A Monday morningworkplace accident claimed the life of a 70-year-old man in Chicago. The man was working at the Napuck Salvage plant on Chicago’s South Side when he became trapped in a piece of machinery at approximately 9:45 a.m. According to authorities, his arm became trapped in a conveyor belt severing it. After being…
A father of two children was killed in aworkplace accident on Thursday evening. At around 6:30 p.m., a 43-year-old engineer was caught in a machine while working at a Green Isle Food factory. The worker suffered fatal injuries due to being crushed in the machinery. The company expressed their sympathy and is investigating the…
On Saturday, awork-related accident resulted in the death of a construction worker in Memphis, Tennessee. The accident happened in Shelby County where construction crews were completing work on a bridge near U.S. 51 and Fite Road. As emergency crews arrived, the worker was discovered caught between two pieces of machinery. Despite life-saving measures, the…
An Arkansaswork accident resulted in the death of a construction worker on Wednesday morning. According to the Pope County Sheriff’s Department, construction crews were working on road repairs along Arkansas 7 when a crane accident occurred at around 10:30 a.m. One worker suffered serious injuries in the accident and he succumbed to those injuries…
A man was killed in aworkplace accident when a bale of trash crushed him on Tuesday morning. The accident happened at a trash-transfer station in Philadelphia around 8:30 a.m. According to authorities, the 42-year-old Waste Management Inc. worker was crushed by a trash bale weighing 2,000 pounds. The accident is under investigation by local…
Aworkplace accident on Tuesday night claimed the life of a man who survived a tornado. The accident happened in Belvidere, Illinois on Tuesday night when a 36-year-old man was operating a forklift and it overturned on top of him. He was crushed by the forklift and emergency crews transported him to the hospital where…
Aworkplace accident claimed the life of a man in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The accident happened during the morning hours when the worker was operating a forklift and it overturned. The forklift landed on top of the man and he died from the injuries he suffered. The accident is being investigated and the Occupational…
On Friday morning, aworkplace accident resulted in one worker suffering serious injuries. The accident happened at around 11:27 a.m. in Southhampton, New York. According to authorities, the worker suffered serious injuries after a forklift accident. He was airlifted to the hospital and his current condition is unknown. The accident is being investigated to determine…
A new firehouse being built in Hanover, New Jersey was the site of a fatalconstruction accident on Thursday. Emergency crews were called at around 11:30 a.m. when a crane that was attempting to move a generator weighing several tons broke. The generator was dropped crushing two men, one of which was pronounced dead at…
Aworkplace accident resulted in the death of a worker at a grain elevator on February 9. The accident happened in Rocky, Oklahoma at around 4:30. Police reported that a worker at the Washita County grain elevator fell into equipment and became trapped inside the elevator. Emergency crews spent nearly an hour attempting to recover…