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.)
Worker airlifted to hospital after accident at Port of Miami (worker was injured at one of the port’s cargo yards – worker was airlifted to a Hospital – no other details)
LOTO FATALITY w/ CONVEYOR Purolator worker killed inside Etobicoke plant (worker, 50, was killed when he was trying to clear a jam in the conveyor belt before 6 a.m. – he was transported to hospital and was later pronounced dead in hospital)
Employee killed in incident at the Granite City Steelworks (worker, 42, died following an incident around 10 a.m. in the rail yard area of the plant – worker was taken by helicopter to a hospital where he was pronounced dead)
VEHICLE FATALITY Pierce Transit employee killed when hit, run over by bus at Lakewood facility (worker was killed when he was hit and run over by a bus at the transit facility – worker was pronounced dead at the scene about 6:35 p.m. – accident occurred behind a fenced area of the bus lot – an employee was apparently driving the vehicle out of the “bus wash” area when he struck another worker)
CONVEYOR Worker involved in ‘serious’ accident at Nyrstar smelter at Port Pirie (worker, 42, was seriously injured after a workplace accident at a smelter at 2.30 pm after reports the worker had been “trapped in a conveyancer” – he remained trapped for more than an hour and suffered serious injuries including to both legs)
Shipyard worker burned in accident (worker was servicing a vessel and remains hospitalized – no details)
FATAL FALL @ LANDFILL Construction worker killed at Chilliwack landfill construction project (construction worker died in a workplace accident – worker apparently fell from the 40-foot tilt-up construction project – co-worker who was at the scene said the 21-year-old fell the considerable distance and when he and others got to him, the young man had no pulse)
Employee killed in industrial accident identified (worker, 47, was killed in an industrial accident at an energy plant – he was pronounced dead at the scene just before 11:30 a.m. – deputies were investigating the circumstances surrounding the man’s death, which was called an “industrial accident”)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Hong Kong worker dies after being knocked down by forklift truck near container port (police are investigating a fatal traffic accident after a worker was knocked down by a forklift truck and later died in hospital – incident happened in an outdoor car park at about 2pm – male worker was trapped under the forklift – he had lost consciousness when he was rescued)
EXPLOSION Paramedics: Worker rushed to hospital in critical condition after explosion in Brampton (worker was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition following an industrial explosion around 11:42 a.m. – injured employee was conscious when emergency officials arrived at the scene – not clear what type of work the victim was doing at the time of the explosion)
COMPRESSED AIR EXPLOSION FATALITY Worker Fatality and Injury in Explosion (one employee was killed and one injured in a gas explosion as the two men were trying to repair a furnace – victims were working on a door of the furnace to try to find a leak, and the door itself seemed to explode – explosion seemed to be maybe the air pressure – it was the blast that injured the men)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Man dies after loader accident at Bluff port (worker, 54, died after being run over by a loader – he was struck while unloading palm kernel from a ship – he was a truck driver for the company)
LOADING DOCK FATALITY Man pinned between trucks at Fargo business dies (worker died of injuries suffered after he and a co-worker were backing a truck out of a garage – the victim opened an overhead door and the other employee thought it was clear – the victim became pinned between two trucks and died at a hospital emergency room)
CONFINED SPACE FATALITY – ENGULFMENT CLP worker buried alive in coal ash (worker, 58, died after being buried alive in coal ash at a power station at about 11:20 a.m. – he was cleaning a giant ash container that is 25 meters high and 10 meters in diameter and is cleaned every two years – he was among eight workers who were cleaning the vessel when the ash collapsed on them – six of the workers escaped – another worker who was buried survived – it took two hours to extract his body after firemen determined it was too dangerous to go in too soon)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Forklift flips over, worker dies (worker, 33, died when a forklift flipped over and landed on top of him – he died of multiple blunt force trauma – accident occurred at 3:18 p.m. when the worker was standing near a forklift in operation)
