On Thursday, a man was killed in afarming accident in Greeley, Colorado. According to authorities, 25-year-old Aaron Sokoloski was operating a tractor when he was trapped between the tractor and a grain auger at his place of employment. There were no witnesses to the accident, and his co-workers were not near the location of…
A worker in Norfolk, Virginia has sustained injuries after acrane accident crushed the cab he was in on Tuesday morning. The workplace accident happened at the Norfolk International Terminals when the worker was operating a straddle carrier to move and stack large shipping containers. The crane struck the straddle carrier, crushing the cab and…
Aworkplace accident in Minnesota claimed the life of a man on Sunday afternoon. The accident happened at a Lakeville company that produces food packages. Genpak, a company that manufacturers and distributes plastic utensils and carryout boxes made of plastic foam was the employer of the man killed. According to authorities, 28-year-old Mitchell Robert Hauschildt…
Emergency crews are working late into the night attempting to recover a man that was buried when atrench collapsed. The accident happened in Edmond, Oklahoma when construction crews were performing work on a concrete sewer pipe located near E. 2nd St. and E. Danforth Rd. At approximately 4:20 p.m. on Friday, the dirt caved…
On Saturday, a woman was scalped in aworkplace accident. The accident happened at approximately 6:45 p.m. at the Kalafatis Fresh Produce. The 21-year-old employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when her hair got caught in the machine. Her hair was ripped from her head, scalping her from her forehead to her neck resulting in…
As construction crews prepare to build a housing complex on Monday, a man was killed in aworkplace accident. Authorities reported that 64-year-old Peter Low, an explosives expert, was administering explosions to prepare the ground for pipe work. Investigators believe that there were two explosions heard and Low returned to the trench after the first…
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 842 non-fatal injuries were sustained by workers in third quarter workplace accidents. From July to September 2015, there was only one workplace fatality, but there were hundreds injured. The majority of these accidents have occurred in manufacturing and construction occupations. The statistics regarding workplace injuries are…
On Tuesday night, a man was injured in a workplace accident in Burlington, Iowa. The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. at the Samuel metal processing plant. According to authorities, a 7,000-pound steel coil fell onto the worker trapping him. The worker, a 56-year-old man, was rescued from underneath the coil, transported to the hospital…
A Marine Corp. veteran was killed in a workplace accident at a business in Anderson County, South Carolina. The accident occurred on Friday afternoon at STEC Equipment located on Old Denver Road. According to Don McCown, the Anderson County Coroner, 28-year-old William Edward Martin, was killed due to a severe head injury. He was working…
Aworkplace accident claimed the life of a worker on Monday evening. The accident occurred in Little Rock, Arkansas when a forklift accident occurred. According to the Little Rock Police Department, 28-year-old Christopher Miller was operating a forklift at R/L Carriers and loading cargo onto a truck when the truck moved forward, causing Miller to…