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A 24-year-old maintenance worker died while using a paint stripper, which contained dichloromethane (methylene chloride), to strip the floor of a baptismal font within a church.
A 37-year-old diesel mechanic employed by a railroad transportation company died when his utility truck crashed into the rear of a semi-trailer on a highway.
A 33-year-old groundsman working on a tree-trimming crew died when a climber’s rope was pulled into a wood chipper. The victim had worked as a tree climber and groundsman for the company for eight years.
A 46-year-old helper in a small construction business was fatally injured when he fell from an extension ladder onto a concrete block foundation retaining wall.
A self-employed handyman was electrocuted while trimming tree branches in a residential front yard. The victim was hired by a homeowner to trim the branches of a tree growing into utility lines.
A plumbing contractor died after an unprotected trench he was working in collapsed. The victim was an independent plumber subcontracted to install a sewer line connection to the sewer main for a single-family
residence.
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