alert #: Injury 2009-07 |
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| Assessing risk? Consider human limitations Keywords: manufacturing, human factors, explosion, chemical hazards Industries: Manufacturing Year: 2009 Alert #: HF 2009-01 |
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| Worker crushed by waste container door Keywords: waste, container, crushed, truck, garbage, removal Industries: Transportation & warehousing, trucking, construction, manufacturing, other Year: 2009 Alert #: Injury 2009-04 |
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| Soaker pads are not for repositioning Keywords: soaker, bed, pads, turn, lift, patients, sprains, strains, MSI Industries: Health care Year: 2009 Alert #: WS 2009-01 |
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| Young worker crushed by falling railcar door Keywords: young worker, railcar, pulp mill, warehouse Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing, manufacturing, other Year: 2009 Alert #: Injury 2009-02 |
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| Working in traffic control zones --- be prepared for high risk! Keywords: traffic control person, TCP, struck by, road, construction Industries: Construction, Performing Arts & Film, Traffic Control Year: 2009 Alert #: Fatalities/Injuries 2009-01 |
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| Worker dies after being thrown back by concrete pump hose Keywords: concrete, pump, truck, hose Industries: Construction Year: 2008 Alert #: Fatality 2008-25 |
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| Fisherman gets wound up in trawl net on drum Keywords: fisherman, trawl net, gillnet drum, safeguards Industries: Fishing Year: 2008 Alert #: Injury 2008-16 |
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| Wooden box culvert collapses under weight of equipment Keywords: culvert, logging, grapple yarder Industries: Forestry Year: 2008 Alert #: Warning 2008-12 |
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| Young worker injured when manual pallet jack accelerates down ramp Keywords: young worker, pallet jack, loading ramp, struck by Industries: Warehousing/Large Retail, Hospitality Year: 2008 Alert #: Injury 2008-13 |
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| Operator escapes injury when chain shot misses cab of log processor Keywords: log processor, chain, cab Industries: Forestry Year: 2008 Alert #: Warning 2008-11 |
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| Safety for first responders around fallen power lines Keywords: power line, electricity, emergency crew Industries: Others Year: 2008 (Rev. 2013) Alert #: WorkSafe Bulletin 2008-04 |
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| Worker dies when excavation wall collapses Keywords: excavation, trench, shoring, wall Industries: Construction, oil and gas Year: 2008 Alert #: Fatality 2008-05 |
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| Preventing nail gun injuries Keywords: nail gun, trigger Industries: Construction, manufacturing, performing arts and film, warehouse/large retail Year: 2008 Alert #: WS 2008-01 |
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| Welders risk ear damage from hot slag Keywords: welding, construction, ear, damage, slag Industries: Construction, manufacturing Year: 2007 Alert #: Injury 07-09 |
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| Fence panels tip over, crushing worker unloading them Keywords: materials, handling, loading, unloading Industries: Warehouse / large retail Year: 2007 Alert #: Fatality 07-08 |
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| Sawmill worker dies while unplugging waste wood in hog chute Keywords: sawmill, hog, chute, waste, wood, confined space Industries: Wood & paper products manufacture Year: 2007 Alert #: Fatality 07-07 |
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| Young worker seriously injured in fall through roof opening Keywords: young worker, fall, roof Industries: Construction Year: 2007 Alert #: Injury 07-06 |
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| Logging truck driver killed when trailer rolls over him Keywords: logging truck, truck driver, trailer, brakes, log hauling Industries: Forestry Year: 2007 Alert #: Fatality 07-04 |
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| Industrial lasers can cause serious eye injuries and severe burns Keywords: industrial laser, beam, guarding, radiation, eye injury, burns Industries: Manufacturing Year: 2006 Alert #: WS 06-07 |
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| Chasing shoplifter results in injury Keywords: young worker, shoplifter, retail, store, violence, robbery, theft, struck Industries: Warehouse/large retail, hospitality, other Year: 2006 Alert #: Injury 06-09 |
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| Forestry worker entangled in twister Keywords: forestry, grapple yarding operation, twister, tailhold, pole, slip, fall, caught in, equipment safety, cable yarding Industries: Forestry Year: 2006 Alert #: Injury 06-04 |
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| Renovation and restoration projects: Low bid may not meet environmental or workplace safety requirements Keywords: renovation, restoration, construction, qualified bid, hazardous materials, contractor Industries: Construction Year: 2005 Alert #: WS 05-06 |
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| 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 |
