Industrial
CONFINED SPACE FATALITIES Two workers die while cleaning molasses tank in Queensland (two workers died while they were reportedly cleaning a molasses tank – the men, aged 52 and 48, died after being affected by fumes while cleaning the tank)
LOTO FATALITY OSHA investigating fatal accident at Michael Foods (fatal incident happened at about 11:15 AM when an employee was hurt after a dock leveler unexpected dropped unexpectedly – a dock leveler is often used to bridge the gap between a truck and the dock or warehouse floor – in 2014 OSHA fined the company more than $30,000 dollars after a worker died)
HOT WORK EXPLOSION Investigation Continues Into Accident At Senesco Marine (Two workers are in stable condition following an explosion and fire aboard a vessel at a Marine business – the accident happened while the workers were welding on top of a barge – debris from that explosion struck a propane tank causing a secondary explosion – the accident happened on a fuel barge, according to Coast Guard – it wasn’t clear if the barge had ever been in the water as it was under construction)
Family desperate to get injured lineman, father of 5, home (lineman, 39, volunteered to help restore power to the hurricane-battered island of Puerto Rico, but just days into his work, he plunged 80-feet to the ground – power workers in Puerto Rico are hoisted by helicopters high into the mountains to repair the island’s transmission towers – he was dangling below one of those helicopters when the accident happened)
Lineman Fall from Helicopter Family desperate to get injured lineman, father of 5, home (lineman, 39, volunteered to help restore power to the hurricane-battered island of Puerto Rico, but just days into his work, he plunged 80-feet to the ground – power workers in Puerto Rico are hoisted by helicopters high into the mountains to repair the island’s transmission towers – he was dangling below one of those helicopters when the accident happened)
GURADING/LOTO FATALITYWorker dies after northeastern Indiana industrial accident (woman, 23, was crushed to death after getting stuck in a machine at a plastics factory – she died of multiple crush force injuries – coroner‘s office ruled the death accidental)