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Dear Sirs
I’m a Brazilian safety technician and would like to say that my safety training quality has been very much improved with the assistance of your great site! I want to participate by sending you photos of a fatal accident (electrocution) that took place in a high voltage substation in the city of SAO PAULO, BRAZIL,...
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Brian,
These photos were taken in Colorado. What happened is the truck was improperly loaded at the quarry (the left side was much heavier than the right side.) When the truck got to the jobsite and tilted the bed up, the extra weight on the left side caused the supports to bend and the bed fell over.
Eric Watts
Safety Manager
Vanguard Contractors
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Hi Bryan,
These two incidents occurred in two separate coal mines in central XXXXXXXX just over 12 months ago. The first of the two is the result of when people do not park in designated parking areas. This incident occurred at night when the driver of the Toyota Troop Carrier parked in an area nearby to where a Cat. D11 Dozer was operating. Leaving the vehicle for...
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Date: 12/20/02
What Happened?
Crew completed running 3 1/2 tubing in the well and was in the process of stripping off the BOPE (Stotler). The crew stripped the BOP up off the wellhead and installed slips under the stotler. The stotler remained on the stup in the slips. Crew worker unlatched the tubing elevators and operator...
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Summary:
About 8:00 am 02/03/03 ***** personal began to set up the 50-ton rough terrain crane at the oil barge dock to unload cargo for the ***** project. After the crane was positioned approximately 8′ from the edge of the bulkhead and all pre-lift checks had been made with dry run we proceeded to lift the first piece. The operator lifted up the cargo about 10 to 12 inches high and stopped...
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Construction Industry Program
Incident Report:
Truck-mounted Concrete Placing Boom Overturns
Category: Cranes & hoists
Sub-category: Concrete placing equipment
Relevant to: All construction sectors, concreting contractors, truckmounted concrete boom pump owners and operators
Date of Issue: 22...
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Event: Caustic burnDate/Time: 17 April 2003, 0815 hrs.Location: premix mud tankShift and Team: Daylight tourInvestigation Date(s): 17-18 April 2003Report completed by: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
CONCLUSION:
The accident was preventable and results from:
Employee did not use proper procedure for mixing caustic soda.
Employee had his coveralls tucked inside the top of...
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UPDATED on 3/11/03
Dear Bryan:
Am I missing something? I have read the caption on the below attached photo / description several times….and I can appreciate the (additional) safety violations noted, but nowhere is thebiggie – Number one should have been, it is a...
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Colleagues
Please find attached a photograph highlighting the dangers associated with pressurized containers and the warm weather. This is a picture of a pressurized can that exploded in a person’s vehicle and imbedded itself in the back seat of the car. The metal backing in the seat back stopped it from penetrating the seat completely. The temperature outside of the closed up vehicle was about...
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A worker was struck on the head by a compressed air hose which blew off its fitting on a piece of equipment. He received serious head injuries which proved fatal. The air hose was held by a hose clamp on the fitting with no keeper or restraining chain or sling to prevent the hose from thrashing around.
CAUSE
The primary cause of this accident was the failure to secure the hose and hose clamp by means...
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BOILERMAKER SUFFERS SERIOUS EYE INJURY IN GRINDING INCIDENT
Fluor Australia released a Safety Alert on 23 January, dealing with an incident that happened on a Queensland site on 14 January which resulted in a boilermaker suffering permanent loss of vision in his left eye when using a hand-held grinder. We have provided the Safety Alert for your information and assistance in preventing similar...
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