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| Young worker crushed when boat shifts while being lowered Keywords: young, worker, boat, hoist, crushed, sling Industries: Marina Year: 2005 Alert #: Fatality 05-01 |
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| Slips and Trips in Health Care Keywords: slips, trips, falls, health, care, housekeeping Industries: Health care Year: 2004 Alert #: WS 04-03 |
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| Falls from stepladders can kill Keywords: stepladder, fall, 3-point contact Industries: Construction, hospitality, performing arts and film, warehouse/large retail, other Year: 2004 Alert #: AA 04-09 |
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| Hooktender injured while felling trees on steep, snow-covered slope Keywords: hootktender, felling, tree, steep, slope, yarding, cable, lines Industries: Forestry Year: 2004 Alert #: Injury 04-17 |
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| Garbage truck backs into pole, injuring worker riding on step Keywords: garbage, truck, swamper, stand, step, collide, utility, pole, mobile equipment, visibility Industries: Trucking, other Year: 2004 Alert #: Injury 04-16 |
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| 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 |
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| Block sorter's foot caught in moving conveyor Keywords: block, sorter, caught, conveyor, jam Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 2004 Alert #: Injury 04-14 |
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| Horse rears, fatally kicking worker in the head Keywords: horse, rears, hind, legs, kick, worker, head Industries: Agriculture, other Year: 2004 Alert #: Fatality 04-13 |
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| Worker falls while dismantling log home Keywords: worker, dismantling, log, home, crane, fall, protection, roof, purlin, brace Industries: Construction, manufacturing Year: 2004 Alert #: Injury 04-11 |
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| Workers seriously injured in conveyor accidents Keywords: conveyor, belt, lock out, guard, clear, debris, caught, crush Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing, manufacturing, hospitality, forestry Year: 2004 Alert #: AA 04-03 |
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| Bale of hay rolls onto tractor operator Keywords: farm, operator, bale, hay, roll, tractor, arms, seat, grapple, attachment, secure, load, unstable Industries: Agriculture Year: 2004 Alert #: Injury 04-08 |
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| Pasta machine catches sleeve, breaks hand Keywords: pasta, machine, hand, entangled, mixing, arm, broken, lockout, lock, out Industries: Manufacturing Year: 2004 Alert #: Injury 04-06 |
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| Cold water can kill - Immersion suits can save lives Keywords: immersion suit, cold, water, overboard, abandon, ship, crewmembers Industries: Fishing Year: 2004 Alert #: AA 04-03 |
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| Quick death follows cold water immersion Keywords: crewmember, overboard, secure, line, cold, water, immersion Industries: Fishing Year: 2004 Alert #: Fatality 04-02 |
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| Asbestos Hazards in Demolition, Renovation, and Salvage Keywords: asbestos, demolition, renovation, salvage Industries: Construction Year: 2003; Revised March 2011 Alert #: WS 03-03 Translated Publications: Also available in Traditional Chinese and Punjabi . |
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| Watch Out for Hazards - They Can Kill You! Keywords: construction, fatalities, falls, electrocution, motor vehicle accidents, silicosis, asbestosis Industries: Construction Year: 2001 Alert #: Construction Fatalities 1991-2000 |
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| Truck driver killed when lumber slides off trailer Keywords: lumber, slides, trailer, crushing, load, fall, zone, loose, secure, straps Industries: Trucking Year: 2003 Alert #: Fatality 03-18 |
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| Worker pinned underneath heavy mining equipment Keywords: worker, pinned, heavy mining equipment, tires, scooptram, air jack, hydraulic jack Industries: Heavy Equipment Servicing Year: 2003 Alert #: Injury 03-15 |
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| Worker dies after being pulled into blades of rotor tiller Keywords: tractor, rotor tiller, hitch, lever, engaged, caught in, blades Industries: Agriculture Year: 2003 Alert #: Fatality 03-12 |
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| Worker Dies in Passenger Van Accident Keywords: passenger, van, workers, accident, transporting, driving, rollover, motor vehicle accident, seatbelts Industries: Agriculture, forestry Year: 2003 Alert #: AA 03-02 |
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| Young worker injured in elevator shaft Keywords: young, worker, injured, elevator, shaft, caught in, squeezed Industries: Construction, other Year: 2003 Alert #: Injury 03-05 |
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| Potential Hazards of Automotive Flex-Fans Keywords: automotive, flex-fans, blade, mechanic Industries: Other Year: 2002 Alert #: WS Flex-Fans |
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| Weedlines Cause Concerns Keywords: weedlines, salmon gillnets, vessels, fishing, entanglement, entangle Industries: Fishing Year: 2002 Alert #: WS-Weedlines |
