Industrial
CRANE FATALITY Spirit worker who died was crushed by an airplane part (worker injured in an accident Nov. 3 has died – he suffered a crushing injury when the load shifted and fell during the lifting of an aircraft part while using an overhead crane)
LOADING DOCK FATALITY Police: UPS worker killed in loading dock accident (worker, 48, was killed when he was struck by an 18-wheeler at the loading dock of the center a little before 3 p.m. – the victim stepped off the dock and was standing on the ground between the dock door and the trailer as the truck was backing up – the driver did not feel an impact and didn’t realize anyone was struck until after the incident)
CONVEYOR FATALITY Public Works employee killed in conveyor accident identified (one employee, 52, died and a second employee was injured at a Public Works building – he was part of a three-person crew loading salt into a dome on a conveyor and got caught in the machinery – second employee was also hurt, but is expected to be okay – his cause of death was ruled as blunt force injuries sustained in an industrial accident, and it was ruled an accident)
FATAL FALL into EXCAVATION Worker dies from injuries in Monroe industrial accident (worker, 75, was supervising excavation of a hole for concrete foundation when he reportedly fell into a hole that was “being dug to pour footers for a new fall protection system)
OIL FIELD FATALITY Worker killed in Oklahoma oil field accident (worker, 35, was killed in an accident at an oil field – an oil field pulling unit that was servicing a well site became unstable and collapsed – he was on the pulling unit tower at the time of the collapse)
OIL RIG FATALITY Gulf Rig Worker Killed in Apparent Equipment Accident (worker was killed in what appears to be an equipment-related accident on a drillship – he was a floorhand and was engaged in pipe-handling operations when he was injured – he was positioned between a stanchion on the rig floor, with his back to the retracting skate, when the skate moved and its loading platform pinned him against the stanchion)
FATALITY Worker Killed in Accident at Ethan Allen Plant (worker, 55, died in an accident at a furniture factory while doing maintenance work in a silo at the plant – it’s not clear when it happened – he had been employed by the company for 25 years)
GUARDING FATALITY Worker dies in East Side landfill accident (worker, 47, died of a cervical spine fracture and accidental asphyxiation – he signed in around 9:54 a.m. to discard some trash – minutes later, someone found his body next to his trash truck – an officer arrived to the find the victim caught in a hydraulic arm that’s used to operate the netting which covers the load of the truck)
EXPLOSION Worker injured in oil site explosion, fire near Windsor (worker was injured after an explosion and fire that ignited at an oil and gas site around 8:45 p.m. – the injured worker was hospitalized, but authorities did not release other information about the person’s injuries or condition – one house near the explosion was also evacuated – preliminary information suggests the fire was caused by an industrial accident)
HOT WORK EXPLOSION Worker injured in Kapolei industrial accident (worker suffered burn injuries during an industrial accident – workers were cutting a fuel tank when it exploded – one person was injured, but the man’s injuries did not appear to be life-threatening – explosion sparked a fire, then ignited tires and oil causing a large black plume of smoke – took fire crews about an hour to extinguish the fire)
POWER PLANT FATALITY Loudon man killed at Springfield power plant (worker, 23, died – no details – OSHA is trying to figure out if workplace safety violations may have been a factor – state police say the death was not criminal and that its investigation has been closed)
GUARDING/LOTOWorker injured at East Haven cheese factory (worker at a cheese factory has been taken to the hospital after her hand became trapped in a dough maker – firefighters arrived on the scene and worked to extricate the worker from the machine – extent of her injuries has not been released – worker was taken to a Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. An investigation is underway)
LOTO/GUARDING FATALITY Autopsy completed on worker who died at Autoneum (coroner has ruled multiple blunt-force trauma as the preliminary cause of death for an employee, 44, who died at a plant – she died after an accident with a machine just after midnight)
ELECTROCUTION North Little Rock Electric worker dies in accident (worker, 53, died while responding to a call of a wire in the roadway – his injuries were consistent with an electric shock – he was a journeyman lineman who’d worked 17 years for the department – the wire was in the road after a vehicle accident)
