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:: Sunday, July 18, 2004 ::
A month ago, Jordan Barab at Confined Space posted "What's 'Freak' Got To Do With It?" Below is a link to Jordan's May 5th article, followed by several recent news articles -- and also a link to *freak accidents* at the Confined Space archives:
Confined Space: "What's 'Freak' Got To Do With It?
Those of you who read this Blog know that there are a few things that really irritate me. (Actually, there a more than a few, but...): trench collapses and stupid articles or headlines about how a 'freak' accident killed a worker.
As far as I'm concerned, a 'freak accident' is when you're sitting at your desk, minding your own business and a runaway satellite crashes through the roof over your head.
Millersburg worker dies in freak shop accident
Corvallis Gazette Times, OR
A high-pressure hydraulic fitting hits, kills 20-year-old Casey Miller
MILLERSBURG — An accident at a small Millersburg shop Wednesday killed the business's sole employee, investigators said.
Recent death a 'wake-up call' Miami Herald
''In general, our sport is very, very safe,'' said Gwynn, who has no use of his legs and limited use of his arms. "Darrell's accident was one of those freak things. Probably 50 things happened, but if just one didn't occur, he'd still be here today."
Toledo man killed at Wal-Mart construction building site in Portage Kalamazoo Gazette, MI
Tack was next to the beam as part of his job that involved hooking beams to a crane, which then lifted them into the steel skeleton, Blauwkamp said.
In this case, the beam began to tip before it could be hooked up.
'Instead of backing out of the way, he tried to stop it,' Blauwkamp said. 'Really, it was just a freak accident.'
Investigators look into worker's death Port Huron Times Herald, MI
'It's just one of those freak accidents where if you take one thing out of the equation, this accident doesn't happen,' Thorner said Friday.
... and here is Jordan's take on a reporter that headlined a jobsite fatality as a *deadly mystery*...------------------------------------------- posted 8:22 AM :: reference link ::
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