A fireworks company is being fined by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and will be responsible for paying almost $15,000 after an employee lost parts of her hands due to anexplosion. The female victim was inserting a match fuse into the charge of the firework when it exploded and she lost a…
An airline baggage handler became trapped in the cargo holder of aUnited Airlines regional jetliner during an hour long flight on New Year’s Day. Officials say the employee was trapped on a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Dulles International Airport in Washington. The employee narrowly escaped harm and was rescued after the United…
A husband and a wife filed alawsuit claiming liability, negligence and insufficient measures against the Norfolk Southern Corporation. The couple is alleging that the railroad company the victim worked for failed to provide a safe work environment. The victim alleges he was physically injured while performing his job duties while employed by Norfolk Southern…
A construction worker is dead after a tragicconstruction site accident in San Diego. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office said the 38-year-old man died from injuries from a two-story fall in Chula Vista. The accident occurred just a day before Thanksgiving on the 4000 block of Fifth Avenue. Officials say the worker fell…
A worker was seriously injured during an explosion and fire at a southeast Kansas chemical plant. According to federal safety inspectors, theaccident is under investigation. Authorities say the explosion occurred about approximately 7 a.m. Tuesday, November 22, at the Airosol, Inc., plant in Neodesha, Kansas. Authorities say a 57-year-old male employee suffered burns in…
An Illinois utility worker was electrocuted and killed during awork accident in Sterling. Officials say the worker was an employee at a telecommunications company who was electrocuted while working on a utility pole located at 23rd and Locust Street. Officials say another man was injured and in critical condition at OSF Saint Anthony Medical…
Three Kansas workers have been injured at a steel fabrication supplier in anindustrial accident just northeast of Hutchinson. According to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, three people were hurt when a pressurized water tank exploded. The industrial accident happened on Thursday at Wifco Steel Products. Officials report one of the workers is in critical…
An animal trainer was hospitalized in Florida after being scratched and dragged by a tiger in awork-related accident. She was performing at a fair in front of a school group when she was attacked. Officials at the fair said the victim suffered a three-inch cut on her knee and her ankle received a laceration….
Two men died in aconstruction accident when a deep trench collapsed in Boston’s South End neighborhood on Friday afternoon. According to the Boston Fire Department, two men became trapped after a water main gave way and flooded a trench. Authorities say the men were working in a trench next to a fire hydrant. Water…
A construction worker was killed in a tragicwork zone accident this week in northwest Indiana. Authorities say the worker was struck and killed when an SUV drove into a construction area Wednesday morning on I-65. According to Indiana State Police, a 23-year-old female driver of a 2013 GMC was traveling northbound on I-65 when…