Maersk Drilling says one worker dead after accident at Tambar oilfield off Norway (worker died following an accident on a drilling rig – another person was injured and is receiving medical treatment but his condition is not critical)
LOTO/GUARDING FATALITY Worker caught in waste grinder at Ohio meat processing plant dies (worker, 62, was killed at a meat processing plant after he got his leg caught in a waste grinder – he stepped into a chute and got caught in a waste grinder shortly after 5 p.m.- he died at the scene – in 2011, worker at the plant was electrocuted when he tried to plug in a fan while standing in water)
RAIL FATALITY Tennessee Valley Authority worker dies after plant accident (worker at the Fossil Plant was injured in an accident in the rail yard – he died at a hospital Monday – he was an employee of a contractor that has worked at TVA plants for several years)
LOTO/GUARDING Industrial accident causes severe head trauma to worker at Automated Manufacturing (worker, 32, was struck in the head by an interior part from a piece of machinery, causing severe head trauma – victim was taken to a local hospital – his current condition is unknown)
FATAL FALL from LADDER Worker dies in fall at Clarkston-area lumber mill (worker, 55, died Dec. 20 after an accident at the lumber mill where he worked – he fell to his death last week at a lumber mill – he was working on a debarker machine when he fell about 16 feet onto a “chain conveyor system” which transported his body until the system was automatically shut down by a metal detector – a safety feature designed to prevent saw blades from hitting errant nails and metal fragments in pieces of wood – coroner’s report said he fell at 10:35 a.m. and died almost immediately of head and spine injuries)
STEAM BURNS 4 burned during workplace accident at Tyson processing plant, police say (four workers were burned during a workplace accident at a meat processing plant – two of the four workers were severely burned at about 11:40 a.m. at the plant – the other two workers suffered minor injuries – one of the workers appeared to suffer life-threatening injuries – the four appeared to have been burned by steam – there was no fire at the plant)
Clearwater Paper worker burned in accident (worker’s clothing ignited by contact with portable propane heater – worker was washing a floor on the ground level of the east pulp mill fiber line tank farm at 3 p.m. when he came into contact with a portable propane heater, setting his clothing on fire)
ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION PSEG Worker Injured In Transformer Explosion (worker was responding to a power outage when the transformer failed while he was nearby, causing him to be injured at about 6:30 p.m. – he was sent to a local hospital)
NATURAL GAS FLASH FIRE Con Ed worker injured after cracked gas main bursts into flames in Sunnyside (worker was injured after a cracked gas main burst into flames just before 8 p.m. as a crew was on the job fixing the gas main – the injured employee was treated at the scene and is expected to be okay – it’s currently unknown what exactly sparked the fire)
SULFURIC ACID Worker injured at Phillips 66’s Alliance refinery (an operator was burned by sulfuric acid while performing maintenance on a boiler – he was taken to a hospital for treatment and released)
FLASH FIRE 2 Workers Severely Burned in Chemical Explosion in Yonkers: Fire Officials (two workers suffered severe burns in a chemical explosion – two workers were using solvent-based cement in a confined space that lacked proper ventilation – two workers were rushed to a Medical Center)
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION Boiler blast at Bihar sugar mill kills six workers; mill owner held (six people were killed in a boiler explosion in a sugar mill and seven others were left badly injured – the blast in the boiler occurred at about 11:30 PM when nearly 100 people were at work – the bodies of three people working close to the boiler were ripped apart in the blast – four workers died on the spot, two others died at a Hospital – Three of the badly injured workers, who sustained more than 90 per cent burn injuries, were rushed to a Hospital where their condition remains critical)
CONFINED SPACE Construction worker killed in horrific incident at Australian gas project (worker, 56, was killed when he fell into a cryogenic tank containing Perlite insulation, a white granular material made of volcanic glass – he was pulled from the tank alive and treated by a medical unit onsite but died before an ambulance arrived on the scene – official statement said that the construction worker had been in a confined space installing insulation in a cryogenic liquefied natural gas tank)
