73 incidents & 1 update (2/19/17 – 3/12/17)

Industrial

CONFINED SPACE RESCUE PG&E Worker Injured at Folsom Gas Leak (Fire Department conducted a dramatic rescue of an injured worker who lost consciousness while working on an underground gas line – worker was rushed to the hospital after losing consciousness while working on a natural gas line in an underground open vault – Fire Department shut down Riley Street durning the rescue and determined there was a gas leak coming from the same line the crew was working on – the employee was working with others inside the hole, which was about 6 feet deep – the employee is in stable condition, recovering at a local hospital)

DOUBLE AMPUTATION Worker Crushed by 4,000-Pound Pile of Steel After Accident at New Jersey Bed Company (worker is expected to lose both his legs after the accident  – worker was crushed from the waist down when 4,000 pounds of steel fell on him shortly before 9:30 a.m. – preliminary investigation indicates a machine moving the equipment somehow lost its load and it fell on the worker, trapping him)

ELECTRICAL DME worker airlifted to Dallas hospital following accident at Denton substation (electrical worker was airlifted to a Hospital after the employee was injured after coming in contact with live equipment at a substation around 9:00 a.m.)

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