Industrial
2 BNSF Railway workers killed on tracks in SW South Dakota (two railway employees have been struck and killed by a train around 10:15 a.m. – no other details)
WELL SITE FATALITY Lewis County Worker killed in Tyler County well site accident (worker, 19, died at a Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident at a well site – he was struck by a truck and was pinned between the truck and a stationary object)
HYDROGEN SULFIDE FATALITY Blast at Pemex Processing Plant Kills One Worker, Injures Several Others (an explosion at a processing plants has led to the death of one of the workers – accident caused the intoxication of three workers who were carrying out maintenance work and the unfortunate death of one of them – the explosion was caused by a leakage of hydrogen sulfide at the refinery – local media reports say the number of injured in the explosion stands at 9, two of them have been hospitalized)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Worker killed in Vaughan forklift accident (worker has succumbed to his injuries following an industrial accident around 2:45 p.m. – emergency crews responded to calls for a man trapped under an object – crews discovered a man pinned beneath a forklift at an industrial business and was later pronounced dead)
CRANE FATALITY Steel worker killed had job at factory about two years (worker, 38, killed in a steel factory accident worked for the company about two years – he was killed while he was unhooking a girder from an overhead crane when the girder fell and toppled, striking him about 4 p.m. as he worked in the paint department at the factory)
HOT WATER BURNS Dairy worker flown to hospital with severe burns (worker, 35, at a Dairy was flown to a hospital after he was severely burned – he suffered severe steam burns on the lower part of his body when a water line burst and water as hot as 165 degrees hit the worker – two employees were processing milk when a hot water line broke – one of the workers was unable to get away fast enough and was hit in the back with the water, which then ran down his legs – injuries were not life-threatening)
FATAL FALL from EVAPORATOR Worker dies after 40-foot fall at Crest Hill manufacturing facility (worker, 60, died after falling about 40 feet – he was on a large refrigerator unit inside the plant before he fell)
PRESSURE ACCIDENT Worker flown to hospital after throat cut in industrial accident (worker was flown to a hospital after his throat was cut in an industrial accident and he suffered severe injuries at about 2:30 p.m. – he was bleeding out a pressure valve when the valve fell, releasing pressure and cutting his throat, causing severe injuries)
PRCS FATALITIES 5 workers die of gas choking in central Vietnam (five workers were killed due to gas at a seafood processing company around 11:00 a.m. – a worker went into a fish sauce cellar to take samples, but he did not come back – ten minutes later, a colleague cut the circuit breakers and went to check, followed by another three workers – all five workers, aged from 22 to 50, were dead of asphyxiation – reason of the accident is under investigation)
AERIAL LIFT Worker suffers life-threatening injuries at Cedar Rapids plant (worker, 35, suffered life-threatening injuries after an accident at a manufacturing plant – he was caught in between the side of a scissor lift and I-beam – he was taken to a Hospital with severe injuries)
Three injured in blast at ‘small’ oil facility (three workers sustained injuries after an explosion at an oil storage tank facility – blast happened at a group of storage tanks – two of the three workers were taken to a hospital, the third worker refused to be transported to an emergency room – injuries were minor burns)
CONFINED SPACE w/ NITROGEN Wichita Falls Police, Fire Respond to 9-1-1 Call at Eagle Rail Car Monday Morning (First Responders were called to a Rail Car Refurbishing facility around 11:15am – three employees had been working inside a tanker car and were exposed to high concentration of nitrogen – all three men were conscious when firefighters arrived and were taken to the hospital for examination – none are thought to have suffered any life threatening injuries)
AMMONIA LEAK Cordons lifted following ammonia leak in Mt Maunganui (cordons are being lifted after an ammonia leak – one person suffered minor burns in the incident, which prompted police to ask residents in the area to leave their homes – no other details)
AMMONIA LEAK Ammonia leak caused by faulty valve (ammonia leak caused by a faulty valve and has led to several streets being shut down – employees were evacuated after the leak was detected – workers say someone turned on a valve by mistake, which then failed to turn back off again)
FORKLIFT Man airlifted after Parma forklift accident (worker was transported by air ambulance to a hospital after he was reportedly hit by a forklift at about 11:30 a.m. – no other details)
Construction
FATAL FALL from ROOF Construction worker dies after accident on University of Kentucky campus (construction worker, 47, died after an accident at the site of the new student center – he fell from the roof of the building and died of multiple blunt-force injuries – several people were on the roof unloading roofing materials at the time of the accident – he fell from a height of around 30 feet – “All indications point that there were no harnesses involved”)
FATAL FALL from SCAFFOLDING Construction worker dies after falling off scaffolding (construction worker, 50, died after falling off scaffolding at about 9:15 a.m. – scaffolding was on the third floor when he somehow fell)
Worker dead after industrial accident in The Beaches (worker is dead after he was caught in construction machinery shortly after 4 p.m. – paramedics confirmed the man died at the scene – no other details)