ARC FLASH Alcoa Employee Injured in Electrical Arc Incident (employee was burned by the electrical arc and transported to a Hospital and treated for burns – the outage “contributed to a fire in the facility’s bake furnace”)
NATURAL GAS WELL EXPLOSION Gas line explodes in Oklahoma, three workers seriously injured (three utilities workers are fighting for their lives after a gas line they are working on exploded – a fourth worker suffered minor injuries – it is unclear exactly what sparked the explosion at the natural gas well)
FIRE Worker Hurt In Fire At Croydon Business (an employee of a packaging business suffered burns in a fire – employee’s burns were described by Fire Marshal as “minor” but still required a trip to the emergency room – fire happened around 7:50 a.m. – by the time firefighters arrived, the print rolling machine that was ablaze was extinguished by an internal fire safety system – the cause of the fire was when a flammable liquid was being transferred and came in contact with an ignition source)
CHEMICAL REACTION Mountaire chemical explosion causes severe injury (worker, 34, was severely injured in a minor chemical explosion at a poultry processing plant – employee suffered facial trauma and chemical burns when he accidentally mixed two cleaning chemicals that caused an explosive reaction – there were no other injuries, but several emergency responders went through a decontamination process – State Fire Marshal’s Office determined that the incident occurred when the worker mistakenly mixed two chemicals in a 2.5-gallon sprayer – the sprayer over-pressurized, causing it to explode – minor damage was caused to the room where the explosion occurred – could not confirm the identities of the two chemicals that were mixed together)
AMMONIA Two in hospital after Vic chemical leak (two people have been taken to hospital and 20 workers evacuated from a factory after a chemical spill – a worker suffered burns after being sprayed in the face and hands by liquid ammonia in a dairy foods factory just after 2pm – the worker, in their 50s, was taken to a Hospital in a stable condition, while a firefighter who was exposed during the clean up was also taken to hospital)
FATAL AMMONIA COMPRESSOR EXPLOSION Worker dies in cold storage blast (worker, 30, was killed and a technician, 37, injured when a compressor exploded during the test run of a newly constructed cold storage – a fire following the explosion destroyed five of seven units of the facility before firefighters said to have doused the flames)
FATAL HOTWORK FIRE 10 killed, 14 injured as massive fire breaks out in China hotel (at least 10 persons were killed and 14 others injured when a massive fire broke out at a luxury hotel – the fire began on the second floor where 10 construction workers were working on a decoration project on the floor – initial investigations found the fire was caused by cutting of decoration materials and further investigation is under way – authorities have detained 24 people after a preliminary investigation found the blaze was caused by welding and cutting work which violated safety rules)
CRANE COLLAPSE Port Crane Collapsed (crane was offloading a ship, when one of the cables on the crane’s winch burst and caused the boom to collapse, leaving it crumpled like a paper clip, stretched down like a ladder into the sea – no one was hurt – damage was confined to the crane)
REFINERY FIRE Cause of morning fire at Toledo refinery under investigation (the blaze began shortly after 6 a.m. (fire crews were dispatched shortly after 6 a.m. and the fire was extinguished by 7:45 a.m. – no injuries in the fire, which was contained to a gasoline processing unit – cause of the blaze is under investigation)
CONVEYOR FIRE Port Arthur Fire department investigates cause of conveyer belt fire (firefighters are still investigating what caused a conveyer belt fire near a cargo ship – the conveyor belt being used to load wood pellets onto a ship caught fire at 3 p.m.)
