Hazwoper 8-hr Refresher 2015-2016 In Review

Hazwoper 8-hr Refresher
2015-2016
In Review
FBI arrests man who poured mouse
poison on Whole Foods' buffets
• A man who went into multiple Michigan grocery stores and sprayed
a poisonous mixture on open food is in custody, according to the
FBI.
• About 15 stores -- including a Whole Foods Market and a Kroger -- in
Ann Arbor, Flint, Midland, Birch Run and Saline may have been
targeted, according to the Washtenaw County Public Health
Department.
A memo from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warned that the city’s use
of a new water source was exposing the public to unsafe levels of lead, but Brad
Wurfel, the department’s lead spokesperson, told a reporter, “Let me start here—
anyone who is concerned about lead in the drinking water in Flint can relax.”
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-crisis-in-flint-goes-deeper-than-the-water
Hazard Description
Worker killed in fall on ice.
Worker killed in fall from ladder.
Three workers fatally shot by coworker.
Worker trimming tree killed in fall.
Worker killed in fall from bucket of boom truck crane.
Worker fatally shot by coworker.
Worker killed in fall down elevator shaft.
Worker struck and killed by dump truck.
Fatality or
Catastrophe
Fatality
Fatality
Catastrophe
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/23/2016
2/23/2016
2/23/2016
2/22/2016
2/22/2016
2/22/2016
2/21/2016
Worker struck and killed by equipment being used to relieve pressure in gas pipeline.
Worker fatally crushed when forklift overturned.
Worker killed in vehicle collision.
Worker struck and killed by van.
Worker killed in fall from scaffold plank.
Worker fatally crushed by log pile.
Worker killed in fall from ladder.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/20/2016
2/20/2016
Worker trimming tree electrocuted when chainsaw contacted high voltage wire.
Worker fatally shot by estranged boyfriend.
Fatality
Fatality
2/19/2016
2/19/2016
2/19/2016
2/19/2016
2/19/2016
Worker struck and killed by mechanical part distributing grain to train cars.
Worker killed when tire exploded during inflation.
Worker killed in fall from roof.
Worker fatally crushed by steel truss.
Worker asphyxiated while cleaning inside metal tube.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/19/2016
Worker operating wood chipper struck and killed by passing motorist.
Fatality
2/18/2016
2/18/2016
2/18/2016
2/18/2016
2/18/2016
Worker fatally crushed when generator slipped from crane sling.
Worker trimming tree killed in fall.
Worker struck and killed by offroad truck.
Worker killed in fall from roof.
Worker died after being run over by trash truck.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Date of Incident
2/28/2016
2/26/2016
2/25/2016
2/25/2016
2/25/2016
2/25/2016
2/24/2016
2/24/2016
2/17/2016
2/17/2016
2/17/2016
2/16/2016
2/16/2016
2/16/2016
2/16/2016
2/15/2016
2/15/2016
2/15/2016
2/15/2016
2/10/2016
2/10/2016
Worker killed in fall from forklift.
Worker struck and killed by delivery truck.
Worker killed in fall from telecommunications tower.
Worker killed after falling into trash compactor.
Worker killed in fall from forklift.
Worker drowned in pond.
Worker killed in fall from vehicle when tire blew out.
Worker killed in fall from ladder.
Worker fatally crushed inside sand core machine.
Worker fatally crushed in hay bailer/compactor.
Worker killed in vehicle collision.
Worker in parking lot struck and killed by vehicle.
Worker fatally crushed when vehicle lift collapsed.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/9/2016
Worker struck and killed by vehicle while performing roadside utility work.
Fatality
2/9/2016
Worker died after becoming caught in grain elevator machinery.
Fatality
2/8/2016
Worker changing highway signage struck and killed by semi-truck.
Fatality
2/8/2016
2/8/2016
2/8/2016
2/8/2016
Worker killed after becoming caught in foundry mixing machine.
Worker fatally crushed underneath forklift.
Worker killed in feed mill explosion.
Worker killed in fall through floor hole.
Worker electrocuted when saw contacted overhead power line while trimming
tree.
Worker fatally burned by cutting torch.
