A 65-year-old temp has one finger amputated and suffers severe damage to another when his left hand is caught as he operates a machine for a Nebraska flooring materials company. OSHA inspectors discover numerous machines lacking guards.
Two temp workers are hired to cut and weld pipes for a wastewater storage tank in Moss Point, Mississippi. They have no idea and have received no training to know that the tank beneath them contains explosive methane and hydrogen sulfide gases. The tank explodes. One of the temps dies and the second is hospitalized with a fractured skull, internal injuries and broken bones.