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Mich. man crushed to death from 12-ton manufacturing mold

November 12, 2020

A man was crushed to death in a tragic industrial accident when a manufacturing mold weighing upwards of 25,000 pounds fell on top of him while he was at work.


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NTSB: Pilot caused Texas hot air balloon crash that killed 15

October 18, 2017
The pilot’s “pattern of poor decision-making” – which was likely exacerbated by the medications he was taking for multiple health problems – led to the July 30, 2016 hot air balloon accident in Texas that killed 15 passengers and the pilot.
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Fatal errors

NIOSH to study oil field behaviors and concerns

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Benita Mehta
November 3, 2015

It’s common knowledge that the oil and gas industry is dangerous and the death toll is higher than other industries, but the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows it hasn’t been improving.


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Worker dies after 15 foot fall

M.R. Asphalt, Inc. cited for failure to provide fall protection
March 14, 2013

An employee checking asphalt levels from the top of a tank died after falling 15 feet and hitting his head on a concrete structure supporting the tank. The September 2012 accident at Corvallis, Mont.-based M.R. Asphalt Inc. resulted in 16 safety and health violations, including one willful for failing to provide a guardrail or fall protection on the working surface.


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Worker without FR clothing dies in flash fire

J.R. Resources cited for violations
March 7, 2013

A natural gas company’s failure to provide a worker with FR clothing lead to a fatality, according to OSHA, which has cited Pennsylvania-based J.R. Resources for eight safety and health violations. The employee died from injuries sustained during a flash fire.


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TX oil worker fatalities and safety violations go hand in hand

Long hours and massive equipment increase danger
February 21, 2013

Since 2009, eleven employees working for drilling companies and related industries died in accidents that could have been prevented, according to a story in the San Antonio Express-News.


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OSHA opens up communication with fatality victims’ families

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Dave Johnson
January 22, 2013

According to the fiscal year 2013 Congressional Budget Justification for OSHA, the agency will be more transparent in divulging information to the next-of-kin of workplace fatality victims. OSHA has long been criticized by activists such as Alabama’s Ron Hayes, whose son was killed in a grain silo, of frustrating victims’ families by leaving them out of the information loop.


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Traffic deaths: A surprising dimension of the red state-blue state divide

Stuart Silverstein
November 20, 2012

The nation’s red and blue states often are miles apart in social attitudes and, of course, political outlook. It turns out that they also divide into distinct camps when it comes to a grimmer measure — fatal traffic accidents.


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One a day: Florida’s workers die at a high rate

October 3, 2012

It may have year-round sunshine and play host to “the happiest place on earth,” but Florida’s dismal work-related fatality statistics reveal another side of the state.


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Construction deaths down for fifth straight year

One in four fall-related deaths involve a height of 10’ or less
September 24, 2012

Although falls continue to be a concern, those just-released Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures on 2011 U.S. fatal occupational injuries show that fatal work injuries in the construction industry declined to 721 in 2011 from 774 in 2010 -- a decrease of 7 percent.


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