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Parent Category: Safety Info Posts

Category: Incident Alerts (2011 - 2018)

Published: 01 April 2018

Industrial

FATALITY Contractor Killed in Accident at BMW's South Carolina Plant (contractor died in what appears to be a workplace accident in the paint shop of a vehicle plant)

FATALITY Worker Dies at Plywood Mill in Southern Oregon (worker, 57, died in an accident at a plywood plant - he had worked for the company since 2010)

FATALITY Worker Dies in Accident at St. Joseph Sawmill (worker, 34, died in what is being treated as an industrial accident - no details)

FATALITY Worker dies from head injury in accident at Geneva Rock in Draper (worker, 57, has died after a chute he was installing at a rock operation fell on him - he was trying to free the heavy piece of equipment that had become stuck when it struck him in the head around 1:30 p.m.)

FORKLIFT FATALITY Fuyao worker crushed between forklift and a ton of glass (forklift operator, 57, died after being crushed between a forklift and more than a ton of glass - he was found “wedged in between” the industrial machine and a pallet of glass, which had a tag indicating it weighed 2,097 pounds - he died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck in what was ruled an accident)

TRAIN FATALITY Police say Sioux City worker dies after being crushed (the worker was killed shortly before noon when he was crushed as he attempted to move train cars)

LOTO/GUARDING Worker loses part of arm in workplace accident (worker lost part of his arm in a workplace accident after he got his arm caught in a machine at about 10:30 a.m. - firefighters assisted the workers in taking the machine apart to get the victim free)

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