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As I was looking up a former student (who is now awating Senate confirmation to the rank of Brigadier General), I somehow stumbled across a list of OSHA fatalities from 2014 & 2015.
The list was predictably sad. It's always horrible to hear of a death on the job, but it is a bit depressing to hear how many are the same old causes that have been killing workers since the Industrial Revolution began. There were many who were shot by co-workers as well. Many still fall off ladders, too. And trees still seem to go out of their way to kill those who work on them. Forklifts appear repeatedly as an instrument of death, as do logging skidders. Men working in bucket trucks and aerial lifts recur often. So do those loading granite and stone slabs. More than a few mowers slid into lakes and drowned the operators. Ladders and forklifts contacted power lines a lot.
Some of the more surprising descriptions are below. None of them is intended as jest or jeering, but as oddities. One wonders how some could have happened, whereas others are just unanticipated.
Worker struck and killed by falling tree first day on the job.
Worker in aerial lift fatally crushed between lift basket and roof overhang.
Worker electrocuted while servicing arcade vending machine.
Worker struck and killed by trusses that fell off delivery truck.
Worker installing decking struck and killed by lightning.
Worker fatally crushed between aerial lift bucket and steel beam.
Worker struck and killed by pin on oil and gas well drilling rig.
Worker struck and killed when chop saw kicked back.
Employee drowned after being pinned under water by mower.
Worker electrocuted while plugging in jack hammer.
Scrap yard worker cutting bomb killed when primer exploded.
Worker installing home security system fatally shot.
Worker fatally engulfed when grain bin wall collapsed.
Worker electrocuted while installing plumbing pipe in ceiling.
Worker fatally crushed under 800 pound hay bale.
Worker struck and killed by diesel hammer.
Worker mowing grass choked on low-lying tree.
Worker fatally stung by bees.
Worker killed in fall through skylight.
Worker killed after being pulled through wood chipping machine.
Worker killed when riding mower tipped over and caught fire.
Worker killed when clothes became entangled in shaft of hay bale elevator.
Worker drowned when lawn mower tipped over into retention pond.
Worker fatally crushed between fence and motorized gate.
Worker drowned while power washing pool.
Worker killed after becoming caught in asphalt conveyor.
Worker delivering mail killed when tree fell on vehicle.
Worker killed by bees nesting in air conditioning unit.
Worker killed in explosion while sorting shell castings.
Worker drowned when riding lawn mower slid into lake.
Worker fatally engulfed in sawdust that filled cab of truck.
Worker gate struck and killed by glass table-top blown from balcony by high winds.
The list was predictably sad. It's always horrible to hear of a death on the job, but it is a bit depressing to hear how many are the same old causes that have been killing workers since the Industrial Revolution began. There were many who were shot by co-workers as well. Many still fall off ladders, too. And trees still seem to go out of their way to kill those who work on them. Forklifts appear repeatedly as an instrument of death, as do logging skidders. Men working in bucket trucks and aerial lifts recur often. So do those loading granite and stone slabs. More than a few mowers slid into lakes and drowned the operators. Ladders and forklifts contacted power lines a lot.
Some of the more surprising descriptions are below. None of them is intended as jest or jeering, but as oddities. One wonders how some could have happened, whereas others are just unanticipated.
Worker struck and killed by falling tree first day on the job.
Worker in aerial lift fatally crushed between lift basket and roof overhang.
Worker electrocuted while servicing arcade vending machine.
Worker struck and killed by trusses that fell off delivery truck.
Worker installing decking struck and killed by lightning.
Worker fatally crushed between aerial lift bucket and steel beam.
Worker struck and killed by pin on oil and gas well drilling rig.
Worker struck and killed when chop saw kicked back.
Employee drowned after being pinned under water by mower.
Worker electrocuted while plugging in jack hammer.
Scrap yard worker cutting bomb killed when primer exploded.
Worker installing home security system fatally shot.
Worker fatally engulfed when grain bin wall collapsed.
Worker electrocuted while installing plumbing pipe in ceiling.
Worker fatally crushed under 800 pound hay bale.
Worker struck and killed by diesel hammer.
Worker mowing grass choked on low-lying tree.
Worker fatally stung by bees.
Worker killed in fall through skylight.
Worker killed after being pulled through wood chipping machine.
Worker killed when riding mower tipped over and caught fire.
Worker killed when clothes became entangled in shaft of hay bale elevator.
Worker drowned when lawn mower tipped over into retention pond.
Worker fatally crushed between fence and motorized gate.
Worker drowned while power washing pool.
Worker killed after becoming caught in asphalt conveyor.
Worker delivering mail killed when tree fell on vehicle.
Worker killed by bees nesting in air conditioning unit.
Worker killed in explosion while sorting shell castings.
Worker drowned when riding lawn mower slid into lake.
Worker fatally engulfed in sawdust that filled cab of truck.
Worker gate struck and killed by glass table-top blown from balcony by high winds.