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| Tugboat crew missing and presumed drowned Keywords: tugboat, drowned, girding, personal flotation device, PFD, lifejacket, cold water immersion Industries: Other Year: 2002 Alert #: Fatality 02-15 |
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| How to Prevent Caught-In-Machinery Accidents Keywords: lock out, caught-in-machinery, crushing, amputation, energy, power source, contact, guards Industries: Agriculture, construction, manufacturing, hospitality, oil and gas, forestry, wood and paper products manufacturing, warehouse/large retail, forestry Year: 2002 Alert #: AA 02-01 |
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| Worker killed when struck by flex-fan blade Keywords: mechanic, engine compartment, fan blade broke, cracked, safe work procedures Industries: Auto service or repair Year: 2001 Alert #: Fatality 01-16 |
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| Improper chain used in overhead rigging kills commercial fisher Keywords: longline vessel, hydraulic winch controls, jib boom, galvanized chain, failed, rated capacities Industries: Fishing Year: 2001 Alert #: Fatality 01-15 |
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| High-rise Construction: High winds blow out window Keywords: winds, high-rise, near miss, defective windows Industries: Construction; high-rise construction Year: 2001 Alert #: Warning 01-10 |
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| Log peeler struck by pivoting log Keywords: log peeler, struck by, pivoting log, front end loader, traffic route, maximum speed sign Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing; Log home manufacturing Year: 2001 Alert #: Injury 01-06 |
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| Blocks alone do not make safe retaining walls Keywords: concrete blocks, collapse, geogrid fabric, fill placement, safe distances Industries: Construction Year: 2000 Alert #: Injury 00-04 |
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| Consider installing smoke detectors Keywords: vessel master, electrical fire, suffocated, heat sensors, emergency procedures, emergency drills Industries: Fishing Year: 1999 Alert #: Fatal 99-10 |
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| Use temporary bracing during all phases of wood frame construction Keywords: collapsed house, temporary wall braces, wind, lateral stability, load-carrying capacity Industries: Construction Year: 1999 Alert #: Hazard Alert 99-13 |
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| Restrain logs before removing cinches Keywords: loader operator, struck by, log, log truck, not secured properly Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing; Forestry Year: 1998 Alert #: Fatal 98-11 |
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| Cover the sides of thrust-out platforms Keywords: transformer, knocked out, flying lumber, thrust-out platforms, cover, plywood Industries: Construction Year: 1998 Alert #: Hazard Alert 98-04 |
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| Secure loads and do not exceed load capacity Keywords: swamper, tandem-bed truck, crushed by, heavy mud tank, truck bed, rolled forward, properly secured Industries: Oil and gas, Trucking Year: 1997 Alert #: Fatal 97-10 |
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| A preventable fly rock death Keywords: blaster, flyrock, struck, head, no hard hat, safe work procedures Industries: Blasting; Construction Year: 1996 Alert #: Fatal 96-08 |
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| Use extreme caution when moving heavy objects Keywords: heavy hot tub, lost control, spinal injuries, safe work procedures, mechanical aids Industries: Trucking, Warehouse/large retail Year: 1996 Alert #: Hazard Alert 96-08 |
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| Stay clear of concrete locking blocks Keywords: concrete locking blocks, broke off, cold joint, reinforced, safe position, slings Industries: Construction Year: 1996 Alert #: Hazard Alert 96-07 |
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| Use equipment to move logs Keywords: young worker, large log, cant hook, rolled off, crushed against Industries: Sawmill; Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 1995 Alert #: Fatal 95-16 |
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| Use restraining devices before cutting Keywords: cutting torch, pipe, under tension, sprang back, struck, safe side Industries: Oil and gas; Construction Year: 1995 Alert #: Fatal 95-05 |
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| Deflate tires before servicing Split-rim and multi-rim tires Keywords: multi-rim tires, hidden crack, lock rim groove, explosive separation, deflate, regular inspection Industries: Heavy equipment servicing Year: 1995 Alert #: Hazard Alert 95-09 |
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| Keep clear of plugged culverts Keywords: plugged culvert, stored energy, water hazard, drowning, drainage ditches, mechanical means Industries: Construction, diving Year: 1995 Alert #: Hazard Alert 95-08 |
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| Stay clear of yarding cable Keywords: hooktender, bight area, out of sight, struck by, mainline Industries: Forestry Year: 1994 Alert #: Fatal 94-30 |
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Stack materials safely Keywords: counter tops, toppled, struck by, head injuries, stack, heavy materials Industries: Transportation/warehouse/large retail Year: 1994 Alert #: Fatal 94-25 |
