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Q177 - Falling Boiler
Question: An explosion launched a car-sized boiler through the roof of a company across the street from where an employee was working in...
Nate Braymen
May 30, 20211 min read


Q176 - Exploding Cell Phone
Question: An employee was working outside on a hot sunny day and left their cell phone on the dashboard of their work vehicle. They...
Nate Braymen
May 30, 20211 min read


Q170 - Walking Normally
Question: An employee was walking down the hall and remembered he left something behind in a meeting room. While pivoting on the tile...
Nate Braymen
May 16, 20212 min read


Q159 - Punched Self in Face
Question: An employee was attempting to adjust their bra when their hand slipped and struck their mouth. As a result, they knocked a...
Nate Braymen
Apr 25, 20211 min read


Q160 - Strong Sneeze
Question: An employee was in his office and sneezed. The sneeze significantly aggravated a pre-exiting back injury and a doctor...
Nate Braymen
Apr 18, 20212 min read


Q157 - Shart
Question: An employee was sitting at a desk completing computer-based training using headphones. In the employee's words: "I was trying...
Nate Braymen
Apr 18, 20212 min read


Q158 - Retires After Injury
Question: An employee slips on ice at work and strikes their elbow on the pavement. At the time of the injury, a licensed health care...
Nate Braymen
Apr 18, 20211 min read


Q156 - Injury From 6 Years Prior
Question: A long-term employee reports they were injured 6 years ago while at work, which resulted in surgery. The employee was afraid to...
Nate Braymen
Apr 11, 20211 min read


Q155 - Thief Pursuit
Question: A thief is spotted stealing materials from a yard. An employee gives chase and after several minutes of pursuit far outside of...
Nate Braymen
Apr 11, 20211 min read


Q152 - Severed Ear
Question: While riding in an ATV through a worksite an employee loses control of the vehicle while turning on loose gravel and rolls into...
Nate Braymen
Apr 4, 20212 min read


Q154 - Restroom Injury
Question: An employee is hiding in the restroom from a micromanaging supervisor. While standing on a toilet to hide her feet, she slips...
Nate Braymen
Apr 4, 20212 min read


Q153 - Recording a Safety Video
Question: While recording a safety video an employee stands up on a rolling office chair, falls and breaks an arm. The video was intended...
Nate Braymen
Apr 4, 20211 min read


Q151 - Scissor Accident
Question: An employee is assembling flexible photovoltaic solar cell products in a manufacturing facility. While holding up a long sheet...
Nate Braymen
Mar 28, 20211 min read


Q150 - Sharp Rebar
Question: An employee is walking through a construction site and catches his forehead just under his hard hat on a protruding piece of...
Nate Braymen
Mar 28, 20211 min read


Q149 - Hammered Thumb
Question: An employee working on a construction site smashes his thumb with a hammer while attempting to drive a nail into a board. The...
Nate Braymen
Mar 28, 20211 min read


Q147 - Light Restrictions
Question: A mechanic is injured and receives work restrictions so the employer has him complete his normal annual online training for the...
Nate Braymen
Mar 21, 20212 min read


Q146 - Employee Eats a Spider
Question: During a safety tailboard meeting at the beginning of the day, a lineman sees a spider on a pole. To show off, he grabs the...
Nate Braymen
Mar 21, 20211 min read


Q145 - Injured Outside of the Workplace
Question: At a construction site, a worker needs water to mix cement. He leaves the worksite with a 5 gallon bucket and up to a 3rd...
Nate Braymen
Mar 14, 20212 min read


Q144 - Offsite Lunch
Question: An employee is off the worksite for lunch and has an incident that results in medical treatment beyond first aid. Is it...
Nate Braymen
Mar 14, 20211 min read


Q143 - Frost Bite
Question: An employee arrives to work in half a foot of snow in subzero temps. As he quickly makes his way into the warm building, he...
Nate Braymen
Mar 14, 20212 min read
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