A construction accident in Oceanside, California has claimed the life of a worker. The accident happened at a construction site close to the El Camino High School on Tuesday morning. As crews were constructing a new FedEx warehouse facility, one worker was killed when a retaining wall collapsed onto him at approximately 9 a.m….
A bridge collapse in California has resulted in nine workers sustaining injuries. The work accident happened at approximately 11 p.m. Friday night. The Atkinson Walsh Construction Joint Venture company is in charge of construction, as well as completing an overhead bridge on the 91 freeway in Riverside County. The project began in July of…
Aworkplace accident has severely injured a worker in Bartonville, Texas. The accident occurred at Bonded Lightning Protection Systems at approximately 10:30 a.m. According to Argyle Fire Chief, Mac Hohenberger, a 25-year-old subcontractor was in the process of igniting gas-fueled water pump when an explosion occurred due to the water pump backfiring. The worker was…
A workplace accident has claimed the life of a teenager in Alabama. The accident took place on Monday night at approximately 6 p.m. in Tuscumbia. According to the Tuscumbia Police, 19-year-old Michael Perry was working on the roof of a Marley Flexco Plant building when he fell through a skylight, landing 25 feet below….
A work-related accident in Wilmington, North Carolina claimed the lives of two men. According to the Wilmington Fire Department, the accident occurred 8 a.m. on Monday morning. The employees were working for East Coast Contracting of Wilmington and were unloading concrete vaults from a flatbed truck with the use of a track hoe. Part…
A work-related accident injured a man on Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened in Jacksboro, Tennessee around 4:30 p.m. According to authorities, 23-year-old Justin Gary was severely burned in a workplace accident at Jack County Packers. It is believed that there was a fire at the facility and Gary sustained burns to his hands and…
A young man was killed in a work-related accident on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened in Swansea, Illinois when an 18-year-old employee of a lawn care company was operating a mower to cut the grass near a lake. His coworker hadn’t seen the victim for several hours and decided to check on him. The coworker…
On Saturday morning, one worker was killed and another injured while performing maintenance on a ride when their safety equipment failed. Thework-related accident occurred at the Tulsa Fairgrounds around 10:10 a.m. on Saturday. According to authorities in Tulsa, Steve Shelton and Michael Record were working on the Sky Ride when witnesses watched their baskets…
On Tuesday, awork-related accident claimed the life of the president of a construction company. According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, 54-year-old Gary Berthelot was killed when he was working on a property in Louisiana. The accident happened at around 7:30 a.m. when a floor collapsed onto Berthelot at a former restaurant called the…
A man was injured after falling into a hole in a construction work-related accident on Friday. The accident happened at around 12:45 p.m. in Southwest, Washington, DC. According to authorities, a construction worker fell into a hole on 4th Street SW at the 1000 block. Emergency workers had to lift the man on a…