Industrial
FATAL FALL into GRAIN BIN Man Killed in Workplace Accident at Malting Company in Shakopee (worker, 58, was killed about 9:15 p.m. at the plant when he fell into a grain bin – another worker found the man and called 911 immediately – he was pronounced dead at the scene – it is currently unknown how long the man had been in the bin before being found – officials have yet to disclose the kind of machine that the employee fell into or whether he was wearing some sort of safety harness)
FALL from CRANE Ford contract worker injured in Dearborn plant accident (contract worker was seriously injured after falling from a crane – witness told Automotive News the worker fell head first from several stories high – worker’s condition was not available)
FIRE/EXPLOSION Accident that injured contract worker at Western Sugar under investigation (contract employee received burns while working on an evaporator unit and was transported to a Medical Center, but has since been transferred to another treatment center)
CONFINED SPACE FATALITIES Slurry Tanker Accident Left Two Dead After Worker Tried To Save Teenage Colleague (worker, 35, died in a slurry tanker as he was trying to save a teenage colleague, 19, who had fallen in – incident took place at a recycling facility at a farm – the teen had been trying to clear a blockage in the tanker when the worker tried to help him, he too fell in – a hole had to be cut in the side of the vehicle to retrieve their bodies)
FATAL EXPLOSION @ DRILL SITE N.D. man found dead in western ND oil field accident (worker, 24, has died at a fire on a well site – Fire Department responded to a call in the early afternoon and found a treater shack engulfed in flames – worker was found in the fire rubble after it was extinguished)
AMPUTATION in WOOD PLANNER Sawmill worker’s hand amputated after planer incident in Thames (worker, 32, lost most of his right hand in an industrial wood planer – surgeons were unable to save the hand – workmates wrapped the man’s hand in tea towels to stem the bleeding before rescue staff arrived – rescuers tied a tourniquet)
ELECTRICAL 2 injured in electrical accident at KRL (two workers, 26 and 53, sustained serious burn injuries in an electric blaze while working inside an electrical sub-station – both have been admitted to hospitals with serious burn injuries – one sustained 86 per cent burns, is critical while the other has been put under observation – the duo were injured around 9.45 a.m. while working inside the control cabin of a sub-station attached to the refinery’s captive power plant – they were working on high-power cables, a short circuit on which led to the shock wave)
EXPLOSION Workers injured in foundry furnace explosion (a furnace explosion at a foundry has injured two workers, including one who was badly burned – a worker was standing in front of a furnace when it exploded – he was airlifted to a hospital – a second worker who came to the man’s aid was also injured)
FIRE Stubborn chemical fire at business in Biddeford injures one worker (employee was injured in a chemical fire in a building used to store lithium – fire started in a container holding 60 pounds of lithium in the center of the building – cause has not been determined – injured employee had been transporting the chemical)
Factory worker crushed to death in horrific accident (worker, 22, was killed after being crushed by a sugarcane unloader machine – he died while unloading the sugarcane at 9 pm)
LOTO FATALITY in PRESS Engineer crushed to death at Renault-Nissan Chennai plant (worker was a junior engineer who worked in the maintenance department, was crushed to death by a hydraulic press – incident took place when he was inspecting the machine)
POWER PLANT EXPLOSION 6 injured in explosion at Adams County plant; plant closed for ‘thorough investigation’ (six people are recovering after an explosion at a power plant – six people were treated for injuries that were described as non-life-threatening and everyone was accounted for following the explosion – no word on cause)
EXPLOSION 1 critically injured in explosion at Felda chemical plant (worker is fighting for his life after a violent explosion which was felt several blocks away and sent debris flying across the street – no word on cause)
COMBUSTIBLE DUST EXPLOSION Perfetti Van Melle factory explosion closes road near Cincinnati airport (an explosion at a candy factory resulted in no injuries – explosion was in one of the sugar manufacturing tools – officials were looking at the top of the roof connecting to the plant’s sugar silo – “That process of moving a large amount of material through pipes creates static electricity, so that’s a problem they’re battling on a regular basis. I’m not saying that’s what occurred here, but that’s what we’re continuing to concentrate our investigation on” – in December 2015, a silo exploded and caught fire at the plant – officials said dust from candy-making operations likely caused the blast)
EXPLOSION Injury reported in plant explosion in Hendry County (worker is fighting for his life after he was involved in an explosion – no other details)
HOTWORK FIRE on PIPELINE 1 PERSON INJURED IN REFINERY TANK FARM FIRE IN CHANNELVIEW (one person was injured after a refinery tank farm fire – fire started around midnight in a 36-inch pipe while someone was welding – the person who was injured was released from the hospital – no word on his injuries)
HOTWORK Crews put out fire at builders supply store (sparks from a welding instrument ignited the flame around 1:30 p.m. – damage is limited to the exterior siding of the building)
3 injured in explosion at Kochi BPCL refinery (at least three people were injured in an explosion at a gas turbine unit – accident took place around 10 a.m. when maintenance works were on at the power generation unit)
FORKLIFT Kettering surgical team extricates man from forklift accident (a surgical team assisted in the extrication of a man who was pinned under a forklift – two forklifts collided and a man’s “extremity” became pinned underneath one of the forklifts – surgical team was called in to assist in extricating the man from being trapped underneath the machinery)
PAINT SHOP EXPLOSION 6 People Injured in Explosion at Minnesota Truck Plant (a truck plant explosion injured six people – many employees who would have been in the area of the paint shop explosion were off-site at a training exercise when the blast happened around 10:30 a.m.)
