PLEASE NOTE: this is NOT a complete listing of the incident since 4/1/18; however, I have been distracted by some punk fool who is trying to hack my site! Once I win this battle, I will update this listing.
Industrial
LOTO/GUARDING FATALITY UPDATE: Utah man killed in an industrial accident identified (worker, 38, died after being caught in industrial machinery around noon – he was extricated from the machinery but was pronounced dead at the scene)
FATALITY Man killed in Colonie industrial accident (worker, 61, was killed in an industrial accident – he was alone at the business when he was pinned between two pieces of equipment and died instantly from severe trauma to the head – person who was familiar with the victim stopped by the business to see him and found him pinned)
ANHYDROUS AMMONIA UNLOADING Worker life-flighted to Fargo following industrial accident (truck driver, 43, has been life-flighted following an industrial accident at approximately 9:40 a.m. – he was unloading hydrous ammonia from his semi truck, “As he took a safety cap off a coupler, it sprayed” – the anhydrous ammonia sprayed him in his facial area resulting in a chemical burn)
FATALITY Man dies in Norfolk workplace accident (worker, 60, has died at a joist and decking plant – details have not been released – he’d worked there 39 years)
PRCS FATALITIES – 5 Would-be Rescuers, Ammonia TankFive killed in ammonia tank accident in Sri Lanka rubber factory (five people were killed when a worker at a rubber factory fell into a tank of ammonia and colleagues, and residents died trying to save him – would-be rescuers were overcome by fumes as they tried to help the worker and they too fell into the tank, which contained liquid ammonia – 18 people had been admitted, of whom five had died)