Worker killed in fall from truck.
Worker killed in fall from mast of ship.
Worker killed after becoming caught in mast of forklift.
Worker in loading dock area struck and killed by truck.
Worker fatally crushed under trailer.
Worker fatally crushed between conveyer and column.
Worker fatally crushed between loading dock and trailer.
Worker fatally shot during robbery.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/8/2016
2/8/2016
2/7/2016
2/5/2016
2/5/2016
2/5/2016
2/4/2016
2/4/2016
2/4/2016
2/4/2016
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/3/2016
2/3/2016
2/2/2016
Worker killed when forklift fell off dock.
Worker died after becoming caught in dough mixer.
Worker struck and killed by falling tree.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/2/2016
2/2/2016
2/2/2016
2/2/2016
Worker electrocuted while installing ducts in attic of residential house.
Worker killed in fall from paint line washer dry off oven.
Worker killed in fall from overhead crane.
Worker fatally shot by former co-worker.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2/2/2016
2/1/2016
2/1/2016
2/1/2016
1/31/2016
1/29/2016
1/29/2016
1/28/2016
1/28/2016
1/28/2016
1/28/2016
1/28/2016
1/27/2016
1/27/2016
1/27/2016
1/27/2016
1/26/2016
1/26/2016
1/26/2016
1/26/2016
1/26/2016
1/24/2016
1/23/2016
1/23/2016
Worker fatally crushed between elevator car door and shaft wall.
Worker fatally crushed between tractor and trailer.
Worker killed in fall from tractor.
Three employees were severly injured by flash fire exposure.
Worker killed in fall from roof.
Worker killed when clothing caught in lathe machine.
Worker struck and killed by forklift.
Worker killed in vehicle collison.
Worker struck and killed by cement roller.
Worker killed when asphalt roller flipped over.
Worker fatally crushed by granite slabs.
Worker killed from sever burns in gas well flash fire.
Worker killed in fall from ladder.
Worker fatally crushed by truck tire.
Worker struck and killed by excavator bucket.
Worker struck and killed by hay bale.
Worker killed in trench collapse.
Construction worker struck and killed by falling wood.
Worker fatally crushed by concrete knocked over by crane.
Worker struck and killed by school bus.
Worker struck and killed by dump truck.
Worker killed in fall onto a fan damper.
Worker struck and killed by truck.
Worker killed when delivery truck was struck by falling tree.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Catastrophe
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Catastrophe
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/22/2016
1/22/2016
1/22/2016
1/21/2016
1/21/2016
1/21/2016
1/20/2016
1/20/2016
1/20/2016
1/20/2016
1/20/2016
Worker killed after being caught on windshield conveyor.
Worker stuck and killed by falling cart.
Worker struck and killed when RV panel fell from trailer.
Worker killed in propane heater explosion.
Worker struck and killed by semi-truck.
Worker died from carbon monoxide exposure.
Worker fatally shot during robbery.
Worker died after being caught in conveyor.
Worker in trench fatally crushed by falling riser.
Worker killed in fall from roof.
Worker died after slipping on ice.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/20/2016
1/19/2016
1/19/2016
1/19/2016
1/19/2016
Worker fatally crushed after becoming caught in conveyer belt.
Worker fatally shot during robbery.
Worker struck and killed by forklift.
Worker killed in fall from scaffold.
Worker killed in avalanche.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/18/2016
1/15/2016
1/15/2016
1/15/2016
1/15/2016
1/15/2016
1/14/2016
1/14/2016
1/13/2016
Worker killed in fall from elevated conveyor belt when it unexpectedly activated.
Worker killed in vehicle collision.
Worker killed in fall through stairwell opening.
Worker killed in fall from scissor lift.
Worker died after contracting flesh eating bacteria.
Worker killed in fall through roof.
Worker killed in fall from golf cart.
Worker fatally crushed by falling concrete slab.
Worker trimming trees killed in fall from aerial lift.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/12/2016
1/12/2016
1/12/2016
1/12/2016
1/12/2016
Three employees critically injured when contents of liquid transport trailer exploded.
Worker killed in fall from ladder.
