Industrial
Police: Cruise Ship Worker Dies in Elevator Accident (electrician, 66, aboard a cruise ship was killed while working on an elevator during the final leg of a three-day cruise – some links will show passenger video of the results of this accident – VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED)
One Statoil Rig Worker Dead, Two Injured in North Sea Storm (one rig worker had died and two others were injured after a huge wave hit a North Sea rig amid stormy weather – two crew members’ injuries were relatively minor and that the rig was under control – most essential crew was evacuated, and the rig would be taken to an onshore base to assess the damage)
FATALITY Gas plant worker killed in fall near Pigeon Lake Occupational Health and Safety investigating (worker, 44, died after getting tangled in equipment at an industrial site – he was unloading fluid from a tanker truck into a storage tank at a gas plant when he slipped and fell – he was pronounced dead on scene)
GUARDING/LOTO Vietnamese worker in critical condition after workplace accident (worker has suffered life-threatening injuries after getting caught on a conveyor belt at a concrete mixing facility – the worker, whose head and right arm were fractured in the accident, showed no signs of life when rescuers reached him)
MINE FATALITY Worker At Cortez Hills Mine Killed (worker, 42, was driving a haul truck when it collided with another such vehicle around 3:00 p.m. – no other injuries occurred – it was the fourth death at a Nevada mine in 2015)
FORKLIFT Man in critical condition after warehouse accident in Kankakee (worker, 33, was airlifted to a hospital after he was trapped beneath a forklift at about 1:57 p.m. – police officers were able to free the man before they got there – he had multiple injuries but was conscious)
LINEMEN FATALITY Workers Killed by Falling Electrical Pole (two workers, 24 and 15, were killed instantly after an electrical pole they had climbed toppled over – the pair were installing electrical cables between the poles)
LOTO/GUARDING Accident at Parker Hannifin (employees reacted immediately to the incident by shutting off the machine, freeing the operator, and administering immediate medical attention while calling 911 – employee was first transported to a Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition)
NITRIC ACID Worker injured in chemical leak at Telford factory taken to specialist burns unit as investigations begin (worker was burned in a chemical leak at a factory – he was taken to a specialist burns unit for treatment – he also suffered a back injury – two other men suffered chemical burns in the accident – workers had been exposed to nitric acid when it leaked from a tank at the factory)
OSHA probes death of Worcester man after accident at Inner-Tite Corp. in Holden (worker, 30, died after an industrial accident on Christmas Eve)
FATAL EXPLOSION of GAS CYLINDER One killed in gas cylinder blast in Narayanganj (worker, 35, was killed as a gas cylinder exploded at an Oxygen Gas Company – he was injured when an oxygen cylinder exploded as he was unloading it from a pickup in the area at about 10:00 am.)
HF ACID – SHUTDOWN Marathon Galveston Bay worker burned as overhaul starts (worker was burned by hydrofluoric acid while working on an alkylation unit, which was shut as part of a planned three-month, multi-unit overhaul – worker was taken to an area hospital “as a precautionary measure”)
ELECTRICAL Two Con Ed workers, contractor injured while responding to gas leak in the Bronx (two workers and a contractor were injured as they responded to a gas leak around 1:30 p.m. – while on the scene, two workers and a contractor were attempting to determine the cause of the leak when they were struck with an electrical line – all three workers were struck in the face, suffering first degree burns and were treated at a Medical Center)
HOTWORK OSHA fines owner of Monmouth warehouse leveled by explosive blaze (one person was injured in the May 5 fire that destroyed the storage building and reportedly taking with it more than $1 million worth of inventory – investigators determined that the fire was sparked by accident as an employee used a bucket truck to weld the top of a temporary traffic light like those used at road construction sites – a hydraulic line that raises and lowers the bucket let go, spraying hydraulic fluid – sparks from the welding ignited the fluid causing flames to spread to the truck and building as the employee quickly lowered the bucket and jumped to safety, but not before being burned)
EXPLOSION Explosion hits Guangzhou oil refinery (an explosion hit an oil refinery triggering a fire – blast occurred in an industrial zone and no casualties have been reported)
BOILER EXPLOSION Man injured when boiler explodes at Virginia chicken plant (worker, 61, was burned when a boiler exploded at a chicken plant around 3:20 a.m. – the explosion caused part of the building to collapse – he was taken by helicopter to a Hospital – he suffered first and second-degree burns, but his condition was not immediately known)
EXPLOSION Explosion at T&TEC power plant leaves areas without power (an explosion at a power plant on the switch board of the PowerGen B power station occurred when T&TEC was making the transition in preparation of the decommissioning of the Port of Spain ‘B’ power station)
FORKLIFT FATALITY One killed in workplace accident in Stephens County (worker was driving a forklift when it overturned and landed on top of him – forklift was on the edge of a 5-foot wall at the time and began to fall off the ledge – worker jumped off the forklift, but it fell on top of him)
Construction
FATAL WALL COLLAPSE 1 worker dead, 1 injured in accident at Chicago’s Ford plant (one construction worker, 45, was killed and another worker, 48, was critically injured while working in the assembly plant after an eight-by-eight wall collapsed just before 11 a.m. in part of the plant under construction – a section of a concrete wall collapsed)
Worker injured in industrial accident at Baylor – Pressurized tank explodes during tennis court maintenance (contract worker suffered serious injuries during a routine maintenance job after a concrete tank malfunctioned and launched a piece of metal into his face around 11:11 a.m.)