CONFINED SPACE FATALITIES Worker dead at DIC ink factory (worker is dead and two others are in hospital suffering serious but non-life threatening injuries after a tragic accident in ink vat at an ink manufacturing plant – the three men fell into the vat around 8.30 am, three hours later two had been rescued but the third had tragically passed away, with his body still in there – the three men were cleaning the giant vat, with early indications suggesting a blade above them moved, trapping the men – the vat had ink at the bottom, and is a confined space, complicating the rescue efforts – after several hours emergency services freed two of the men, both with multiple leg fractures)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Worker crushed to death by forklift in Mississauga (worker was pronounced dead after being crushed by a forklift at a house under construction just before 4 p.m. – worker was delivering construction materials when the forklift he was using tipped over – he died on scene)
FORKLIFT FATALITY Victorian worker killed, another injured in milk factory machinery incident (a man, 59, has been crushed to death and another injured after machinery fell on the pair while trying to load equipment at a former milk processing plant – the men are believed to have been loading heavy equipment into a shipping container when the accident happened about 11am – the second man received non-life threatening injuries and was taken to hospital)
HOT WORK EXPLOSION Asphalt tower explosion allegedly caused by worker’s propane torch (a worker’s propane torch ignited vapors in an asphalt storage container, causing a small explosion and fire – the worker, 48, suffered only minor injuries and refused medical treatment – worker was using the torch to keep a valve hot, and the ignited vapors caused a flashback – the resulting pressure breached the top of the storage container)
FATAL GRAIN EXPLOSION Explosion at Grain Terminal Kills One, Injures Nine (an explosion at a grain terminal killed one worker and injured nine more – all workers are accounted for and that the fire that followed the blast has been extinguished)
Northrop Grain Elevator Explosion (explosion at a grain elevator – no word on injuries at this time – structure shook and windows were blown out of homes in the town)
GRAIN Bin Explosion Northrop Grain Elevator Explosion (explosion at a grain elevator – no word on injuries at this time – structure shook and windows were blown out of homes in the town)
FLASH FIRE Video exhibits Verla cosmetics manufacturing unit explosion (a fire that ravaged a cosmetics factory on Nov. 20 has been ruled accidental, and a newly released video shows the explosion that ignited the fire – cause of the fire was determined to be static electricity – video shows the first of a pair of explosions that erupted in the factory – the explosions and resulting fire injured more than 125 people and killed a 57-year-old worker)
FATALITY Man dies after explosion at factory in Birmingham (a coolant pipe burst and a worker, believed to be in his late 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene – the incident involved the fracture of coolant pipes)
HOT WORK FIRE Welding leads to fire in Sparks apartment (fire investigators say welding by a maintenance crew led to a fire that damaged an apartment – flames spread from a wall to an attic, and there is water damage from water pipes that were being welded – no injuries have been reported)
HOT WORK FIRE Welding Sparks Whipped By Wind Spark Fire At Quarry (a quarry will be closed for the next few days after a fire – fire started in the quarry when the wind whipped around some sparks from welders – two workers tried putting out the fire with an extinguisher but had to get away from the flames as they spread)
REFINERY START-UP FLANGE FIRE Citgo says small fire broke out on Corpus Christi refinery reformer (small flange fire broke out on the reformer at a 157,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery – the fire began during pre-startup of the 20,000 bpd reformer, called Platformer 4, in the refinery’s East Plant – the fire was quickly extinguished – no injuries were reported)
FIRE Large fire damages International Falls oil facility (an oil facility damaged by a large fire – several explosions were heard – nobody was hurt and no adjacent structures were damaged – no word on what caused the fire, which crews were able to contain)
REFINERY EXPLOSION WA man suffers serious injuries in an explosion at oil refinery (worker, in his 40s, was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following an explosion at an oil refinery at around 11.20pm – he was struck by a concrete and steel door that became a projectile in the explosion – his injuries are not believed to be life threatening – maintenance work was being conducted at the premises when the incident occurred)
REFINERY EXPLOSION Explosion at major Venezuela refinery injures two (a furnace exploded during a unit restart injuring two workers)
