When two separate safety problems combine, the result too often is fatal.
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Tags: faulty equipment, forklift, lack of training, reverse beeper
An employee said a workplace injury left him in pain, unable to “enjoy life’s pleasures” or wear shorts because of an embarrassing scar. Given those claims, attorneys for his former employer were interested in what was on his Facebook page.
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Q: When is workers’ compensation, the so-called “exclusive remedy” for employee injuries, not an exclusive remedy? A: When the injured employee can prove the company knew an injury was likely to occur.
Tags: exclusive remedy, forklift, injury likely to occur, light duty, scissors lift, ThyssenKrupp, Workers' comp
An electrical contract worker was killed and another employee was critically injured after they fell 30 feet from a scissor lift.
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Tags: contract worker, forklift, scissor lift
A 21-year-old employee, part of a team loading equipment into railroad cars, was crushed to death when a forklift pinned him against a flatbed car.
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Tags: crushed to death, forklift
At Safety News Alert, we comb the Internet daily to find news stories of interest to safety pros. So, you can’t blame us for wanting to find out what this story was about after reading the headline:
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Tags: Australia, forklift, missing step
The death of a construction worker in California provides lessons about trenching and forklift use.
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Tags: buried alive, falling, forklift, trench
Here’s a reminder for forklift operators: Besides watching out for their own safety, they have to be aware of others around them.
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Tags: fatal, forklift, struck in head
A 20-year-old man has died from injuries he sustained when a container of clams fell on him at a food plant in Massachusetts.
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Tags: Blount Fine Foods, forklift, hardhat
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
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