Refrigerated containers, often called “reefers,” are essential to modern cargo operations. They allow perishable goods, pharmaceuticals, food products, and temperature-sensitive cargo to move through ports and marine terminals. But reefers also create safety hazards...
Oilfield work often requires employees to perform dangerous tasks at height. Derrickmen, floorhands, rig workers, and service-company employees may work from elevated platforms, derrick boards, ladders, rig floors, tanks, walkways, and other areas where a fall can...
Marine terminals are busy industrial worksites where cargo operations, vehicle traffic, chassis maintenance, container movement, and equipment repairs often happen in close proximity. Workers may be exposed to moving trucks, container-handling equipment, suspended...
Major aviation fly-in events draw thousands of pilots, passengers, aircraft owners, spectators, vendors, and aviation enthusiasts. Events can bring extraordinary traffic into airports and surrounding airspace. While these events are important parts of the aviation...
Chemical inhalation injuries can happen anywhere hazardous fumes, vapors, gases, smoke, or airborne particles are released into the air. These exposures may occur at chemical plants, refineries, construction sites, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, laboratories,...
Shoulder collisions are among the most dangerous types of roadway crashes involving commercial trucks. These incidents happen when an 18-wheeler strikes a vehicle, worker, pedestrian, or object located on or near the shoulder of a highway. A shoulder collision may...
Parasailing can look calm and controlled from the beach, but the activity depends on the safe performance of a vessel, winch system, canopy, harness, towline, crew, and weather decision-making. If one part of that system fails, a passenger can be dropped into the...
Construction work involving sewer systems can expose workers to some of the most dangerous confined space hazards on a jobsite. OSHA’s fact sheet on confined spaces in construction sewer systems warns that confined spaces can present conditions that are immediately...
A runway excursion occurs when an aircraft departs the runway surface during takeoff, landing, rollout, or an attempted rejected takeoff. The aircraft may overrun the end of the runway, veer off the side, enter grass or soft ground, strike airport equipment, hit...
Recreational boating can be enjoyable, but the water can become dangerous quickly. A short trip on a lake, bay, river, or coastal waterway can turn into a serious emergency when a boat capsizes, someone falls overboard, a child is not wearing a life jacket, or an...