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INDUSTRIAL
MINE FATALITY
Kentucky mine accident kills 54-year-old miner (an underground
mine worker was killed at a mine – preliminary reports indicate that
the miner was fatally injured when he was pinned by the boom of a
continuous miner – he was pronounced dead at the scene by a County
coroner – the fatality is the first mine fatality in Kentucky in
2011)
RADIATION
Radiation-Exposed Workers To Be Treated At Chiba Hospital (three
workers who were exposed to high-level radiation at a crippled
nuclear power plant are scheduled to undergo specialized evaluation
– the three workers were exposed to radiation amounting to 173 to
180 millisieverts while laying cable underground at the nuclear
plant{apos}s No. 3 reactor, and two of them were taken to a Hospital due
to possible radiation burns to their feet – the two were not wearing
rubber boots as they stood in water that contained radioactive
materials 10,000 times the normal level – the electrical engineering
firm which employs the men, said its workers were not required to
wear rubber boots as its safety manuals did not assume a scenario
where its employees carry out work standing in water at a nuclear
power plant)
MINING AMPUTATION
Miner lost foot in accident; probe continues (a mine worker, 27,
had one foot severed by equipment he was trying to fix at the
underground coal mine – he was flown to a hospital and continues to
be listed in fair condition – he lost one foot in the accident and
the other foot was severely damaged – he is a longwall maintenance
foreman and was repairing a chain conveyor on the longwall mining
machine when the accident occurred at 6:10 a.m. – the chain conveyor
had become hung up by a piece of metal – he and other miners were
working to clear the obstruction when tension in the chain conveyor
released, catching him when the equipment moved)
FATAL FALL
Sewer facility employee falls more than 50 feet to his death (a
man, 34, was killed after reportedly falling 50 to 60 feet off some
scaffolding at about 8:30 a.m. – workers heard some noise and
they{apos}ve heard some things, but there may not be an actual witness –
investigators are not sure if the man was wearing any safety
equipment at the time of the fall)
CONFINED SPACE FATALITY
Three killed in an accident at Emami plant (three people were
killed in an accident at a Biotech factory – three labourers slipped
into a well where waste materials were accumulated – the workers
were trying to clean it and were trying to shift those wastes
manually – since it was chemical factory they were exposed to some
poisonous gas – two were killed on the spot)
MINE FATALITIES
Four miners die at Zambia{apos}s Vedanta unit, Konkola (four miners
died at a new concentrator expansion project following a fall of
ground – the expansion project involved contract workers engaged in
excavation for civil construction)
REFINERY FIRE
Fire near Kurnell refinery contained (a factory fire has set
thousands of litres of hydrogen peroxide alight – it prompted the
evacuation of residents within 800 metres with fears the fire could
spread – firefighters had the blaze under control in about three
hours – no word on cause)
EXPLOSION
Plant Explosion Shoots Storage Tanks High in Sky (an explosion
at a gas disposal plant – a pump station caught fire around 9:30
a.m., spreading the fire and causing two storage tanks, holding a
brine mix, to shoot some 300 feet in the air – a nearby neighbor
said one storage tank crashed through his father{apos}s garage, which
sits next store to the plant, while the other tank landed in the
parking lot – it took about two hours to put the flames out)
CONSTRUCTION
WORKZONE FATALITY
Dead road worker named (a road worker, 55, died after he was run
over by a tarseal spraying truck – he was hit by the truck and died
at the scene – he was a well respected 30-year veteran of the
construction industry)
TRENCH FATALITY
Worker trapped in trench dies (a construction worker died after
being trapped in a trench – he suffered fatal “compression injuries”
when about a ton of heavy, wet clay fell on him – about 75 rescuers
and a dog were involved in the rescue attempt for about two and a
half hours – when they reached the man, medics were able to use an
EKG, which showed no signs of life – a crew was working outside a
home when dirt fell in the trench about 5 p.m.)
TIP TRUCK
Worker injured in Airport Link Tunnel accident (a 61-year-old
traffic controller crushed by a tip truck at a construction site is
recovering in a hospital – the man received a major fracture to his
left femur and major bruising to his pelvic and hip area – he was
transported in a stable condition – the man had his back to the tip
truck at the time and the driver did not see he was standing there)
LANDSLIDE FATALITIES
Four Construction Workers Killed in Landslides in Northeast India
(four construction workers are dead after a landslide – it happened
when loose soil from the hills came down, burying all of the workers
beneath it – a wall of a multi-storied residential apartment
building was being constructed)
EXPLODING TIRE
3 Carmel highway workers hurt when truck tire explodes in freak
accident (three Highway Department workers were taken to a
Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries in a freak
accident involving a town truck tire that exploded – a large chunk
of asphalt became wedged between the two right-rear tires of a town
truck around 10 a.m. – the workers were trying to remove the asphalt
from between the two right-rear tires when one of the tires
punctured then blew – the men were hit with debris in various parts
of their bodies)
BOOM TRUCK TIPS
Crane accident in Twin Falls (rescue workers are at the scene
where 2 people had been injured in a boom truck accident – photo at
link)
TRENCH FATALITY
Surrey man, 67, killed at construction site (a man, 67, is dead
after a trench caved in at a construction site)
FALL from SCAFFOLDING
Contractor hospitalized after fall off scaffolding (a builder,
26, was rushed to a Hospital after he fell 40 feet from a
third-story scaffolding – he was at the top of the structure which
was undergoing renovations, when he somehow lost his balance and
fell – the cause of the mishap is not known – he hit the base of the
ladder and landed on the pavement)
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
Police: Woman Bit Co-Worker{apos}s Finger Tip (authorities have
arrested an employee who allegedly bit a co-worker{apos}s finger because
she believed the other woman was seeing her husband – worker, 43,
confronted the other woman in the parking lot of the store – the
alleged victim told police she was leaving the store at the end of
her shift at about 7 a.m. and the attacker threw a substance in her
face that burned her eyes – she struggled with the attacker and then
the attacker bit the tip off her right ring finger – she was
arrested and charged with aggravated battery with great bodily harm
causing permanent disfigurement)
MISCELLANEOUS
Surgical Hospital Worker Found Dead of Apparent Inhaled Anesthetic
Overdose (investigators await toxicology report but believe
night-shift worker{apos}s death to be an accident – a part-time security
and housekeeping worker, 29, was found dead at a surgical hospital
from an apparent overdose of an unidentified inhalational anesthetic
– a bottle of inhalational anesthesia was found next to his body
when hospital workers went looking for him – he{apos}d been working an
overnight shift for about a year)
UPDATE on FATAL EXPLOSION
Fatal blast when worker uses lighter to peer into flammable drum
(a worker, 33, died in a fiery explosion at a car dealership after
he apparently used a cigarette lighter to illuminate the inside of a
55-gallon drum of flammable cleaning solvents – another worker
suffered smoke inhalation – while speaking by cell phone with a
chemical supplier, he ignited the lighter to check the level of auto
cleaning solvent inside the drum – the barrel exploded and was
propelled about 30 feet into the air before it struck the roof –
investigators used video from a surveillance camera to determine
what caused the explosion and fire)
HOTWORK FIRE
Welding accident leads to fire in Rome automotive business (two
mechanics were welding inside when some sparks flew and quickly grew
into a fire – fire department was called and worked for more than an
hour to douse the flames – the structure is a complete loss. No one
was hurt, but two dogs are missing)
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