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WV: Congressional District 02, Stroke and Federally Qualified Health Centers Map [118th Congress]
No full textStroke death rates can differ considerably within a congressional district. These maps highlight the disparities in county-level stroke death rates within your congressional district. This map represents data for West Virginia Congressional District 02.Title derived; supplied by publishing office.Publication Date supplied by publishing office
NY: Congressional District 09, Stroke and Federally Qualified Health Centers Map [118th Congress]
No full textStroke death rates can differ considerably within a congressional district. These maps highlight the disparities in county-level stroke death rates within your congressional district. This map represents data for New York Congressional District 09.Title derived; supplied by publishing office.Publication Date supplied by publishing office
Rigger Killed When Equipment Being Unloaded From A Semi-Trailer Fell From the High-Lift Fork Truck and Landed on Him
Get PDFOn March 1, 2002, a 52-year-old rigger died while he was assisting in the removal of a piece of metal framework weighing 1500-2500 pounds. The framework was located in the middle of an enclosed trailer bed. Approximately 1/2 of the trailer load was material on pallets and had been unloaded from the trailer with a high lift fork truck. The metal framework involved in this incident was free-standing, not on a pallet. The handrail side of the framework was facing the open end of the trailer; the opposite side of the framework had a hopper and the equipment motor and was facing the truck cab. To remove the framework, a chain was wrapped around the bottom rails and the framework was pulled to the end of the trailer bed by the forklift. While pulling the framework toward the end of the truck, the framework became "cocked" to one side and lodged or caught on something in the trailer and would not continue to move. The forklift was positioned so the forks were placed under the lower framework cross beams and the handrail side placed against the backrest. The victim climbed into the trailer, went under the framework and kneeled on the bed floor while under the framework to see what the framework was caught on and to guide the forklift operator. The forklift operator lifted the framework a short distance from the trailer bed floor. As it was being lifted, the framework became dislodged. The sudden movement allowed it to lurch off of the forks toward the hopper/motor side. The victim attempted but was unable to get out of the way of the falling framework. The hopper landed on the victim's back pinning him to the trailer bed floor. The semi-truck driver called 911 and emergency responders arrived. The victim was declared dead at the scene. Recommendations: 1. Employers should ensure that powered industrial truck operators properly position and secure all loads before lifting and prohibit employees from working under raised loads. 2. Employers should develop and implement a comprehensive safety and health program that includes a powered industrial truck safety program and employee training. 3. Employers should conduct a job safety analysis for each individual rigging job. 4. Employers should develop and implement a health and safety committee that includes representatives from both management and labor. 5. The company should develop a written disciplinary procedure for safety and health policy violations.Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.Cooperative Agreemen
Hispanic Logger Struck and Killed by a Falling Tree Cut by a Feller Buncher Machine - North Carolina
Get PDFOn December 8, 2003, a 23-year-old Hispanic logger (the victim) was struck by a tree cut by a feller buncher machine. After using the feller buncher to make 2 cuts on a tree that was approximately 104 feet in height and approximately 36-inches in diameter, the operator turned to view the tree he had just cut. He observed the tree lying on top of the victim who had been assigned to work in the limbing area. The falling tree struck the victim in the cutting operations area. It is theorized that the victim had been approaching the feller buncher to communicate with the operator. The feller buncher operator ran to the foreman for assistance. When the foreman and the feller buncher operator returned, the foreman was unable to find any vital signs for the victim, and called 911 on his mobile phone. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and police personnel responded to the scene. The victim was transported by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room.Constructio
Roadway Construction Worker Dies From Crushing Injuries When Backed Over by a Dump Truck - Virginia
Get PDFOn January 29, 2002, a 34-year-old roadway construction worker (the victim) was killed when he was backed over by a dump truck. The victim was walking along the side of a road grader picking-up centerline lane reflectors when a dump truck loaded with asphalt backed over him. When notified by CB radio that the paving machine was ready for him, the driver exited the staging area, entered the work zone and started backing-up towards the paving machine. As he backed, he reported that he did not see the victim and thought that the victim had moved out of the way. While backing, the dump truck operator said that he heard a voice over his CB radio yelling for him to stop because he had hit someone. Instead of stopping, the truck driver moved his truck forward approximately 20-feet, and again was told to stop because he had hit someone. Local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded within minutes. EMS determined that the victim was deceased and contacted the county coroner who pronounced the victim dead at the scene
Truck driver died when concrete mixer truck overturned
Get PDFA 43-year old truck driver died on October 5, 2000 from injuries received when the concrete mixer truck he was driving overturned into a creek bed. OKFACE investigators concluded that to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Conduct a thorough hazard review in preparation for road construction activities to identify hazards and risks that need to be eliminated and/or controlled. 2. Utilize a competent engineer and apply proper engineering principles to the design and construction of any temporary haul road where critical hazards and risks have been identified. 3. Ensure that engineering specifications for any temporary haul road include inspection and maintenance requirements appropriate for the environmental conditions and intended use of the road. 4. Establish written policies that require vehicle operators to inspect any temporary road or other off-road terrain before attempting to drive a vehicle in such locations. 5. Establish written policies that require vehicle operators to obtain the assistance of a guide when backing vehicles into or through hazardous areas. 6. OKFACE investigators also suggest development of a health and safety management system for multiple employer work sites that enables adequate planning, implementation, monitoring, correction, and continual improvement of work site health and safety with universal participation by all subcontractors and employees operating at the site.Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.Cooperative Agreemen