AMMONIA – LINE BREAK Ammonia leak occurs at Mosaic’s New Wales plant (an ammonia leak caused 50 workers to evacuate the area about 10 a.m. during maintenance work – one of the plants was offline for scheduled maintenance work when, during that work, employees opened a deactivated pipe and some residual ammonia leaked gas – about 50 contractors were cleared from the area as the plant’s emergency response team arrived to investigate – investigators determined about 10 pounds of ammonia leaked from the pipe – no reports of exposure or injuries)
CHLORINE Crews respond to chlorine leak at Wichita water plant (emergency crews responded to a small chlorine leak at a Water Treatment Facility – workers were transferring chlorine from one tank to another tank when the chlorine alarms went off – fire department was contacted and sent out its hazmat team – it was determined that the amount and concentration of chlorine was so small that the neither plant nor the buildings or properties around it needed to be evacuated – no injuries are associated with the leak)
Construction
BACKHOE FATALITY Construction worker dies in accident in LaVerkin (construction worker died around 2 p.m. when he was marking public utility lines when he was hit by a trackhoe)
TRENCH FATALITY 25-year old Augusta man killed in workplace accident (construction worker, 25, died after a trench collapsed – one side of the trench collapsed and filled with dirt, causing the worker to suffocate)
WORKZONE Construction worker killed in highway accident identified (construction worker, 40, was hit and killed by a U-Haul truck – the worker’s hard hat flew off his head and onto the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 around 10:30 a.m., when the man went to pick up his hat, he was hit by the U-Haul)
WORKZONE FATALITY Construction worker struck, killed in Pasadena (construction worker, 58, died when he was struck by a vehicle – he was declared dead at the scene after the accident, which occurred at 12:50 p.m. – he was a flagger and was responsible for stopping and slowing traffic – a Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling southeast on a Road which was reduced to one lane due to construction – as the Jeep approached it struck the worker, who was controlling traffic using a rotating stop/slow sign in the center of the roadway – “Preliminarily, the investigation indicates a vehicle on Fort Smallwood Road, where the area started to filter down to one lane, the driver was driving too fast and didn’t see the construction worker and hit the construction worker”)
FATAL FALL Teen worker falls to his death on Perth construction site (worker, 17, died after falling 12m from scaffolding at 4.30am – he fell while installing glass as part of the fitout of the building)
Construction worker seriously injured in Framingham (construction worker, 38, was seriously injured when a 5,000-pound backhoe slid down a snowy hill, pinning him underneath – he sustained serious injuries to his pelvis and legs, but he is expected to live – vehicle slipped 15 feet down the hill due to the snow, and then it fell an additional 10 feet off a retaining wall just after 4 p.m.)
FALL Construction worker injured in fall from Rindge building (construction worker, 34, was injured in a 20’ fall – he fell from the top of the building being constructed – accident happened just before 11 a.m. – he suffered chest and rib injuries and was taken to a Hospital)
TAR Toronto Worker Freed from Hot Tar Spill (worker, in his 30’s, covered in hot tar suffered serious burns following an industrial accident – hot tar spilled over the man just before 8 a.m. – the worker was in the back of the truck, and has since been removed from it by paramedics, as well as firefighters who cut the vehicle open – he was taken to the burn centre – worker was wearing a protective suit, but the lower part of his body was immersed in the tar)
Chase Tower worker reportedly out of hospital (construction worker was injured when debris fell from a building – worker had been released from the hospital after suffering bruised ribs – “That scaffolding saved his life” – worker had been under a safety scaffolding over the sidewalk that shields pedestrians from falling objects during the building’s renovation – worker had been in a portable bathroom near the curb when he was struck by the debris – the roughly 80-foot long section of marble block fell about six stories shortly after 3 p.m. amid high winds)
Miscellaneous
FALL/CONFINED SPACE Metro worker rescued after falling down maintenance shaft in Bethesda (worker was rescued after falling down a maintenance shaft while clearing drains around 1 a.m. – worker was removing debris and leaves from a drainage area that was about 15 feet below street level – he is believed to have slipped and fell to a lower level that was approximately 20 feet further down – he was hospitalized with back and leg pain)
WorkSafe Victoria investigating accident at Covino Farms (worker, in her 60s, has been injured in a workplace accident at a horticulture farm – she is suffering from shoulder injuries)
Worker pinned by front end loader’s bucket in Menomonie (worker, 23, was injured when he was crushed by a front end loader’s bucket at 3:51 p.m. – he was operating a front end loader when he and another worker were moving a disabled semitractor into the shop and decided to attach a chain to pull it with the loader – worker pulled up to the rear of the semitractor and lowered the bucket of the front end loader so they could attach the chain to it – he exited the cab of the loader and saw his co-worker pinned between the bucket and the passenger side rear dual tire of the semitractor – he immediately raised the bucket, and his co-worker fell to the ground)
HOTWORK FIRE Warehouse catches fire in Fort Payne (fire started around 10:30 a.m. – someone was inside welding and caught some carpet on fire – firefighters spent hours fighting the fire because they had to drive water trucks back and forth from the scene all day)