BOILER EXPLOSION Steam plant back to full service after boiler explosion (a plant that produces steam which heats and cools about 130 buildings in downtown Grand Rapids is up and running following a boiler explosion – the blast blew out multiple windows at the plant Monday night, which caused the facility to shut down while workers investigated the cause of the explosion)
EXPLOISION Eastman: coal gasification plant restarting after October explosions (Company is restarting its coal gasification plant three months after a powerful explosion – on October 4th there were two explosions and a fire – no one was injured – months after what the business called a ‘process upset’ at the coal gasification plant, they say repairs have been made, and the plant is ready to resume normal operation)
BENZOYL PEROXIDE 3 hurt in chemical explosion at eastern Arkansas plant (three workers performing maintenance duties at a chemical plant were injured when a decomposing product exploded – the chemical involved was benzoyl peroxide – it wasn’t immediately clear how serious the workers’ injuries were – no fire occurred)
TECO and contractor fined over deadly explosion (OSHA has issued more than $160,000 in fines – five workers were killed and one was injured when a furnace blockage sent molten metal spewing – OSHA says the right procedures were not in place, nor did the workers have the proper protective gear)
Didion Milling appeals $1.8M fine for plant explosion that killed 5 workers (the business has appealed a $1.8 million fine imposed on the company by OSHA after an explosion at its facility killed five workers and injured 12 others – at the time of the fine’s announcement, company spokeswoman called the penalties too severe and said the company disagreed with the categorization of the violations)
MN OSHA delivers final report on McNeilus explosion (MN-OSHA has concluded that the facility erred when it sent trucks fueled with compressed natural gas into the baker in its painting process, according to a final report on the Jan. 11 explosion that injured five employees – according to the report, the truck was fueled with compressed natural gas, and its fuel tanks contained the gas when they entered the baker after being painted – it was in the baker that a line attached to the natural gas cylinders blew off its fittings and filled the area with natural gas – when the gas ignited, the building exploded – three employees suffered contusions and smoke inhalation, and two others suffered burns over 50 percent of their bodies – four employees were hospitalized – five employees who were injured in an explosion filed a lawsuit against a company that assembles and sells hoses and fittings for compressed natural gas systems)
AMMONIA Charlottesville Fire Department Responds to Ammonia Leak (a malfunctioning pump is to blame for an ammonia leak at the arena around 3:30 a.m. – no evacuations were required, and no one was hurt)
AMMONIA Hazmat team handles ammonia leak at food processing plant near downtown Las Vegas (hazmat team responded to an ammonia leak at a food processing plant at 5:18 p.m. – when firefighters first arrived, an odor of ammonia was in the area of the plant – HazMat Techs found the leak from a chiller in the plant – ammonia is the refrigerant agent used in the chiller – maintenance personnel were working on the chiller at the time of the leak)
AMMONIA Ammonia leak lands 2 in hospital (two persons were hospitalized after inhaling ammonia gas that leaked from a cylinder – two persons who were holding the cylinder were hospitalized after they felt uneasiness following the gas leak – they were unloading the empty cylinder which hit a wall causing the gas leak)
Construction
EXCAVATOR FATALITY Pipeline Worker Killed in Accident in Ohio County (construction worker died as a result of an accident at a pipeline site – worker died after a collision with an excavator – contractors as well as subcontractors were at the site during the investigation)
FATALITY Construction worker killed in job site accident in Pine (worker, 25, died in a construction accident when a 39-foot pole fell on top of him – construction crews had been raising traffic lights in the area)
AERIAL LIFT FATALITY Worker pinned and killed at job site in Pinellas Park (worker, 27, was killed when he was operating a 14-foot Scissor Lift – he was standing on top of the lift using a joystick type controller to move it out of the building and was trying to exit a double door entrance – he trapped his head between the top of the lift rail and the door frame, causing severe trauma to his head – he was an electrician apprentice)
WORKZONE FATALITYConstruction worker killed in I-20 crash near Sweetwater identified (construction worker, 62, was hit and killed by a jackknifed tractor-trailer rig – he was in the median between the eastbound lanes of Interstate 20 and the service road when he was hit by the sliding vehicle – DPS reported the driver of the truck lost control of his vehicle and it jackknifed on the wet road about 9:45 a.m.)
