Worker Brought Back To Life After Electrocution
A 22-year-old worker in Florida who accidentally grabbed a high-voltage power line after crashing his truck somehow managed to cheat death.
Zachary McLeod was zapped with 13,000 volts when he touched a power line that fell after his garbage truck hit a hydro pole on the side of Collins Road in Osteen.
McLeod was technically dead because a paramedic had to use an automated defibrillator to regain a heartbeat. In effect, McLeod had to be “shocked” again to be revived.
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Read MoreHere’s How it’s Supposed to Work
Sudden scaffold collapses frequently do not have happy endings, but a recent incident in Daytona Beach, FL, shows what can go right when the unexpected happens and workers are prepared.
Construction workers Hector Rivera and Rosalio Portilla were replacing balconies at the eight-story Harbor Beach Resort when their work platform suddenly collapsed. Both men were saved by their safety harnesses, but not without receiving some injuries during their two-story plunge.
Rivera suffered a broken nose and facial cuts, while Portilla received a leg injury. Firefighters from the department’s High Angle Rescue Team helped both victims to safety.
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Read MoreNewfoundland Company Fined for Electrical Shock
A 30,000-volt electrical shock could have had far more serious consequences for a worker at a Newfoundland and Labrador mine. Luckily, she survived with burns to one hand and both feet.
An investigation determined that the concentrator attendant received an electrical shock as a result of working with equipment whose energy sources had not been shut off.
Wabush Mines has been fined $12,000 after pleading guilty in a Newfoundland court to charges involving failure to provide a safe workplace; failure to inform, instruct and supervise workers, along with providing them with facilities necessary to ensure their health and safety; and failure to familiarize workers with hazards.
The company was also ordered to make a $3,500 contribution toward occupational health and safety public education.
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Read MoreBridge Collapse Injures Six
It’s hardly surprising to hear about old bridges and overpasses collapsing in North America, but a frightening incident occurred recently during construction of a new bridge near Lucknow, ON.
Six workers were injured after concrete crumbled on the new structure while 15 workers were standing on it. The structure, which spanned a creek, was closed to traffic at the time.
Firefighters expressed amazement that no one was trapped under the debris. Two workers suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, while four others received cuts and bruises.
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is trying to determine the cause of the collapse, although early indications suggest that scaffolding supporting concrete gave way.
Read MoreYoung Worker Severely Burned in Chemical Explosion
A young worker was critically injured when he dumped 3,000-degree molten slag into water at the Arcelor Mittal steel plant (formerly Bethlehem Steel) in Sparrows Point, MD.
John Cirri, a steel union spokesman, said workers are normally aware of the danger of mixing molten slag with water. He said it is possible that the burn victim did not see the water before the slag contacted it.
The explosion sent slag and steam high into the air. Some of it melted a metal roof on a nearby building and caused a two-alarm blaze.
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