Industrial Accidents #1 updated on 05/06/2010 Offshore worker dies in accident (an offshore worker, 59, died and another was injured following an accident on board a support vessel – was killed while working in the cargo tanks) Delta man dies in mine accident (accident occurred when the worker, 26, went to an area where supplies are stored to get some wire screen...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #12 Second worker injured at old Blockbuster site (a construction worker, 30, fell through the roof of a former video...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #11 updated 05/06/2010 FALL FATALITY  Man dies after scaffolding fall at private school (a man, 50, has died after falling from scaffolding – he plunged 30ft as he worked – the father-of-three was rushed to the an Infirmary but was dead on arrival – he was erecting stonework at an extension when the accident happened around 9.40am) Teen Worker...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #10 updated 05/06/2010   ACCIDENT AT ST. PETER’S: CONSTRUCTION WORKER DIES (AGI) – Rome, Italy, Sept. 1 – Workers were setting up a stage at St. Peter’s square, when they lost their balance and fell five meters. A 50-year-old worker died while a 38-year-old worker was rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition. The stage was being prepared for...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #9 updated 05/06/2010   Worker in danger of dying after fall  by Charlotte Bonavia, di-ve news  VALLETTA, Malta (di-ve news) — 28 July 2003 – 2100CET — A 40-year-old Fgura man is in danger of dying after falling a height of three storeys while working at Old Hospital Street, Valletta, on Monday afternoon at around 1600CET. Police said that the accident occurred...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #8 updated 05/06/2010 Man in critical condition after scaffolding fall By LARRY LUNNIN April 15, 2003 A 38-year-old man working at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was in critical condition after falling from scaffolding that collapsed Monday afternoon. UNL Police Sgt. Douglas Petersen said Guillemo Castillo, an employee of Gagner Construction, fell from a set of scaffolding...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #7 updated 05/06/2010 Milford worker hurt in fall from garbage truck Sarah W. Walker, Register Staff February 15, 2003  MILFORD — A city sanitation worker was critically injured early Friday morning when he fell from a moving garbage truck while collecting trash along a downtown route, officials said. Thomas A. Schreiber, 48, of Milford was in critical condition Friday evening...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #6 updated 05/06/2010 Nestle Employee Dies After Fall A tough day in Waverly after a Nestle employee dies from a fall. Fifty-five-year-old Henry Daniels the Third of Waterloo was killed in a work related accident Monday night at the Nestle plant. The Bremer County Medical Examiner confirms Daniels died last night after falling from a skyjack at the plant. The 55-year old was...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #5 updated 05/06/2010   Construction worker hurt in fall at casino site From Press staff reports ATLANTIC CITY – A construction worker fell off a ladder on a sub-roof at the Showboat Casino-Hotel Tuesday but escaped serious injury, police said. Craig Bauzenberger, 31, of Williamstown, fell about 15 feet as he was walking up the ladder carrying coffee, but suffered only...

Slip, Trips, and Falls #4 updated 05/06/2010   PCS worker dies in fall: Company, OSHA investigating By JUSTIN LANG A PCS Phosphate employee has died after falling from an elevated walkway on Thursday, said Mike Gwynn, PCS manager of public affairs. David Bowles, 46, had been with PCS for 24 years and worked as an operator at the Swift Creek Hemi Plant complex. Gwynn said that Bowles fell about 21...

Slips, Trips and Falls Accidents #3 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010   Canaan iron worker falls to death on job site by ALAN CROWELL Staff Writer, Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc CANAAN – Family members remember a 41-year-old Canaan man who fell to his death at a Massachusetts construction site as a devoted family man and a hard worker. Clinton L. Lord died Wednesday after falling more than...

Slips, Trips, and Falls Accidents #2 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010   Accident injures man in police station construction A 30-year-old Wichita construction worker was injured at about 10:32 a.m. Monday, while working on the new Derby Police Station. Derby Police Lt. Tom Prunier reported Rufino Martinez fell while working on a scaffolding about six or seven feet from the ground....