Hog Farmer/Logging Company Owner Dies After Being Struck by a Falling Tree-- West Virginia
Get PDFA 35-year-old male hog farmer/logging company owner (the victim) had just completed felling a yellow poplar tree at a rural logging site when he was struck and killed by the falling tree. The victim and a co-worker were performing separate logging tasks when the incident occurred. The co-worker was operating a skidder, while the victim was felling trees within the same work area. Using a chainsaw, the victim made an undercut on the one side of a 70-foot-high yellow poplar tree; he then moved to the opposite side of the tree and made a backcut and the tree began to fall perpendicular to the hillside he was working on. Evidence suggests the victim shut off the saw and set it on the ground, turned his back to the falling tree and began to move away in an uphill direction
Journeyman Wireman Electrocuted After Contacting Energized Switchgear Components at Power Plant\u2013
No full textA 23-year-old male journeyman wireman was electrocuted when he contacted two phases of an energized buss inside a switchhouse at a utility company power facility. He was employed by an electrical contracting company which was one of two contractors installing an emissions control system at the powerplant. Although the contracting company normally used a lockout and tagout procedure, the utility company's tagout only policy was being used. The incident occurred in the facility electrical equipment building where workers were in the final stages of installing electrical components inside a 14 compartment switchhouse. The workers circuit breaker protecting the switchhouse's internal buss was isolated according to the power facility tagout procedures. The victim was wiping down individual compartments. Without the knowledge of the workers, the internal buss had been energized by power facility personnel. When the victim attempted to wipe down one of the compartments he contacted the A-phase buss terminal with his right hand and the C-phase buss terminal with his left hand. He was electrocuted. A coworker was knocked down by the blast and suffered first degree burns. Another worker was burned trying to extinguish the victims burning clothing. Recommendations included implementing procedures to control hazardous electrical energy which include both lockout and tagout provisions, providing employees with voltage sensors, and installing hazard warning lights inside electrical equipment enclosures to warn of inadvertent energizing
Machine Operator Dies After Being Crushed by 9,700-Pound Coil Cart-Pennsylvania
Get PDFA 24-year-old male machine operator (the victim) died after a coil cart he was repairing fell on top of him. The victim was working with another worker on a machine designed to press coils of steel into flat sheets, when the coil cart used to bring steel coils to the press failed to operate. The victim discovered that the chain had come off the chain-and -sprocket assembly under the cart. He used a forklift to lift the coil cart approximately 1 foot from the floor, and with the coil cart suspended on the forks, crawled under the coil cart to re-install the chain. The coil cart slipped off the forks of the forklift and crushed the victim. A co-worker, who had been holding a flashlight for the victim, saw the coil cart fall and tried to pull the victim out from under the cart but was unable to move him. The cart fell directly on the victim's upper body. Workers in the area called an ambulance and the shift leader. They used an overhead crane to lift the coil cart from the victim. County emergency medical services and city police responded and assessed the victim. Paramedics determined that the injuries had been immediately fatal and pronounced the victim died at the scene. NIOSH investigators concluded that, to prevent similar occurrences, employers should: Ensure that control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) procedures are reviewed, revised where applicable, implemented, and enforced. Ensure that machines/equipment are used for the purpose they were intended for. Ensure that good housekeeping is practiced throughout the facility on a regular basis. Ensure that a competent person is available on all shifts to identify and correct hazardous situations
Construction Worker Dies After Being Buried In A Trench That Caved In [96MN07301]
No full textA 20-year-old construction worker died of injuries he sustained from a trench cave-in. The worker was at the bottom of the trench at the time it collapsed. Workers were using the trench to install a new city water line. During this type of work, a backhoe is used to dig a trench prior to laying the new water line. Completion of the project required installing 12,000 feet of 12 inch diameter ductile iron water pipe. On the day of the incident workers were re-excavating around an area of the water supply line that had been laid 3 days earlier. They were doing this in order to tighten two bolts at a bend in the line that had not been tightened at the time of installation. The trench was located near a highway in a filled area of land that was mainly made up of sand and silt. After the cave-in, the trench measured 44 feet wide by 47 feet long and 8 feet deep. A trench box was located near the incident site but sloping the trench was used as a safety precaution rather than using the trench box. Three workers were standing in the area of the cave-in when it occurred. Two of the workers were buried up to their chests, but were not injured. The worker that was fatally injured was completely buried. A coworker not involved in the cave-in made a 911 call to emergency rescue personnel. Rescue personnel responded within minutes and used shovels to aid the backhoe operator in locating and freeing the buried victim. The victim was freed and taken by ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. MN FACE investigators concluded that, in order to reduce the likelihood of similar occurrences, the following guidelines should be followed: 1. employers should ensure that employees working in trenches are protected from cave-in by an adequate protection system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652; 2. employers should ensure that excavations are inspected by a competent person (1) prior to start of work and as needed throughout a shift to look for evidence of any situation that could result in possible cave-in; and 3. employers should design, develop, and implement a comprehensive safety program.Cooperative Agreemen