Let’s Talk Safety: Employee on a barge crushed by crane counterweight
Employee #1 was involved in material handling operations to unload river silt and mud from the deck of a flattop barge. During the operations, he […] Read More »
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Category : Let’s Talk Safety
Let’s Talk Safety: Employee guiding a pile is knocked off by another pile, strikes head during a fall and drowns
Employee #1 was getting ready to land a pile being set around a metal ring to form a cofferdam. He had moved his stirrups and […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: Employee injured by boat explosion
Employee #1, a battalion chief for a fire department, was at a reported boat fire at a municipal marina. According to Employee #1, there appeared […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: Trench collapses in highway and drainage project, two killed
A highway rehabilitation project included the removal and replacement of concrete pavement, drainage modifications and new concrete barrier walls in the center median. Video inspection […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: Three employees and one customer die when boat capsizes
On January 11, 2002, three employees and one customer of a company manufacturer that manufactures high performance speed boats were testing the performance of a […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: Employee asphyxiated in low-oxygen ballast compartment
Employee #1, a maritime surveyor, entered a ballast compartment on a barge. The compartment had previously been closed for some time and Employee #1 did […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: Free-falling drop hammer crushes employee
Employee #1 and his employer were building a wooden pier, supported by wooden piles approximately 30 feet long. The piles were driven into a creek […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: Worker ignores spotter’s instruction, signals crane operator, sheet pile strikes workers, one fatality
Work began on Thursday, August 12, 1993 with the loading of concrete pilings onto trucks for transport and delivery to a customer. The pilings measured […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: Workbench grinder wheel explodes, one fatality
A mechanic needed a workbench mounted grinder and went to the tool room to get one. None were available. He decided to construct a grinder […] Read More »
Let’s Talk Safety: H-beams being moved by crane in blind location strike employee, one fatality
Employee #1 and several other employees were inside a barge, unloading steel H-beams to a truck on shore. The beams were being hoisted by a […] Read More »