EXPLOSION Explosions in Czech plant leave several people injured (explosions in a machinery plant injured a total of 19 people with three of them in critical condition – the first explosion occurred around 5 a.m. local time in a production hall and a number of others followed, making it difficult for rescuers to access the site – it was not immediately clear what material exploded – four rescuers were injured)
EXPLOSION No injuries reported in explosion at Rice County plant (an explosion at a plant, but there are no reports of injuries – the explosion happened in an empty building which is used for records – that building was leveled in the blast)
UPDATE on PAPER MILL EXPLOSION International Paper: Off-gases caused major plant explosion (preliminary findings from the explosion that caused $50 million worth of damages to the plant say a combination of off-gasses combined with several possible ignition sources created an unusual chain of events that the company had never seen before – plant experienced significant structural damage to the largest pulp digester as well as the power house – an explosive atmosphere was created by a combination of off-gasses normally produced in the pulping process and air introduced to maintain pressure while the vessel was not in operation – the explosive nature of the off-gasses and air combination was likely related to the extended period of mill down time prior to the incident where no chips and liquor were flowing into the digester)
EXPLOSION @ WWTP Explosion at Big Spring Water Plant, Crews Evacuating the Area (officials are investigating an explosion at a water plant – a gas valve ruptured at the water plant – prior to the explosion, the tank was leaking and while crews were repairing the leak the explosion happened – there are reports that a tank was leaking ammonia gas so people surrounding the area are being evacuated – 15-20 people have been sent to the hospital for precautionary measures, and there’s no serious injuries reported)
FATAL VALVE FAILURE North Palm Springs power plant death involved valve explosion (a high-pressure valve explosion played a role in the death of a worker, 47, at a power plant – Cal-OSHA didn’t have specific details on how the explosion killed the worker)
EXPLOSION Formosa Chemicals & Fibre plant explosion injures 4 (explosion was caused by excessive pressure in a furnace – left four employees injured – the four employees suffered burns and bruises and were treated at a Hospital, with one remaining at the hospital for observation due to gas inhalation – explosion occurred in the 30-meter furnace that suffered excess pressure under high temperatures when switching fuel from gas to oil – accident was caused by “operational issues” but also confirmed reports that it was due to “an abrupt increase in pipeline pressure”)
AMMONIA Chemical leak causes evacuations in Salina (a anhydrous ammonia leak caused several evacuations, including one at a school – firefighters believe 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of anhydrous ammonia spilled on the plant’s roof – evacuations were not mandatory, but classes were cancelled at an Elementary School -chemical is used in the refrigeration system of the facility – no word yet on what caused the leak)
AMMONIA 12 hospitalized following ammonia leak at avo packing house (at least 12 people had to be hospitalized after inhaling ammonia at a packing house – paramedics arrived at the packing house and found three workers lying on the ground – rest of the workers were being evacuated from the building)
AMMONIA Eight hospitalized after Qld ammonia leak (eight people are being treated in hospital after an ammonia leak forced the evacuation of an abattoir around 5.30am – 300 employees were evacuated – paramedics treated 12 patients, and eight were taken to a Hospital in stable condition to be treated for nausea)
AMMONIA Firefighters respond to ammonia leak at blueberry processing plant (ammonia leak at a frozen blueberry processing facility made for pockets of pungent air but appeared to pose no immediate danger – firefighters responded to a 911 call from two workers in an attached office building – one of the workers told The Republican Journal that the alarm with a flashing green light went off twice before they called 911 – initially, they thought it was a test)
AMMONIA An ammonia gas leak leads to the evacuation of Pilgrims Poultry plant near Enterprise (an ammonia leak led to the evacuation of a few hundred employees at a poultry processing facility – plant was immediately evacuated to protect the health and safety of employees – no one was injured – no word on cause)
FORKLIFT Crossville forklift accident sends man to UT Medical Center (worker was injured in an industrial accident involving a forklift around 12:45 p.m. – the accident crushed his ribs, and family was waiting for doctors to ensure that no organs were damaged in the course of the accident – no other details)
FORKLIFT FATALITY East Baton Rouge coroner releases name of man killed in forklift accident (worker, 49, was killed while stacking sheet rock with a forklift at a warehouse – there was no further information about the accident pending an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Walmart employee killed in accident (employee was killed when a pallet fell on her while she was operating a forklift in a box trailer – she was transported to a Hospital where she was later pronounced dead – Police Officer stated in her report that when she arrived at about 8:22 p.m., the worker was lying on her back while EMS were trying to get a pulse)
