Accident Photos

Double Fatality – Welding on ATM Flammable Storage Tank (GRAPHIC)

There are very few instances where OSHA uses such clear language, but in 1910.252(a) they use the phrase “absolutely certain” and for good reason! This explosion occurred at a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Gumi, South Korea, on October 19, 2016. 1910.252(a)(3)(i) Used containers.No welding, cutting, or other hot work shall be performed […]

Safety Shoes SAVE a foot

This was the shoe of a stand up forklift driver who got his foot too far of the edge of the lift.   He was uninjured.  The cost of the injury without that shoe would have paid for every employee’s safety shoes in our company for two years.

Strip of Steel – Hand Injury

I am sending some pictures of unsafe conditions to renew my membership. These pictures were taken at both our facilities here in XXXXXX Ohio and XXXXXX Indiana, these pictures were taken by me and you have permission to post them on your site. The 3 truck pictures were taken when a truck driver was turning

Fall from Scaffolding

The injured worker was an insulation contractor employee who was working on a 10 feet scaffold while blowing insulation into walls. The name of the contractor and builder have not been shown. The worker sustained head injuries and complained of pain to his hip and leg. It is unknown how serious his condition.  The photos attached

Drill Press and Gloves

This happened this morning, a maintenance employee of 20+ years gambled and lost. He failed to follow safety procedures and remove his gloves before using the Drill Press and the bit caught his left hand kevlar glove while drilling a hole in a rubber wiper. Here’s the result. Broken/Twisted left middle finger, needed to have

Finger Injury

We had a First Aid injury to a Maintenance employee.The injury was a friction burn to the left index finger and left thumb. The employee was using a drill press to drill a 3/8” hole in a round piece of rubber,The drill caught in the rubber and it spun between his left thumb and index

Pinched Finger

One of my maintenance employees had just placed a Gerrad banding machine on a workbench in the maintenance shop with a forklift to service it.  The unit was resting on the table  with two legs off the table; the employee was attempting to rotate it to the right to get it resting on all four

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