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| Use load restraints Keywords: truck driver, unrestrained truck load, struck by, load restraints, vertical log alignment Industries: Forestry, Trucking Year: 1994 Alert #: Fatal 94-23 |
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| Control fly rock Keywords: fly rock, safe blasting techniques, blasting mats, blast design, danger areas Industries: Construction Year: 1994 Alert #: Hazard Alert 94-13 |
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| Heavy scaffold collapses Keywords: bricklayers, tubular scaffold, grossly overloaded, collapse, brace, load-rated capacity Industries: Construction Year: 1994 Alert #: Hazard Alert 94-05 |
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| Painter/Sandblaster Fatality Keywords: flatbed trailer, large-diameter pipe, slide off, crushed by, restrain Industries: Construction, Trucking Year: 1993 Alert #: Fatal Misc. 93-01 |
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| Construction Faller Fatality Keywords: crawler tractor, right-of-way, power line, damaged trees, crushed by Industries: Construction, Forestry Year: 1992 Alert #: Construction Fatal 92-07 |
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| Construction - Teamster Fatality Keywords: flatbed load, sheet metal ducting, construction site, unloading area, slope, crushed by Industries: Construction, Warehouse/large retail, Trucking Year: 1992 Alert #: Construction Fatal 92-06 |
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| Labourer/Handyman Fatality Keywords: log house constructors, isolated location, numerous trees, no experience, struck by, hung-up tree Industries: Construction Year: 1992 Alert #: Construction Fatal 92-02 |
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| Log Truck Driver Fatality Keywords: trailer, loose limbs, struck, adequate lighting, safe work procedures Industries: Forestry, Trucking Year: 1992 Alert #: Logging Fatal 92-06 |
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| Government of BC Park Assistant 2 Fatality Keywords: park assistant, hiking trail, blow-down timber, lightning strike Industries: Local government, Other Year: 1992 Alert #: Fatal Misc. 92-03 |
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| 1991 Fatal -- Trainer Keywords: trainer, whale pool area, slipped, entrapped, drowned Industries: Performing Arts and Film, other, Year: 1991 Alert #: Miscellaneous 91-01 |
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| 1990 Construction Fatal -- Sheet metal foreman Keywords: sheet metal foreman, free-standing gang panels, accidentally toppled, fatal injuries Industries: Construction Year: 1990 Alert #: Construction 016-90 |
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| 1990 Logging Fatal -- Logging handyman Keywords: truck, floating wharf, ramp stringer, broke, drowning Industries: Forestry Year: 1990 Alert #: Logging 008-90 |
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| 1990 Logging Fatal -- Chokerman Keywords: logging, steep slopes, unstable ground, heavy rainfall, mud slide, buried in Industries: Forestry Year: 1990 Alert #: Logging 006-90 |
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| 1990 Logging Fatal -- Boomboat operator Keywords: boomboat operator, lake, high winds, fell overboard, drowned Industries: Forestry Year: 1990 Alert #: Logging 003-90 |
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| 1990 Construction Fatal -- House mover Keywords: house, raised, hydraulic jacks, malfunction, fatally crushed Industries: Construction Year: 1990 Alert #: Construction 002-90 |
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| 1990 Pulp & Paper -- Electrician Keywords: work platform, overhead bridge crane, head, caught, fractured, fatal Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 1990 Alert #: Pulp & Paper 001-90 |
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| Stay clear of nip points! Keywords: clear debris, conveyor belt, stick, caught in, nip point Industries: Other Year: 1990 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0790 |
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| Safe shoring requirements Keywords: excavation, shoring practices, pre-excavation requirements Industries: Construction Year: 1990 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0390 |
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| Logging Fatal -- Shake block cutter Keywords: shake block cutter, presumed drowned, lake, open boat Industries: Forestry Year: 1989 Alert #: Logging 23-89 |
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| Logging Fatal -- Boom man Keywords: boom man, caulk boots, fell, moving boat, working alone Industries: Forestry Year: 1989 Alert #: Logging 11-89 |
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| Do not tamper with safety devices Keywords: thrown off, high lift truck, full speed, safety devices, disabled Industries: Warehouse/large retail Year: 1989 Alert #: Hazard Alert 0189 |
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| Logging Fatal -- Yarding engineer Keywords: spar operator, haulback drum, slipped, caught in, spooling Industries: Forestry Year: 1988 Alert #: Logging 7-88 |
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| Edger kickback fatality -- Poor condition of kickback fingers Keywords: edger, kickback fingers, worn condition, 2 x 4, impaled, millwright-carpenter Industries: Wood and paper products manufacturing Year: 1988 Alert #: Hazard Alert 1088 |
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