Construction
TRUCK UNLOADING FATALITY Worker Killed in Minnetonka Construction Accident (worker, 38, was killed when a large metal pipe was dislodged from a trailer and fell on him at about 2:30 p.m. – he had been in the process of helping to unload a metal pipe from the trailer – workers at the site delivered first aid immediately and until paramedics arrived – he was pronounced dead at the scene – the pipe weighed about 2,500 pounds)
CRANE FATALITY Man dies in workplace incident at Barangaroo (worker, in his 30’s, has been killed while working on a barge – he was standing on the barge just before 4.25pm when he was crushed by a large piece of steel and suffered critical injuries to his head and torso and died at the scene – the man had been working as a rigger on the site for six months)
MINER FATALITY – FATAL FALL Coal miner dies in mining accident in McDowell County, W.Va.; name released (coal miner, 43, worked as a plant floor man and died in an accident when he fell to his death just before 10:30 p.m. – exact cause of the accident is still not known)
FATAL FALL from ROOF Worker killed in Duxbury construction accident (worker, in his 50s, died after a fall from the roof of a house under construction at 7:45 a.m. – when first responders arrived he was unconscious but breathing – he was transported to a Hospital where he later died)
WORKZONE VDOT worker hurt in hit-and-run accident on I-64 in Norfolk (worker, 26, contracted through the Department of Transportation was injured in a hit-and-run crash – worker was hit by a red pickup while working a separate crash on the westbound side on I-64 – the area was being coned off in response to the crash, when a Ford F-150 cut through the area and hit the worker with one of the side view mirrors – worker is expected to be OK and was up and walking around following the accident – “The side view mirror caught [his] helmet, spun him around and knocked him to the ground”)
TRENCH FATALITY Worker killed in trench collapse identified (worker, 36, was killed in a trench collapse – three co-workers had attempted to dig him out but were removed from the trench due to worsening conditions – recovery operation concluded after more than four hours)
HEAVY EQUIPMENT FATALITY Worker dies after being run over at construction site in Carrollton (worker was run over and killed at a construction site around 2 p.m – someone operating a piece of equipment accidentally ran over the worker – victim died at the scene)
BACKING FATALITY Worker killed at Williston construction site (construction worker, 69, suffered multiple injuries after he was hit by a gravel truck at a site – he was pronounced dead a short time later – he was on foot at a construction site when the truck backed into him around 8:45 a.m.)
Man suffers broken leg and ribs after being crushed on Aberdeen bypass site (worker has been taken to hospital after being crushed by part of a pipe just before 11am – he reportedly suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries – he sustained a broken leg and ribs)
COLLAPSE FATALITY Construction worker dies at Oakville site (worker, 23, died after a partial building collapse at a construction site – he died after a cinder-block wall collapsed on him around 12:40 p.m. – he was pronounced dead)
SKID-STEER Worker injured in south Fargo construction site accident (worker’s legs were run over by a skid-steer loader – he suffered leg injuries about 4:30 p.m.)
CEMENT MIXER FATALITY Worker dies in cement mixer accident in New Jersey (worker died in a cement-mixer accident around 10 a.m. – the cement mixer was not in use at the time of the incident – initial reports show the victim was cleaning out the cement mixer and became trapped under the mixer’s drum – the victim was crushed by the body of the truck)
TRENCH FATALITY Construction worker dies after being trapped in 20-foot deep trench collapse in D.C. (construction worker has died after being trapped in a trench collapse – authorities were trying to free the man after he got caught in a 20-foot deep trench but were unable to save him – he working on a construction site for a new home when the collapse occurred)
CRANE Crane truck tips over on Pineda Causeway overpass, worker injured (crane truck tipped over, injuring one person and blocking traffic for a couple hours – a worker standing on the back of the truck as it fell over was transported to a Hospital – injuries were described as non-life-threatening – the crane truck was being used to remove concrete slabs from the overpass – crane attempted to rotate with one of the slabs when it tipped over toward the right – damage to the overpass is still being assessed by crews)
CRANE FATALITY Construction worker dies while working at Rock Hill high school (worker, 30, was doing exterior repairs near the back of the building – he was operating a boom lift when he was fatally injured – the subcontractor was on campus working on exterior repairs as part of an on-going brick cladding repair project)
