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. A worker on a family farm was repairing a rotary disc mower when he was electrocuted. The man was using a portable 240-volt welder that was in disrepair. Both welder cables and ground cable wiring were exposed. The ground cable was attached to a metal piece on the rotary disc mower. The victim had completed the weld on the disc and appeared to be repositioning to repair the stone guard when his face […]