Worker fatally crushed between two containers.
Worker killed when clothing caught in clutch of oil pump.
Employee struck and killed by vehicle.
Catastrophe
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/12/2016
Worker struck and killed by part of metal lathe.
Fatality
1/11/2016
1/8/2016
1/7/2016
Worker killed after being caught between belt and metal beam of conveyor system.
Worker fatally crushed by skid steer.
Worker struck and killed by falling limb.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/7/2016
1/7/2016
Worker taking down mobile traffic sign struck and killed by vehicle.
Worker struck and killed by falling pipe.
Fatality
Fatality
1/7/2016
1/7/2016
1/7/2016
Worker killed after becoming caught by conveyer belt shaft.
Worker killed in fall from scaffold.
Worker killed in chemical explosion.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/7/2016
Worker died from exposure to hazardous atmosphere inside distiller tank.
Fatality
1/6/2016
Worker died in partial trench collapse after being struck by excavator bucket.
Fatality
1/6/2016
1/6/2016
1/6/2016
1/5/2016
Worker killed when excavator rolled down an embankment.
Worker killed in fall from air lock machine.
Worker killed when jacket caught by rotating shaft.
Worker electrocuted while repairing elevator.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/5/2016
1/4/2016
1/4/2016
Worker drowned when workboat capsized (body not revovered).
Worker struck and killed by forklift.
Worker struck and killed by log
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
1/4/2016
1/4/2016
1/3/2016
1/2/2016
Worker asphyxiated by carbon monoxide from forklift exhaust.
Worker killed in chemical fire explosion.
Worker electrocuted while installing video cameras.
Worker struck and killed by falling concrete wall.
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
Fatality
2016 YTD Accidents from LARA
Fatality
Number
Date
Occupation Age
Type of
Injury
Struck By Two employees were struck by a semi-truck exiting a highway. They were Cadillac
in the process of changing signage at an exit. A 45-year-old laborer was
killed and another employee was hospitalized as a result of the incident.
1.
02/08/16
Laborer
45
2.
02/29/16
Tree Climber 28
Fall
3.
03/21/16
Owner
Fall
4.
03/22/16
Foreman/Ope 62
rator
Crush
65
5.
04/25/16
Sanitation
Worker
44
Fall
6.
04/27/16
Truck Driver
57
Fall
7.
04/27/16
Laborer
58
Fall
Description
Location (City)
A 28-year-old tree climber was free climbing at a private residence
Ann Arbor
preparing to trim trees. The tree climber was wearing a 7-year old
positioning saddle. The saddle rope broke when he was 40 feet above the
ground. He fell and landed on his back on a wood deck. He was given
CPR at the scene, then transported to the hospital where he died later
that evening.
A 65-year-old owner was performing tree trimming for a private
St. Clair Shores
homeowner. He was working in a lift truck boom bucket, approximately
15 feet above the ground. He was not wearing fall protection. The bucket
tipped and he fell out of the bucket. He was transported to the hospital,
where he died a short time later.
A 62-year-old excavator operator was clearing trees and debris related to Benton Township
a drain/sewer project. The operator dislodged a tree, which fell onto the
cab of the excavator, killing the operator.
A 44-year-old sanitation worker was apparently cleaning a large mix tank East Jordan
with a long handle device when he fell into the tank. At this time, it has
not been confirmed if the mix tank was running or if the tank started
running after the sanitation worker fell.
The 57-year-old truck driver was using a garden hose to wash out the
Detroit
tanker trailer and was possibly overcome by fumes and fell from the
catwalk of the truck. The truck had been carrying sodium sulfate waste.
The truck driver was transported to the hospital where he would later
succumb from his injuries the next day.
A 58-year-old laborer was performing construction activities on a
Kawkawl
residential home when he fell from an extension ladder, approximately 13
feet to the ground.