FATAL FALL from SCAFFOLDING One worker killed and two injured in Hong Kong construction site fall (worker died and two others were injured after they fell from a residential building under construction – two of the victims, 36 and 52, were working on bamboo scaffolding outside the eighth floor when they fell together for an unconfirmed reason at about 11.30am – one of the men knocked down the third worker, 44, working on the sixth floor – he landed on the ground floor with severe head injuries and was taken to a Hospital where he was declared dead – one of the other victims also landed on the ground floor, while the last one was caught on the scaffolding on the first floor – they were found to be in serious and stable condition)
Worker injured while working on O’Neil Street in Chatham (contractor was involved in pipeline rehabilitation work when a “cable on the road was snagged by a passing vehicle” – that caused a worker to be injured – no details on the extent of the injuries)
ELECTRICAL w/ FALL from LADDER HVAC Worker Falls After Being Shocked Inside Building (the victim was briefly unconscious and had signs of electrical burns on his arms – he was shocked while working on the HVAC causing him to fall and hit his head shortly after 3 p.m. – worker heard a strange noise on the ninth floor and went to investigate and found an unresponsive HVAC worker who was convulsing while hanging from a ladder in the ceiling area – as the employee went to help him, the ladder tipped over and the HVAC worker fell, striking his head on the floor)
FATAL FALL 50 year old worker falls four stories, dies demolishing Lanett Mill (worker, 50, died after falling four stories to the ground at the massive demolition site shortly before noon – he was transported to a Hospital where he died of his injuries – he was working on the fourth floor of the Dye Works building when a floor under him gave way resulting in the man falling though the lower floors below to his death)
FALL from LADDER Construction worker hurt after falling at Waukegan courthouse project (steelworker was in good condition after he fell from the seventh floor to the sixth floor at the criminal courts building under construction -rescuers used a construction crane to get him to the ground and an ambulance – incident occurred just before 9 a.m. when a worker fell off a ladder approximately 12 feet and was injured)
HOTWORK FIRE Welding Work Sparks Roof Fire Near Hobby Lobby (welding work is the cause of a roof fire just before 4 p.m. – contractors on site did attempt to extinguish the fire, but those attempts were unsuccessful – firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire – there was about $10,000 in damages to the build, mostly to roofing material and water damage from a sprinkler going off – there were no injuries because of the fire)
Miscellaneous
SKI FATALITY Sugarloaf employee dies in accident on double-black diamond trail (worker, 24, is dead after sliding down a trail around 10 a.m. – employee was working as part of Competition Center staff preparing a mogul course for a competition – he lost his footing and slid down the Skidder trail, a double-black diamond trail)
PARKING LOT FATALITY Trader Joe’s Worker Killed In Tragic Accident Identified By Acton Police (18-year-old was backing out of a parking spot Tuesday evening when he ran over 62-year-old worker – she was working at the store at the time she was hit and died at the scene)
FARM FATALITY Female farm worker, 20, is killed as she operates heavy machinery (woman, 20, was killed while operating farm machinery in a field – she was airlifted to hospital by air ambulance but was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital)
MEAT GRINDER Meat Grinder Accident at Lampo Sends Worker to the Hospital (industrial accident at a restaurant sent a worker, 28, to the hospital around 7 a.m. after they got their hand caught in a meat grinder at a restaurant – no other details)
TREE TRIMMING FATALITIES 2 Workers Killed In Annapolis, Arnold Accidents (worker died when a tree fell on him, while another worker died after he fell out of a tree – first fatal mishap took place about 7:30 a.m. when a tree fell on a worker in his 20s – he was declared dead at the scene – second incident occurred less than two hours later – worker, in his 20s, had fallen about 30 feet from a tree around 9:10 a.m. – he was declared dead at the scene)
FALL from SCAFFOLDING Worker falls from scaffolding at Marriott Copley Place (hotel worker fell from scaffolding while hanging banners inside the hotel – incident occurred in the atrium area of the building – the man, believed to be in his 20s, was rushed to the hospital after falling from the second story at around 4:30 p.m.)
PLANE DE-ICING and AERIAL LIFT Worker Hurt When De-Icing Truck Hits Plane At Logan Airport (worker was hurt after he fell from a bucket truck that tipped over on the tarmac at an Airport – a de-icing truck and an airplane came into contact – the wing hit the guy that was de-icing the plane and the hose got wrapped up in his legs and pulled him off the cherry picker – the truck tipped over – a worker went tumbling to the ground)
WORKZONE Tow company urges drivers to slow down after worker critically injured near Schofield Barracks (just before 6:30 a.m. worker, 25, was about to tow a vehicle when a car slammed into the back of his truck, which was in the right-hand lane – he was hospitalized in critical condition with injuries to both legs – speed may have been a factor in the crash)
CONFINED SPACE FATALITY Dairy farm worker found dead in manure tank (Ontario Ministry of Labour has been contacted following a deadly industrial accident on a dairy farm – worker at the farm was unaccounted for and efforts were made to locate them and the worker, 58, was found dead in a manure holding tank)