NEWS

May 2006

• Three workers died buried in quick-drying concrete

• Daring 30 story rescue of crane operator (video)

• Scaffold collapse kills 2 workers and bystander (video)

• Replacement worker killed in accident at AK Steel

• Worker dies when front-end loader backs over him

• Arson suspected in fire at Michigan Scrap Yard

• Fire halts production at Indiana Steel Plant

• Fire erupts at Miami used auto parts facility

• California insurance agent defrauds truckers

• AK Steel Ohio wins safety awards

• $2.3 Million paid to estate of demolition worker

• New fire suppression system for hydraulic oil fires

• Occupational Safety Week April 30-May 6, 2006

April 2006

• OSHA Identifies Workplaces with High Injury Rates

• Welder rescued after falling down shaft

• Humidity causes bag house fire

• OSHA inspectors save lives on construction sites

• Canadian paper mill worker seriously injured

• Smurfit-Stone earns top scores in safety survey

• Trucker facing vehicular homicide charges

• Missing scrap worker found buried in metal

• $6.1 Million Construction Death Settlement

• Fatal Conveyor Belt Accident

• Massive Paper Recycling Fire

• Worker Dies-Collapsed Trench Buries Him Alive

• City Worker Crushed inside Dumbwaiter

• Hot work igniters massive tire fire

• Construction Worker Killed in Interstate Accident

• Brush Fire Spreads to Auto Dismantling Facility

• Crane Accident-Son Left Dangling, Father Falls to Death

• Building Frame Collapses-Injures Four Workers Injured

• Jury Deliberates over Work Place Death

• Torch Ignites Molasses During Tank Demolition

• Fatal Forklift Accident, Worker Crushed After Leaving Protective Cab

• Fatal Construction Accident Prompts Hearings

• Recycling fire complicated by long distance to hydrant

• $323K OSHA Fine for Lead Exposure

• Explosion at AK Steel Injures three workers

• Arson suspected in auto recycling fire

• Fire Extinguisher Accidents Sends 11 to Hospital

• Scrap Yard Blaze Ignites Hundreds of Crushed Cars

• Welder Seriously Injured After Fall

• Worker injury lands employer in jail
  
  
  
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