2015 LARA Reports
Description
A 37 year old sheet metal worker was in the process of torch cutting and welding when it is believed he had ignited the
flame-retardant insulation between the hopper and building structure. The fire traveled up the 65-foot tall structure
trapping the sheet metal worker inside the hopper. Fire-Fighters were able to extricate him, but he had sustained burns to
his head and severe burns to his hand and wrist in addition to smoke inhalation. The sheet metal worker, one other
employee, four sub-contractor employees, and two fire-fighters were transported to area hospitals. All but the sheet metal
worker and one other employee were observed and released. The sheet metal worker succumbed to his injuries as a result
of the fire on January 15, 2015.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 61 year old was fatally injured after being struck in the head by a 9,400 pound bundle of steel round stock he was moving
with an overhead crane.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 49 year old laborer was aloft in the base of a tree trunk where the two sections meet up (tree crotch) removing a trunk
section. The trunk section kicked back after being cut, striking the employee resulting in fatal injuries.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 41 year old shipping coordinator was directing trucks into the loading bay where trucks drive into and out of to be loaded
with steel. After directing one truck into the bay to be loaded, the employee was waving another up into position when the
truck that just entered backed up striking the employee and crushing her.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 28 year old painter was painting a guardrail on the third story of a house and climbed over the guardrail to paint. While
holding onto a baluster and painting with the other hand, the guardrail gave way. The employee fell thirty feet to the
ground.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 48 year old part time truck driver and another employee were working on a truck to free a stuck wheel brake when the
truck rolled, crushing the part time truck driver and injuring the other employee.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 53 year old energy center operator was cleaning sludge from the filter press machine when the press cycled, crushing the
employee between plates in the filter press.
A 38 year old carpenter foreman was removing supports in the basement of the structure when the first floor above
collapsed and crushed him.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
An approximately 90,000 pound concrete I-Beam that had been sitting on dunnage, tipped over and fell on a 50 year old
laborer, crushing him.
A 52 year old production associate was allegedly crushed by the operation of a CNC machine.
Location (City)
Farmington
Hills
Warren
Oakland
Township
Ecorse
Ann Arbor
Houghton
Detroit
Ypsilanti
Saginaw
A 40 year old electrician foreman was preparing to wire a fire pump to the electrical supply when the employee received
an electrical shock.
Holland
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 30 year old laborer was power washing a silo from a boom lift raised approximately 60 feet in the air when it contacted
overhead power lines. The laborer made it from the basket of the lift onto the roof of the silo where he fell to the ground Lowell
below.
A 57 year old journeyman maintenance technician entered a robotic weld cell. The robot arm activated pinning/crushing
Ionia
the employee's head between a hitch plate and a metal fixture.
A 53 year old maintenance technician fell approximately 20-feet from a platform to the ground below.
Grand Rapids
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 40 year old laborer was working in an excavation installing a drainage system for a parking lot. While a tractor operator
Saginaw
was emptying a load of material into the excavation, the tractor fell in, landing on the laborer, fatally injuring him.
A 30 year old feed operations manager fell to a lower level while in an area under construction at the facility.
Vicksburg
The 63 year old owner was apparently attempting to open the motorized gate at the shop entrance in order to leave the
facility. The control box to open the gate is on the outside of the gate. She was on the inside. It is speculated that she
Commerce
reached around the gate through an opening to insert the key. She was found crushed between the gate, stationary
Township
fence, and the disconnect box.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 14 year old farm worker was loading hay bales onto an elevator when her clothing became entangled in the power takeoff (PTO) shaft, resulting in her fatal injuries.
Vermontville
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 41 year old team leader was working on a vehicle on the assembly (moving conveyor) line. He was struck by a vehicle
on the moving conveyor and thrown into a large tool box where he received serious head trauma, then fell to the floor.
Detroit
He died from traumatic brain injury. This fatality was initially reported by the company as a heart attack but recent
information indicated it is a MIOSHA program related fatality.
A 55 year old grounds person and the crew boss were trimming trees on a golf course from a recent storm. The
employees were in the process of removing an 8-12 inch diameter limb from the tree. They attached a chain to the tree
limb and to the bucket of a front end loader. The crew boss was operating the loader with the grounds person standing in West Branch
the bucket. The crew boss backed up the loader and the tree branch broke and came back towards the grounds person in
the bucket, pinning him against the bucket. He was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
A 56 year old line leader was operating a powered industrial truck to flip over a fabricated metal automotive rack. While
the rack was raised the line leader backed up, the top tray flipped open, striking the line leader in the back. The line
leader did not seek medical attention until two days after the incident, when he was then admitted to the hospital. Over Flint
the course of the next two weeks his condition deteriorated and he died on April 4, 2015. MIOSHA was notified on
September 1, 2015.
