Slips, Trips, and Falls Accidents #1 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 FIREMAN HURT IN TRAINING FALL By PHILIP MESSING September 2, 2001 — A firefighter suffered a broken arm yesterday when he fell from a ladder during training in Brooklyn. The Ladder Company 111 firefighter, whose name was not released, plunged 15…...
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Electrical Accidents #9 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 Electrical Contractor Shocked (an electrical contractor suffered a shock and reportedly caught fire -vworker apparently touched a high-voltage line, but there’s no information about just how powerful the shock was – investigators are on the scene) Gilmer schools close after worker dies (the sole maintenance…...
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Electrical Accidents #8 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 OIL FIELD WORKER KILLED IN ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT STAFF August 21, 2003 KILGORE – An industrial accident claimed the life of a 22-year-old man Wednesday when a power line came in contact with a piece of oil field equipment on which he was working. Rusk…...
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Electrical Accidents #7 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 College student electrocuted while painting The Associated Press 7/16/03 2:35 PM ONEIDA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 21-year-old Michigan State University student has died after he hit his ladder against a primary power line while he was painting a house in Eaton County. Brad Hilberg…...
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Electrical Accidents #6 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 Man hurt in Plas-Pak blast By FRANCIS McCABE Special to the Bulletin NORWICH — A worker lay in critical condition Friday after an explosion at Plas-Pak Industries Inc. in the Norwich Industrial Park. An electrical short that occurred when a maintenance worker, Richard Couture, 48,…...
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Electrical Accidents #5 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 UPDATE OPPD looking into work-site accidents BY NANCY GAARDER WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER The Omaha Public Power District is in the midst of its second investigation in two months of a serious workplace accident involving apprentice line technicians. Last week, a lineman was critically burned when…...
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Electrical Accidents #4 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 36,000-Volt Charge Critically Injures Roofer, Victim’s Body Burned More Than 30 Percent October 22, 2002 LOS ANGELES — A roofer was critically burned Tuesday by an electrical current of up to 36,000 votes, authorities said. The accident occurred when some metal he was removing…...
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Electrical Accidents #3 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 UPDATE, Directors charged in workplace tragedy; Accident left summer student a triple amputee Moira Welsh, STAFF REPORTER The Ministry of Labour has charged three directors of Great Lakes Power and the corporation’s former chief executive officer after a workplace accident left summer student Lewis…...
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Electrical Accidents #2 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 Backhoe Severs buried Electrical Power CABLE On February 12, 2002, at the construction site for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a backhoe operator struck and severed a buried 240-volt temporary power cable with his backhoe bucket. This tripped…...
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Electrical Accidents #1 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 Another nuclear worker injured Just after a temporary employee at the Florida Power nuclear plant is hurt by a falling tool Tuesday, another is burned. They are treated and released from the hospital. By CARRIE JOHNSON, © St. Petersburg Times, published October 11, 2001…...
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Crane Accidents #7 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 Crane crushes three cars Massive vehicle topples on Hackensack … (a 45-foot, 50-ton construction crane, employed for structural work at the apartment complex, toppled onto a string of parked cars – according to police, the massive crane was off-loading equipment for the work – operator in…...
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