{"id":6042,"date":"2022-06-08T18:09:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T22:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:28:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T22:28:13","slug":"worker-killed-not-a-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2022\/06\/08\/worker-killed-not-a-mishap\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker Killed. Not a “Mishap”"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, just a very small rant. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “mishap” is defined as “bad luck, or an unlucky event or accident.”<\/p>\n

24-year-old killed in workplace mishap<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabethtown, KY — , A 24-year-old Metalsa employee was killed early Tuesday morning in a workplace mishap<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lance Winemiller, 24, of Elizabethtown was struck accidentally by a forklift, Elizabethtown police confirmed in a statement this morning. As a result of injuries sustained, Winemiller was pronounced dead at the scene by the Hardin County coroner\u2019s office. Police were called to the plant on North Black Branch Road just before 3 a.m. today to conduct a death investigation. No other information was immediately available.<\/p>\n

There is almost never a week that goes by without a forklift fatality. Forklifts are dangerous. Which is why OSHA has a Powered Industrial Trucks standard<\/a>, and lots of information on its website<\/a>, including a handbook, checklist and even a sticker. I<\/p>\n

In other words, Lance Winemiller’s death was not a “mishap.” A mishap is when my 1-year-old grandson drops his food dish on the floor.<\/p>\n

Lance Winemiller’s death was not “bad luck.” He was not “unlucky.” It was predictable and preventable. And it was a violation of well-recognized safe practices required by OSHA. (And if you don’t like OSHA’s website, a Google search under “forklift safety” will give you more than 46 millions hits in just over half a second.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, just a very small rant. According to the Oxford Dictionary, “mishap” is defined as “bad luck, or an unlucky event or accident.” 24-year-old killed in workplace mishap Elizabethtown, KY — , A 24-year-old Metalsa employee was killed early Tuesday morning in a workplace mishap. Lance Winemiller, 24, of Elizabethtown was struck accidentally by a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-6042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freak-accident","tag-kentucky"],"yoast_head":"\nWorker Killed. 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