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| Volunteer Plunges to His Death |
A volunteer died of head and chest injuries when he fell 18 feet to a concrete floor while helping repair a community sports facility.
People from various work backgrounds had volunteered their time and services to repair and insulate the building. The inexperienced group decided to use a farm tractor equipped with a hydraulically operated front end loader attachment to raise workers and materials up from the floor.
The tractor with the loader belonged to another volunteer. Because of its flexibility, it was being used rather than conventional scaffolding. It was a common practice in this community to use this type of equipment to lift agricultural products and persons.
The victim and two others were being lifted to the ceiling along with some materials. When the loader bucket struck a ceiling support beam, all three fell to the floor. Two survived with serious injuries, but the third died a month later in the hospital.
Volunteer efforts like this project are greatly appreciated by the community. Unfortunately, volunteer workers often lack the training and proper machinery, as well as the PPE that would be available for similar tasks in the paid workforce. It’s likely that many of your workers volunteer in their spare time. Share with them these tips on how to stay safe while giving to their communities.
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| How’d you like to be refueling your vehicle next to a guy with a cigar in his mouth? It isn’t known if his cigar was lit, but the image he portrays is certainly shocking. (WorkSafeVictoria, Australia) |
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| Protecting Workers from Power Tool Hazards |
Many workers use some sort of “power” tools—that is, hand tools with an electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic or other external power source—on the job. Examples of commonly used and potentially dangerous power tools include power drills, nail guns, pressure washers and chain saws. The OHS laws typically set safety requirements for the use of such power tools
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| Gulf Rig Owner Apologizes for ‘Insensitive’ Comment |
The owner of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig, which blew up on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers in the Gulf of Mexico, has apologized for calling 2010 “the best year in safety.”
Transocean Ltd. stated in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that big bonuses and raises given to Transocean’s top executives were partially based on the company’s safety performance.
“We acknowledge that some of the wording in our 2010 proxy statement may have been insensitive in light of the incident that claimed the lives of 11 exceptional men last year and we deeply regret any pain that it may have caused,” said Transocean in a statement released to CNN.
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