FATAL FALL Contract worker killed at Beaumont’s Exxon Mobil refinery (four days after a fire shut down a crude unit, a contract worker was killed at the refinery in a construction accident)
AERIAL LIFT & ELCTRICAL FATALITYWorker killed in construction site accident identified (worker, 45, was killed in an accident on a construction site when he made contact with a live power line while he was working from an aerial lift – witnesses to the accident recalled seeing smoke and sparks as it happened)
WORKZONE FATALITY Troopers identify construction worker struck & killed on Pitt County highway (worker, 45, was hit by a vehicle heading east on U.S. 13 – he was crossing the road when he was struck around 6:20 p.m. – troopers say they are still consulting with the district attorney regarding charges in the case – no charges have been filed against the driver of the vehicle)
WORKZONE FATALITY Road worker killed on Route 1 in Edison (worker, 62, from a pavement marking company died after he was hit by a vehicle on Route 1 – he was crossing Route 1 in the designated crosswalk at 4:40 a.m. when he was fatally struck by a Suzuki SUV)
CRANE Window falls on worker in Leewood construction accident (worker was critically injured after a nearly 600-pound window unit fell on him at 12:29 p.m.- a multi-hundred-pound window unit was being lifted into position on a residential site – the window fell about 8 feet and struck a worker on the head – worker was treated at the scene before he was taken to a hospital in critical condition)
TRENCH FATALITY Worker killed in trench collapse in Madison County (coroner responded to the scene of a trench collapse – the collapse killed a worker, 38 – crews on the scene used backhoes to dig in the area of the collapse – officials removed the man’s body from the trench around 3 p.m. – the trench was around 14-feet deep with large pipes in it)
WORKZONE Worker injured after city truck hit by vehicle in northwest Oklahoma City (worker for the City of Oklahoma City was taken to a nearby hospital after being hit by a vehicle around 10 a.m. – a city crew was taking care of the landscape along the right of way when their truck was struck by a driver – the truck was in a lane of traffic with emergency flashers on at the time of the crash – the other driver claims that they were blinded by the sunlight and didn’t realize the truck was stopped – the collision forced the city truck into one worker)
FATAL FALL 31-year-old worker dies on construction site at 11th Street and Grand in Kansas City (construction worker died at a job site – initial information suggests the worker died in a fall)
WORKZONE FATALITY Road worker hit, killed on I-64 E. near I-264 (highway worker, 55, died after being hit on I-64 East near I-264 by a driver in an SUV around 8:15 p.m. – he was part of a crew putting out cones on the road before their work was to begin, when he was hit – investigators said the driver of the SUV stopped and is being interviewed by officers and is not facing any charges at this time)
CRANE FATALITY Worker killed in Oshkosh crane collapse identified (worker, 35, has died and another was injured when a construction crane on a barge carrying a bridge beam collapsed just after 9 a.m. – workers were in the process of lifting a massive 52-ton concrete girder, from a barge into place on the bridge span – the crane lifting the girder collapsed, falling on top of a worker below)
FATALITY Officials identify worker killed at Fort Worth construction site (construction worker, 44, was identified as the victim of a fatal accident at a construction site – he died at the scene – cause of death was still pending)
LADDER and ELECTRICAL Worker shocked in Donora (construction worker was injured when an aluminum ladder he was using came into contact with a power line, shocking him before he fell several feet to the ground – he was a member of a crew replacing roof shingles and installing new vinyl siding at about 12:30 p.m., when the accident occurred)
AERIAL LIFT FATALITY Construction worker, in his 20s, killed in tragic cherry picker accident in Queensland (worker, in his 20s, died after being involved in an accident involving a cherry picker at a construction site around 10.30am – he died at the scene)
Ernst Concrete worker pinned in Franklin Twp. (worker pinned against his truck did not suffer life-threatening injuries – around 9:30 a.m. he was pouring a driveway – he was the only employee at the job site at the time of the injury)
4 Workers Injured In Gas Main Break (a gas main break superficially burned four workers – they were taken from the scene with superficial burn injuries)
TRENCH FATALITY Mason man killed in Morrow trench collapse, sheriff’s office says (worker, 25, died when a trench collapsed – he was trapped in the trench before noon – it took hours for first responders to recover his body)