FATAL FALL Metro Worker Falls to Death at Work Site (worker, 24, fell to his deathat a construction site around 7 pm when he slipped and fell about 25 feet and sustained serious injuries)
Worker critically injured at Courier Square construction site (construction worker was critically injured shortly after 9 a.m. – an electrician was working under a 180-foot tower during a crane assembly – a supervisor told the electrical crew not to work under the tower during crane assembly, but they continued on, the report states – crew on top of the tower was trying to put a 40-pound pin in place when it bounced out and stuck the man on the ground in the back – man was in critical condition)
UPDATE: Construction worker killed at fueling station ID’d (worker was working on a compressed gas line when it came loose from the fitting – he was struck by the escaping gas and had severe injuries to his head and died at the scene of blunt force trauma due to high pressure gas)
WORKZONE FATALITY Kentucky road worker killed after being struck by truck in multi-vehicle crash (worker, 34, was working on bridge maintenance when a pickup truck involved in a multi-vehicle crash struck him – pickup was sent into the worker after a bumper hitch trailer came loose from a 1996 Chevrolet pickup truck and struck the pickup that ended up hitting the worker and another vehicle – he had been working as a highway equipment operator for 15 years before he was killed in the accident)
EXCAVATOR World Cup worker fighting for life after mechanical bucket crashes onto his head in tragic accident (building site foreman, 23, working on a stadium has been left fighting for his life after an excavator shovel dropped on his head)
FIRE Woman airlifted after industrial accident in West Palm Beach (a female construction worker was critically injured in a fire shortly after 2:30 p.m. – worker was injured while operating a piece of heavy equipment and was flown to a Burn Center and is in critical condition – incident has been ruled an accidental fire)
BUILDING COLLAPSE 1 worker killed and 4 others wounded in building collapse (one construction worker was killed and five others, were seriously injured including a woman, after the basement of an under-construction building collapsed around 9 am – four Injured were admitted to a nearby hospital and discharged after the first aid -they were digging out soil from the basement when the building collapsed)
SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSE 5 injured after scaffolding collapses (five construction workers were injured when the scaffolding they were working on collapsed around 10pm – one construction worker who sustained critical injuries – no casualties were reported)
TRENCH Construction worker saved from collapsed trench in Queens (Firefighters responded and were able to pull the worker, 40, to safety with the aid of his fellow workers – worker was overseeing construction of the foundations and laying rebar when a wall of dirt fell and crushed him at 2:11 p.m. – dirt buried him above his head – he had a pulse, but his body had a blue complexion – he was listed in critical condition)
ELECTROCUTION Two Construction Workers Killed in Israel (one laborer was electrocuted and another fell to his death – worker, 18, was electrocuted at a building site – he was electrocuted while handling a plastering machine)
SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSE 2 workers hurt in scaffolding collapse in Dearborn (two construction workers, in their 30s, were seriously injured but are expected to survive after scaffolding collapsed at the site of a new hotel -scaffolding collapsed around 10 a.m. near an awning at the building’s entrance – cause of the collapse remains unclear as fire inspectors and the city commercial services division investigate the accident scene)
FALL from SCAFFOLDING Scaffolding accident in King update: both injured men on the mend (two house painters, 33 and 59, who fell off scaffolding in a Christmas Eve accident ended up with broken bones but survived the fall)
Miscellaneous
FATAL FALL ABILENE CITY MAINTENANCE WORKER DIES AFTER FALL FROM 9-FOOT CONTAINER (maintenance worker, 52, has died after falling from the top of an about 9-foot tall container he was painting at a city maintenance facility – he suffered a head injury and was taken to the hospital, where he died – he had worked for the city for almost 11 years)
HOTWORK Man burned in ‘industrial accident’ at Sayreville auto shop (worker was hospitalized after he suffered burns in an “industrial accident” just before 2 p.m. at an auto repair shop – worker was using a welding torch when the incident occurred – sparks from the torch burned the worker – he was flown to a Medical Center)
HOTWORK Welder’s spark causes hay barn fire (fire ripped through a hay barn and implement shed after a spark from a welder lit a hay bale – fire started while one of the occupants was welding lugs onto the steel uprights of the shed to renew the wooden beams, and one of the hay bales caught fire)
HOTWORK Construction causes fire in vacant area of RI Mall (workers were cutting and welding the vacant part of the mall and somehow a fire started in a vacant area of the mall – smoke and fire that made its way through the walls set off smoke detectors in Kohl’s at 6:30 p.m. – mall was closed for the holiday and no injuries were reported)
HOTWORK Fire guts furniture shop, godown (major fire broke out at a furniture shop and a scrap shed destroying goods worth Rs 15 lakh – incident occurred at around 2.30 pm – welding work was going on in one of the sheds where scraps were stored)