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 workplace accident killed a Jenks Public Schools employee on Tuesday afternoon. According to authorities, Rex Cox, a facility management employee was performing maintenance work at the Jenks West Intermediate School in Jenks, Oklahoma when the accident occurred. Emergency crews responded to the location at approximately 2 p.m., and Cox was transported by ambulance…
A crane accident that happened in Denver, Colorado is believed to be caused by a sinkhole. While a construction project was underway at a parking garage, the crane fell around 9 a.m. The construction site is located at 3330 Brighton Blvd. and one worker was injured in the accident. Fortunately, the worker’s injuries are…
A workplace accident claimed the life of a man that had become a father less than a week before his death. The accident happened in Florida when 21-year-old Caleb Alain was killed in a construction accident involving a bulldozer. Alain was employed with EHC construction in Naples when he was crushed under a bulldozer…
Aworkplace accident in Calgary has resulted in the death of a worker. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a 35-year-old worker was struck by a backhoe when he was cutting pipe at a construction site. The accident happened on Friday afternoon near the intersection of Rosehill Dr and 10th Street NW. The…
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…
On Thursday, a construction worker in Elliston, Virginia was killed in a work-related accident. Authorities responded to the scene at approximately 1 p.m. after a track hoe had overturned. The accident happened at a construction site where excavation was taking place when 64-year-old John T. Ferguson was operating the track hoe, and the ground gave…
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…
A Missouri drilling contractor has received citations stemming from a fatal workplace accident that occurred on June 24th. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined CBS Piling Solutions $15,000 for the negligence in the death of 42-year-old Michael Snider. Snider was working at a student housing construction site for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln when…
Awork-related accident has injured six construction workers in Houston, Texas. The accident happened on Friday when a large metal scaffolding collapsed. The Captain of the Houston Fire Department, Ruy Lozano, reported that the accident occurred at approximately 11:10 a.m. and debris was covering the majority of a city block on the corner of Crawford…