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…
A man that sustained serious life-altering injuries in a workplace accident was awarded $15.2 million by a jury in Cook County, Illinois on Thursday. Thomas Neuhengen, a 33-year-old Army veteran, suffered injuries to his left foot when it was crushed by a forklift in 2012. Neuhengen was employed by Hemle Machine Co. as a…
A construction worker was injured in a work-related accident when she was struck by a vehicle in a construction zone. The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon in Paducah, Kentucky. The female worker, 39-year-old Amanda Taylor, was handling the responsibilities of the flagger when she attempted to stop a vehicle at approximately 3 p.m. The…
A fatal workplace accident occurred yesterday at the construction site for the Minnesota Vikings Stadium and upon investigating, the roofing company has had several safety violations in the past few years. On Wednesday, an employee from Berwald Roofing Co. fell from the roof to his death and another worker was seriously injured in Minneapolis….
A woman from Texas is lucky to be alive after being injured in a horrific workplace accident. On June 24th, 34-year-old Reyna Gonzalez was working at a recycling facility in Dallas when her hair was caught in a conveyor belt. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and as the machine grabbed her…
A work-related accident in Jefferson County, Illinois has taken the life of a logging worker. On Tuesday morning, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department responded to calls regarding a work-related accident around 8:02 a.m. According to authorities, 20-year-old worker Quentin Levi Douglas Campbell was severely injured when a tree fell on top of him near…
One of the most dangerous occupations in the country is a construction worker. On Monday evening, aconstruction worker was injured after she was struck by a vehicle shortly after 6 p.m. A 31-year-old female, Jennifer Huels, was operating the ground service machinery for an on-ramp to Interstate 64 at the time of the accident….
A police officer was injured in an accident in St. Louis County on Friday. The female officer attempted to apprehend a suspect when the vehicle he was driving dragged her several hundred feet. The officer was responding to a reported theft near Lucas and Hunt and Pasadena when the suspect was spotted in a…
A Gem Forest Products sawmill employee sustained serious injuries when hisarm was caught in a piece of machinery Wednesday morning. The accident happened in Emmett, Idaho at around 7 a.m. The workplace accident severed the 24-year-old man’s arm. He was transported to the hospital by ambulance and OSHA is investigating the incident. St. Louis…
A 35-year-old construction worker was seriously injured by being electrocuted on Thursday morning in a workplace accident. The incident occurred in Mascoutah, Illinois around 10:49 a.m. and no one at the construction site actually witnessed the accident. However, several workers heard a loud popping noise and then found the Troy man unconscious on the ground…