Safety Updates

Summary: An untrained 17-year-old worker was pulled halfway into a wood chipper. The incident: Less than one month before he was scheduled to begin his fourth year learning auto mechanics at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Isiah Bedocs, 17, of …

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You probably wouldn’t wear a hard hat with an obvious crack. And chances are you’d refuse to attach a safety harness that has a broken strap. But many of us are willing to wear safety footwear that’s in poor condition. We shouldn’t. Consider: Our …

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Heads up: Safety regulators are looking to hammer employers that expose their workers to excavation hazards. A recently unveiled inspection blitz from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the agency’s response to a big …

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Summary: For 10 minutes, two workers were forced to endure the anguished cries of their crewmate as he was assaulted by a swarm of bees while suspended by his safety harness in a tree. The incident: When Franco Galvan Martinez, an employee of Bill …

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Summary: A public service worker who was following up on a dog attack was brutally mauled and ripped apart by a pack of wild dogs. The incident: When Jacqueline Summer Beard, an environmental supervisor with the Alabama Department of Public Health, …

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Summary: An inexperienced worker tripped and fell into a crucible containing molten metal heated to 2,600ºF, but part of his body remained outside the vat before officials could arrive and remove it. The incident: When Steven Dierkes, a worker at …

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