Could This Have Been You? On average, 5,000 to 6,000 workers are killed each year. Learn from the following reports of real workplace fatalities to avoid a similar fate. Two 53-year-old male maintenance mechanics died when a suspended steel dock plate fell on them. The dock leveler was being returned to service after being removed for repairs. The two men - both long-time employees of the company - were working on placing the dock leveler back in service, a task they had performed many times before. Even though the company had a written procedure for this task, one that followed the manufacturer's recommended procedure, […]