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A SHORTEN VERSION TONIGHT! Will catch us up
this weekend.
INDUSTRIAL
LOTO FATALITY
Worker killed in explosion at Stimson Lumber (a worker, 60, was
killed and two others were injured from an explosion – two other workers
suffered injuries that were not life-threatening – one of the workers,
58, is believed to have suffered a broken leg, along with other injuries
– the third worker, 40, suffered a shoulder injury and was transported
to a Hospital – the two employees are in stable condition – the deceased
was a mechanic, who’d worked for the facility for 30 years – a hydraulic
accumulator exploded – the hydraulic accumulator is a pressurized
cylinder, about 6 feet long and made of heavy metal – the workers were
dismantling the cylinder, which they thought was not pressurized, when
the end of the cylinder blew off under the high pressure)
ELECTROCUTION Rig site
worker in fatal accident ID’d (a man, 53, died in a late night accident
on a rig site – he was pronounced dead upon arrival – the nature of the
accident was reported as an electrocution)
AMPUTATION
with SAW Worker
Severs Fingers in Circular Saw Work Accident (a man, 55, suffered
serious personal injury when his hand came into contact with a rotating
circular blade – he was cutting wooden discs, which are used in the
production of play area mini-roundabouts when the saw he was using,
suddenly ‘kicked back’ and his hand was dragged along the exposed blade
– his injuries were so severe that doctors were forced to amputate four
of the fingers on his damaged right hand)
FATAL EXPLOSION
Fire at container yard in Uran; 1 dead, 20 hurt (one person was
killed and 20 injured in a major fire following an explosion in a
container yard – of the 20, six were injured seriously, while the others
sustained minor injuries – there was a chemical combustion in one of the
plastic drums, which resulted in an explosion that could be heard
several kilometres away – fire then spread to the other containers,
which also had chemicals in them – more than 35 containers must have
been destroyed in the fire)
Accident at Prairie State Energy Campus puts worker in hospital (a
contract employee was injured and taken to the hospital – the employee
was evaluated and treated by health care professionals who work full
time at the site before being transported to a local hospital and then
airlifted to another hospital)
LOTO FATALITY
Worker
killed at Kansas thermoformer (a setup foreman, 45, was crushed to
death when he attempted to correct a problem on the machine he was
working on – he was a three-year employee at the custom thermoformer –
he was instantly killed after climbing over the top platen to correct
what was believed to be a problem with a part that he was working on –
“It was quite shocking. He was such a good employee and used good
judgment most all the time,” said Huffman, who was on the scene moments
after the accident occurred – why he climbed on the machine, will never
be known, but it was probably to save the part on the machine – the
incident occurred near the end of his shift and that he had been
planning to go away for the weekend)
FORKLIFT
MODIFICATION
Somerset Man Seriously Injured in Forklift Truck Accident (a worker,
36, suffered serious personal injury, following a forklift truck
accident at a metal engineering firm – he was guiding a forklift truck
loaded with angle irons when the forklift toppled over and lost its
load, which landed on top of him – he suffered serious fractures to his
left knee and ankle in the accident and his knee was so badly broken
that it required the insertion of a metal pin to hold it together – an
investigation into the incident revealed the company was using an
extension on the forklift which had been manufactured in-house but had
not been tested to ascertain its maximum load)
UPDATE
All 14 Trapped Mexican Miners Found Dead (Mexican search teams have
recovered the bodies of all 14 coal mine workers killed in a gas
explosion in northern Mexico)
UPDATE on
FATAL FALL
Space shuttle worker{apos}s death ruled a suicide (a space shuttle
engineer, originally believed to have died in a fall from the Endeavour
launch pad, took his own life, according to a new report – he fell 130
feet from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on March 14, where
space shuttle Endeavour was getting prepared for an April launch –
according to a report released by the medical examiner had a note in his
wallet to his wife and children in which he explained that he was going
blind and did not want to be a burden)
CONSTRUCTION
1
Killed, 4 Buried in Construction Site Collapse (a construction
worker was killed and four others are still buried under debris after
buildings being demolished collapsed – fire fighters using life
detecting devices and sniffer dogs are trying to locate the missing –
cause of the accident is as yet not known)
TUNNEL
FATALITY New
train tunnel claimed its third life (one worker died when he was
pinned under a drilling rig – the accident occurred in connection with
work with the new train tunnel – the rig overturned when the man was
moving it – he is reported to have died instantly)
PIPE
UNLOADING
Construction accident hospitalizes worker (a truck driver was
hospitalized with severe injuries after being crushed by four
2,100-pound pipes at a construction site – he was unloading the pipes
from his truck when they rolled on top of him, trapping his body
underneath – Fire Department was able to remove the man from under the
pipe – he was removed from the scene by Care-Flite helicopter and
transferred to a Hospital)
CRANE
2 construction workers hurt in crane accident (a construction worker
was seriously injured when a crane tipped over and struck him in the
chest at a bridge project – the worker was taken to a Medical Center in
serious to critical condition – a second worker, the operator of the
crane, was also taken to an area hospital and is in good condition)
FALL
Worker falls through roof of burned building (it took about 45
minutes to rescue a worker who had fallen through the roof of a
burned-out building – the man was working on the roof of a building that
was damaged by fire back in March when he fell through and landed on the
second floor – when medics arrived they were unable to go up the stairs
for safety reasons, so they had to bring the victim out through a window
– he was taken to the hospital by helicopter – he is believed to be
suffering from multiple fractures)
FATAL FALL
Polish worker dies during construction of Euro 2012 stadium (a
construction worker, 30, was killed while working on a stadium – he fell
some 30 metres to his death as he was working on installing a glass roof
over the stadium)
FATAL FALL Construction
worker dies in fall from townhouse’s 3rd floor (a construction worker,
31, fell to his death while working from the third floor of a townhouse
being constructed – he sustained a fatal skull fracture from the fall –
he was cutting wire when he slipped and lost his balance and fell head
first on the ground floor)
Worker Injured At World Trade Center Site (a construction worker was
hit in the chest with equipment – he was rushed to a Hospital in unknown
condition – no other details)
FATAL FALL from FORKLIFT BOX
Man falls to death at work site (worker, 38, dies in job site
accident – he fell to his death after falling more than 9 feet off a
forklift – a wooden box that was not properly chained to the forklift
fell on him – medical examiner said the cause of death was blunt force
trauma consistent with the box falling on the victim – he was clear that
it was not the fall itself that lead to the man’s death – the victim had
been standing inside the wooden box, which was resting on top of the
forks of the forklift that was in the backyard near a rear set of stairs
– he was applying a concrete stucco finish to an outdoor cooking area
while standing inside the wooden box – he walked to one side of the box,
causing it to flip off of the forklift and onto the ground – officials
estimated the box to weigh between 200 and 300 pounds)
MISCELLANEOUS
PTO GUARDING
Farm worker mangled while spraying (a dairy farm worker, 24, had his
clothes torn from his body after falling against a power takeoff (PTO)
driveshaft between a tractor and an a spray unit – he was injured after
toppling off the trailer carrying the spray unit against the spinning
driveshaft – he was taken to a Hospital with lacerations to his legs and
grazes to the rest of his body – he was in a stable condition)
Kansas man dies after tree he was cutting down falls on him (a man,
46, died when a large tree he was cutting down fell on top of him – he
was a temporary worker and was working alone cutting trees behind the
business when he was killed – no one else was injured)
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