Did you know that Feb. 12, 2009 was Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday? And the man credited with the theory of evolution now shares his name with an annual list of people whose unsafe acts accidentally led to their deaths. And many of these occurred at work.

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Tags: Darwin Awards, remove from gene pool, unsafe acts

This isn’t how companies would want to test a safety net at a construction site.

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Tags: construction, drunk worker, safety net

An employee was hospitalized after he used a propane torch to thaw ice on a piece of work equipment.

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Tags: explosion, fractures, propane, thaw ice

The city of Montreal, Canada, has shown that it takes drinking — or even just carrying — alcohol on the job while using city equipment very seriously.

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Tags: alcohol, breathalyzer, fired

Does your company require employees to pass drug tests? Now, there’s one less product on the market to help them cheat.

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Tags: court, drug tests, transportation, Whizzinator

Stupid: Performing stunts on a forklift. Really stupid: Recording the stunts and posting them on the Web.

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Tags: forklift, safety courses, stunts