Incident Alerts (2011 – 2018)

NOTE: these are all my Hotwork / Welding related incidents from 1998-2018 Incident Alerts.   You can use your browsers “page search” function to search for specific keywords if you are looking for a specific type of accident.  MANY of the links no longer work, but I always tried to capture the gist of the…...

PLEASE NOTE:  this is NOT a complete listing of the incident since 4/1/18; however, I have been distracted by some punk fool who is trying to hack my site!  Once I win this battle, I will update this listing. Industrial LOTO/GUARDING FATALITY UPDATE: Utah man killed in an industrial accident identified (worker, 38, died after…...

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…...

Industrial LOTO FATALITY Landfill Employee’s Death In Shredder Appears Accidental (Sheriff’s deputies are continuing to investigate the gruesome death of a 46-year-old employee at a privately owned landfill – shortly after 10 a.m. a worker went to clear a jammed trash-shredding machine – after he repaired the machine, HE CALLED OUT TO HIS CO-WORKERS TO…...

Industrial Carbide Industries employee dies after ‘workplace accident’ (CPR was performed on the employee and he was rushed him to a Hospital, but it was too late – no details available) UPDATE on CRANE FATALITY UPDATE 3rd worker dies from Manitowoc Crane accident (a third man, 38, has died of injuries he sustained in an…...

Industrial LOTO FATALITYHawkins worker killed at MIS Inc. plant in Phipps Bend (worker, 34, was killed after getting stuck in a large piece of equipment while reportedly trying to dislodge a part that had gotten stuck – as soon as the part was dislodged, the door closed on the worker – death would have been…...

Industrial PRCS FATALITY– ONE ENTRANT – ONE WOULD BE RESCUER – OXYGEN DEFECIENT Man dies in hospital following industrial accident in Hamilton (one of two men who were rescued from a tanker truck in Hamilton on Thursday evening has succumbed to his injuries in hospital around 5:30 p.m. – one employee entered the tanker and then collapsed…...

A hole was being drilled in the plant’s No. 8 Generator in order to remove a bore plug on a rotor undergoing maintenance.  As workers were drilling the first hole, flames emanated from the drilled hole and injured a worker.  A Ministry of Labour investigation found that the flames resulted from the release of hydrogen from pressurized…...

Industrial CONFINED SPACE FATALITIES Two workers die while cleaning molasses tank in Queensland (two workers died while they were reportedly cleaning a molasses tank – the men, aged 52 and 48, died after being affected by fumes while cleaning the tank) LOTO FATALITY OSHA investigating fatal accident at Michael Foods (fatal incident happened at about…...

Industrial STEAM Worker burned in triumph accident (worker was seriously burned in an accident about 10:30 a.m. – the woman was in stable condition after suffering steam burns on the front part of her body) FORKLIFT FATALITY Worker Dies in Forklift Accident at Marine Terminal (a longshore worker was killed in a forklift accident at…...

Industrial CRANE FATALITY Spirit worker who died was crushed by an airplane part (worker injured in an accident Nov. 3 has died – he suffered a crushing injury when the load shifted and fell during the lifting of an aircraft part while using an overhead crane) LOADING DOCK FATALITY Police: UPS worker killed in loading…...

Industrial CONFINED SPACE RESCUE PG&E Worker Injured at Folsom Gas Leak (Fire Department conducted a dramatic rescue of an injured worker who lost consciousness while working on an underground gas line – worker was rushed to the hospital after losing consciousness while working on a natural gas line in an underground open vault – Fire…...