Auburn, New South Wales – Craig Tanner (42), father of three, was killed in a tragic lockout accident at an industrial ink manufacturer in West Sydney, Australia. Two other workers were hospitalized after also being trapped in the vat of ink. The three workers were cleaning the ink vat as part of a routine maintenance check…
Read MoreSalinas, CA – Growers Street Cooling has agreed to pay $310,000 in costs and civil penalties as a result of legal action brought by the Monterey County District Attorney following a 2013 worker fatality at the Salinas-based produce-cooling company. The death of Jose Juan Serrano (30) prompted the Monterey County District Attorney to file a worker fatality…
Read MoreWatkins, MN – A maintenance worker was killed last week when he became pinned in the industrial machinery he was working on at International Barrier Technology. Rescue workers freed the man from the equipment and began life saving efforts, but sadly, he died at the scene. The worker was identified as Todd Shoutz, 51, of Litchfield…
Read MoreHelena, AL – An employee of ABC Polymer Industries was killed on the job this month. Eva Saenz, 45, was sucked into an industrial machine after getting caught in the roller at the Alabama plastics factory. According to Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans, it appeared that Saenz “was working next to the rollers and bent down…
Read MoreCedarburg, WI – OSHA plans to fine a Cedarburg (WI) manufacturing company nearly $125,000 following an inspection prompted by the death of a lathe operator and their finding that locks had been bypassed. In March of this year, a 36-year-old employee of Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corp. died after being caught in his lathe’s operating spindle…
Read MoreSandy, UT – An employee of the Reams grocery store in Sandy, UT suffered a fatal workplace accident when she fell into an industrial mixer on February 3, 2016. 45-year-old Carmen “Jackie” Lindhart, was killed in the bakery department of Reams Grocery when “she became entangled with the augers in the mixer causing her to be…
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