What is WSH Case Studies
WSH Case Studies is a free resources for various groups from management and safety professionals to supervisors and workers for improving WSH practices .
It offers insights to past accidents that have taken place in Singapore. The case studies not only provide lessons learnt for the industry, but more importantly, they remind us to actively review our current practices and continually find ways to make our workplaces safer. Readers are encouraged to carefully think through each case, review its relevancy and context to specific workplace situations, and incorporate the lessons learnt where appropriate.
WSH Case Studies - Metal Working Industry
Machine Operation
Case 1 Aluminium strip pierces a worker’s neck
Case 2 Worker’s palm gets crushed
Case 3 Worker’s thumb gets severed
Machine Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Case 4 Worker pinned by a steel object
Case 5 Worker gets killed by a steel mesh machine
Case 6 Worker falls through an opening
Case 7 Worker’s two fingers get severed
Case 8 Worker’s two fingers get crushed
Material Handling
Case 9 Worker killed by a toppling object
Case 10 Worker’s ring finger gets severed
Forklift Operation
Case 11 Worker gets pinned under an overturned forklift
Case 12 Supervisor killed by falling angle bars
Case 13 Supervisor killed by a collapsing shelter
Lifting Operation
Case 14 Lorry crane driver gets pinned under H-piles
Case 15 Worker is pinned between a gantry crane and a building column
Case 16 Worker gets killed by toppled scaffold frames
Case 17 Worker falls and gets crushed by an electrical distribution box
Case 18 Worker’s fourth finger gets partially amputated
Case 19 Worker’s middle finger gets partially amputated
Case 20 Worker loses his left little finger
Material Storage
Case 21 Store assistant falls off a cantilever rack
Case 22 Worker is crushed by toppling steel beams
Case 23 Worker falls from a stack of platform beam trusses
Other Cases
Case 24 Worker falls from a stepladder
Case 25 Worker killed by a ruptured pressure receiver
Case 26 Worker gets electrocuted while removing an extension cord
Case 27 Worker crushed by a toppling stiffener plate
Case 28 Worker is pinned under a toppled I-beam
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