The owner of a store that specializes in granite and stone waskilled at his place of business on Thursday. The man was crushed under a large slab of granite when it fell on top of him in his Lexington, Kentucky business. Authorities believe that the piece of granite somehow fell off of a forklift…
A 26-year-oldman was killed while working at the Cardinal Aluminum plant in Louisville, Kentucky on Monday. Authorities arrived at the plant around 8 a.m. and pronounced the man dead at the scene. Several workers witnessed the accident and stated that the man was working on a paint line and was reaching for some equipment…
A 58-year-old truck driver has died as a result of the injuries he sustained in a semi-truck accident on Tuesday. The accident occurred in Woodbridge on the New Jersey Turnpike. The man was operating a fuel tank truck and lost control around the curve of an exit ramp. As he lost control, the truck…
Officials for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration are investigating an accident that claimed the life of one worker Wednesday morning. The workplace accident occurred at an Acme Industrial Plant in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The employee was a 50-year-old man who became lodged in a machine that is used to cut and shape…
An accident at the Rana Meal Solutions Plant has severely injured a 25-year-old employee. The incident occurred in Bartlett, Illinois on Friday around 3 p.m. when the employee’s arm became lodged in an industrial mixer. Emergency workers spent nearly an hour extricating the man from the machine, but his arm was unable to be…
A work-place accident that occurred at a construction site in North Carolina killed three workers and seriously injured a fourth. Choate Construction Company is the general contractor at the construction site of the Charter Square building in Raleigh and is working with Associated Scaffolding as a subcontractor on the project. Three workers were on…
An explosion Saturday afternoon has injured two workers in St. Louis. The incident occurred at a pallet company at approximately 12 p.m. Authorities believe that natural gas was built up in a room that was used for warm sterilization of the pallets and when the workers walked into the room, the explosion happened. The…
Meyerkord & Kurth is currently representing the family of a man who was struck and killed by a dump truck while working on a jobsite in Ste. Genevieve County. It was around 10:45 am on Monday, July 2, 2012 when Larry Dye, a 31-year-old highway construction worker, lost his life while working on Interstate…