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“A future with more frequent and severe storms” has heightened the urgency for protecting workers from injuries caused by falling tree limbs, a new safety alert states.
A 54-year-old worker died when the raised boom of a backhoe loader swung and crushed him against one of the machine’s retracted stabilizers.
Case report: #19NY038 Issued by: New York State Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program Date of report: Aug. 10, 2022A 58-year-old mechanic service technician for an equipment service and sales company was servicing an order picker with a co-worker. The picker’s carriage, which weighs nearly 1,200 pounds, consists of an operator platform, a control console and lift forks. The carriage’s movement is actuated by a center lift hydraulic cylinder and a pair of side lift cylinders, along with a set of chains and pulleys. The center lift cylinder, which has a hydraulic pressure of...
A 28-year-old tree trimmer was part of a four-person crew removing a 127-foot fir tree from a residential property.
A 60-year-old site superintendent working for a housing construction contractor was in charge of directing subcontractors and scheduling dump trucks to haul away debris.