A 23 year old truck driver was driving a dump truck that was being loaded with rocks. Another employee was
operating an excavator and loading rocks from a farm field into the dump truck. The vehicle was traveling
uphill when it slipped out of gear. It rolled backward and turned to avoid an impact with something. Then the
truck turned completely over trapping the truck driver in the cab of the truck under the truck and the load of
rocks. The truck driver suffered fatal crushing injuries.
MIFACE Inspection Summary
A 30 year old welder's helper was replacing a section of a pipeline that contained a petroleum product. When
the replacement section was being welded into place, an explosion occurred. The welder's helper received
severe burns over 50% of his body. He was transported to the hospital but died of his injuries on August 28,
2015.
A 22 year old railroad construction/laborer and two other contract workers were replacing railroad ties and
stones on a railway. At the same time that these workers were packing the ties and stones in place on the rail
bed with a tamper machine, other employees were operating a conveyor and loading grain into a grain
storage building. One wall of the grain storage building suddenly collapsed releasing grain which
engulfed/crushed the railroad construction/laborer, resulting in fatal injuries.
A 44 year old laborer was struck and killed while in a construction zone by an oncoming motorist.
A 47 year old laborer was working in an excavation approximately 6.5 feet deep when the sides of the
excavation caved in on him.
Employees were trying to load a bull into a trailer when the bull got away from them and ran into a nearby
barn. Once in the barn, the bull attacked a 60 year old herdsmen, slamming into his chest several times
resulting in fatal injuries.
A 61 year old co-owner was working inside a plastic material container that had been placed on top of the
front forks of a forklift. The container was not secured to the forks. The forklift then elevated the box, with
the co-owner in it, to just below the ceiling of the greenhouse. The co-owner apparently reached for tools
outside the box. The box shifted and fell from the forks. The co-owner fell approximately 6 feet 11 inches to
the concrete floor below. He died as result of the fall.
A 17 year old high school co-op student was working at a hog farm as a farm hand. Approximately one hour
after she arrived for work, she was found unresponsive. There were no witnesses. Atmospheric testing from
the day of the incident found elevated levels of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide possibly coming from
a steam generator used for high pressure power washing. The steam generator is located in the area where
the deceased was discovered. The steam generator was in use at the time of the incident.
Jonesville
River Rouge
Webberville
Detroit
Macomb Township
Sparta
Allendale
Buckley
$558K safety fine for worker's death
is Michigan's largest in a decade
• Wyoming plastic injection molding company
following an investigation into the June 27, 2014,
death of 34-year-old Russell Scharenbroch Jr.
• He was crushed in a horizontal injection molding
press after another employee accidentally
"cycled" the machine.
• Grand Rapids Plastics received more than
$31,000 in penalties issued through MIOSHA
between 2011 and 2014 for ten citations.
Flint factory
accident
March 17, a 56-year-old line leader at Corsair
Engineering Inc.
• The man was operating a powered industrial truck to
flip over a fabricated metal automotive rack, according
to a news release from the department. While the rack
was raised, the man backed up, and the top tray
flipped open, hitting him in the back.
• The employee didn't seek medical attention until two
days after the incident, when he was admitted to a
hospital, according to the release. Over the course of
the following two weeks, his condition deteriorated.
Researcher loses an arm from lab
explosion at the University of Hawaii
The lab in which the explosion happened was
operated by HNEI and focuses on renewable
energy and degradable bioplastics, said Brian
Taylor, dean of the School of Ocean & Earth
Science & Technology, during a March 17 news
conference. At the time of the incident, the
researcher who was injured was combining
hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen gases
from high-pressure cylinders into a lower
pressure container. The mixture was to be used
as a feedstock to grow cells. “Since 2008, when
the project began, the process has been used
almost daily and without incident,” Taylor said.
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