The image is invented.
The lesson is sourced.
Morbid Safety uses anonymous, consequence-forward AI dramatizations to make documented workplace hazards harder to ignore. The visuals may be confronting, but they remain non-gory; the official record controls the facts.
Show the hazard anonymously.
Teach the control.
Source standard
Primary records lead.
Case files begin with public investigation material from OSHA, NIOSH FACE, state FACE programs, or another authoritative source. FACE means Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation.
Say only what the record supports
Event details, contributing factors, and recommendations are paraphrased from the cited source. Every case includes a source ledger so readers can inspect the record directly.
Do not turn possibility into fact
If the initiating event was unwitnessed or investigators considered several explanations, the page preserves that uncertainty instead of selecting the most dramatic version.
Regulatory standard
Name the rule—and the jurisdiction.
Case files may explain federal OSHA requirements and relevant State Plan requirements, including Cal/OSHA. Regulatory context is tied to the hazard without falsely claiming that every cited provision governed the original incident.
Start where the incident occurred
The page identifies the incident location and distinguishes investigation recommendations from enforceable requirements. Federal OSHA or the applicable State Plan is presented according to jurisdiction and available source evidence.
Cal/OSHA is clearly labeled
Because Morbid Safety is based in Southern California, relevant California requirements may be added as a practical comparison. On out-of-state cases, the page states that the California provisions are not presented as the law governing that incident.
Professional judgment standard
“My Safety Take” is analysis—not a quotation.
These callouts state the editor’s professional safety opinion based on the reported facts, recognized control principles, and applicable rules. They are not presented as OSHA, NIOSH, or FACE findings unless the statement is specifically attributed and linked.
AI visual standard
Anonymous means untraceable to a real person.
The site is faceless by design. Morbid Safety does not use the editor’s on-camera identity, recreate an actual victim’s face, or present AI imagery as documentary evidence.
The hazard and its consequence
- A comparable task or work environment
- The moment before exposure
- A restrained, non-gory failure sequence
- The human aftermath when it supports the lesson
No false reconstruction
- No actual victim or likeness
- No identified employer or workplace
- No invented wounds or gore
- No claim that the pictured scene is evidence
Language standard
Escalation has to be earned.
The phrase “OSHA regulations were written in blood” is reserved for cases where an enforcement record documents a willful violation or the cited source clearly establishes blatant disregard. A fatal outcome by itself is not enough. FACE reports do not determine fault, so Morbid Safety will not use the line merely to intensify a FACE case.
Identity standard
Teach the failure—not the identity.
Names, recognizable faces, employer branding, and precise workplace identities are omitted from Morbid Safety’s narrative unless they are essential to understanding the public record. Linked government reports may contain details that the case page intentionally leaves out.
Prevention standard
Controls before equipment.
The strongest available control is explained first. A case will not force a PPE or equipment recommendation when the source points to elimination, de-energization, guarding, a different work method, or an engineered system.
Measured and conditional
Equipment may “address the identified hazard” or “reduce risk when properly selected and used.” It is never described as guaranteed protection or as something that certainly would have saved a worker.
The control plan comes before a component
Equipment is discussed only in context: the task, worker, environment, compatibility, inspection, training, and rescue requirements still determine whether it belongs in the plan.
Review standard
Correct the page when the record changes.
Case files are reviewed against their cited sources. Material factual corrections, changed regulations, revised investigation records, or broken source links should be reflected in the page and source ledger rather than quietly ignored.