TRENCH FATALITY Man Killed in Bel Aire Trench Collapse Is Identified (worker, 29, was killed when a trench collapsed – he was at the bottom of the trench when between 16 and 20 tons of dirt shifted and fell on top of him – workers tried for hours to rescue him, including digging with heavy equipment and their hands to reach him)
TRENCH FATALITY Trench collapse at Menards construction site kills one (Coroner’s Office was called shortly after first responders arrived at the scene of a trench collapse – the deceased, 38, appears to have been an employee of one of the construction/excavation crews working on the site – he had been in the hole working when part of the soil bank had broken away and encompassed him, covered him up and pushed him against an existing pipe in the ground – trench was approximately 15-25 feet deep)
TRENCH FATALITY Man critically injured in South Austin trench collapse (worker is in the hospital with critical injuries after a trench collapsed about 9:56 a.m. – the man in his 30s was pulled from the collapsed trench, and EMS administered CPR to him – he regained a pulse and was transported to a Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries – he had been working underneath a building to fix a plumbing issue when the trench collapsed)
FATAL SCAFFOLDING FALL 1 killed, 1 injured in scaffolding collapse at Md. elementary school construction site (subcontractor died when he fell approximately 25 feet to the ground – he was pronounced dead at the scene – second worker injured his leg and was transported to a Hospital – both victims were on the scaffolding at the time of the collapse)
SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSE Scaffolding collapses onto street, crushes cars in CBD (there were no injuries – the scaffolding was attached to a project and was not permitted – two people were inside cars struck by the scaffolding but walked away uninjured – fire department responded at 4:53 p.m., finding eight tiers of scaffolding had fallen from against the building onto cars and covering the streetcar track)
CRANE TIP Crane tips over at Tulip Grove construction site (construction crane tipped over at a renovation of an Elementary School – no one was injured in the accident that happened at about 3 p.m.)
FATAL FALL from SCAFFOLDING Worker falls to death off scaffolding (worker died falling off scaffolding)
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
Former co-worker kills 2 at auto body shop before killing self in SW Houston (a former co-worker shot and killed two employees of a southwest Houston auto body shop – a female office worker and a male mechanic were shot to death inside the business just before the gunman killed himself outside the building – he had not worked there in some time)
Miscellaneous
STREET SWEEPER MAINTENANCE FATALITY City identifies worker killed in Thursday accident (worker, 53, sustained critical injuries about 1:40 p.m. and died that evening – he was employed by the City as a public services maintenance worker for nearly 2 1/2 years and was performing maintenance as the operator of a street sweeper vehicle when the accident occurred)
SKI LIFT MAINTENANCE FATALITY Loveland Ski Area Worker Dies In ‘Magic Carpet’ Accident (worker was killed when he got caught up in a “magic carpet” lift he was working on – employee got caught up in equipment related to the snow level lift)
FATAL FALL from AERIAL LIFT Effingham County Schools identify maintenance worker killed in workplace accident (maintenance worker, 74, was killed in a workplace accident after falling from a lift outside the High School – he was unconscious after the fall and was flown to a hospital where he later died)
GUARDING @ CARWASH OC firefighters take apart car wash rail to free stuck worker (firefighters had to disassemble part of a car wash guide rail to extricate a worker who got his foot stuck in the mechanism just before 1 p.m. – it took about 30 minutes to remove the rail and extricate his foot – he was taken to a local hospital – extent of his injuries was not immediately disclosed – it remains unclear how exactly he got his foot stuck inside the guide rail)
FARM FATALITY Sheriff’s office says teen worker died in Iowa farm accident (a 17-year-old boy has died in a farm accident around 12:45 p.m. – they found the teen in the cab of a farm machine that had rolled over and he was pronounced dead at the scene – he was scooping manure when the accident occurred)
Glass worker for Tulsa schools recovering after being burned on the job (worker was etching glass Dec. 21 when his clothes caught fire – team members responded and used a fire extinguisher to put the flames out – worker was taken to the hospital with for his burns)
ARC FLASH Council Bluffs electrical worker still in hospital after school fire (worker was injured when a fire was ignited by an electrical arc that occurred during routine maintenance – the fire damaged an electrical panel, interrupting the power supply to the high school and middle school – worker suffered burns and was taken to a Medical Center – he was not electrically shocked)