DUMP TRUCK Worker’s Arm Trapped In Grizzly Lake Forest Dumptruck Accident (worker, in his 40’s, had his arm severely damaged when it became trapped in the back of his dump truck tailgate – it took approximately 40 minutes to extricate him)
WORKZONE FATALITY Crash kills construction worker on I-95 near Fellsmere (construction worker, 46, died after being hit by a truck along Interstate 95 – he sustained critical injuries and was taken to a Medical Center where he was pronounced dead – at the time of the crash, a cement truck was traveling north at 5:12 a.m. on I-95 on the exit ramp – the worker, who was working on the ramp, was trying to move a traffic sign from the west shoulder to the east shoulder when he was struck by the right front of the truck)
CONFINED SPACE RESCUE Worker rescued after 20-foot fall into cement tank (worker, in his 30s, was rescued by crews after he fell 20 feet into a cement tank at a construction site – worker fell into the confined space at about 2:20 p.m. – he was initially conscious and talking, but became unresponsive – crews described the structure as a concrete water cistern for a pump and said the opening was about 42-inches square in size)
FALL from SCAFFOLDING Construction worker falls 5 stories in NW DC (construction worker fell five stories from scaffolding around 5 p.m. – he fell five stories into a hole below ground level – worker has critical injuries)
BOBCAT Worker sustains serious injuries in Eglinton Avenue industrial accident (worker, in his 40s, has been rushed to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries following an industrial accident – he was driving a Bobcat utility vehicle at a work site when he struck a steel beam at around 9:10 a.m. – he sustained a chest injury as a result of the accident)
FALL into TRENCH Construction worker rescued after falling into trench (construction worker had to be rescued after he fell into a trench around 11:30 a.m. – rescuers were able to talk to the victim, but could not physically reach the individual – crews were able to get the person out of the trench within 30 minutes – the man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries)
WORKZONE MoDOT crews urge driver caution after worker is hospitalized while patching potholes on 50-Highway (Department of Transportation worker was injured when a driver, allegedly traveling too fast, hit a so-called “buffer truck” in a work zone – driver was ticketed for careless driving and for not having proof of insurance – crew was out at 2 p.m., patching potholes when the driver smashed into the back of the truck at a high rate of speed – worker taken to the hospital was released a short time later and will recover)
HOTWORK Fire at BG Kroger closes store (fire in store caused it to be evacuated and closed for several hours about 6 p.m. – fire in an area of the store that is under construction – ff’s saw fire coming through a lower section of the roof about 10-12 feet long, and a ladder crew on the roof saw flames as well – workers were welding in the area where the fire was reported – no one was injured, and the incident remains under investigation)
Miscellaneous
Worker killed after slabs of marble fall on him (worker, 60, has been killed after he was pinned under slabs of marble – it wasn’t immediately known how the accident happened – rescue crews responding to the business found the man unconscious and performed CPR on him – he was taken to a hospital, where he died)
PRCS FATALITIES – H2S and Methane One by one, 3 utility workers descended into a manhole. One by one, they died (three utility works were killed after being overcome by poisonous fumes in a manhole – a firefighter who attempted to save the men is in the hospital – a utility worker noticed that a section of a paved street was not settling properly, he decided to remove a manhole cover and descend into the earth – moments later, the 15-foot-deep hole went silent, sensing the man was trapped, a fellow utility worker climbed into the drainage hole to rescue him – he, too, stopped responding, a third worker entered the same hole – all three men died – a firefighter who made a desperate attempt to save the men also became unconscious within seconds – the firefighter, an eight-year veteran of the department, was flown to a hospital and was in critical condition – the hole, just wide enough to fit a body, was filled with hydrogen sulfide and methane gas created from years of rotted vegetation – none of the four men wore respiratory protection – the FF descended into the hole without his air tank because he could not fit through the hole with it, according to Monroe County Sheriff)
FATAL FALL from ROOF HVAC worker dies after fall from cinema roof in Millbury (a heating/ventilation/air conditioning worker, 54, died after falling 30 to 35 feet off a cinema building roof around 12:30 pm – when police and emergency personnel arrived, a co-worker was performing CPR on the victim, who was unresponsive – he was pronounced DOA – he was handling a large aluminum heat exchanger, approximately 4 feet square – he was alone on the roof when he fell)
HOTWORK EXPLOSION Three men airlifted with burns after explosion during drill shaft repair (a drilling rig is on fire after an explosion – three crew members had to be flown to hospitals due to burns to their faces – injuries did not appear to be life-threatening – they were injured while trying to weld a drill shaft – crew was drilling for water when the incident happened – the shaft (of the drill) had broken and the workers pulled it out to weld it and while they were welding there was some kind of explosion – Emergency officials said apparently the drilling crew hit a natural gas pocket that exploded while they were trying to weld the shaft)