A Kentucky man has been killed in a fatalworkplace accident in Louisville this week. The 33-year-old man was an employee at the Louisville cement plant, CEMEX Kosmos Cement Plant. When emergency crews arrived at 15301 Dixie Highway, they were told by plant personnel that a man was caught in a steel cable driven pulley…
Thirteen Chicago post office employees were hospitalized for heat-relatedillnesses on Saturday morning. According to officials, almost a dozen ambulances responded to the post office located at W Ohio and N Dearborn Streets around 8 a.m. The Chicago Fire Department reports thirteen people were taken to nearby hospitals for dehydration, heat exhaustion, and heat stress….
A fatalwork accident has left a man dead in St. Louis on Friday morning. According to authorities, a person was pinned under a forklift and died from their injuries. The fatal accident happened just south of the McKinley Bridge in the 100 block of Buchanan Street at approximately 9 a.m. The victim was said…
A contractor working for the Metropolitan Sewer District was finally rescued after a dangerous work zone accident today. The constructionworker became trapped in a hole at the 4100 block of Finney in North St. Louis on Friday morning. The MSD contractor was working with a crew to fill in a trench with dirt when…
A U.S. Postal Serviceworker was attacked and seriously injured by a swarm of hornets while on her suburban Chicago route this past Tuesday. The mail carried was on her route in Wheaton when she was stung between 30 to 50 times near her head and neck. According to a U.S. Postal Service spokesperson, the…
A Kansas construction worker fell 120 feet and has surprisingly survived during awork-related accident. According to the Pratt County Sheriff, two men were working on a wind turbine when they both fell off on Sunday morning near Pratt. The workers were repairing a blade on a wind generator when one worker fell over a…
An Illinois construction worker has died from injuries suffered from a gas explosion in aworkplace accident. The 44-year-old southwest Illinois construction worker suffered severe burns on a job site when a 10-inch gas line was hit and caused an explosion on April 6. The man was burned on over 70% of his body. Medical…
On Thursday, the St. Patrick’s Cathedral was filled with people gathering to remember the men and women who have lost their lives in fatalworkplace accidents. Those gathered were construction workers and laborers honoring their fallen brothers and sisters. The St. Patrick’s Cathedral bell rang 17 times for the 16 construction workers who have died…
Awork-related accident claimed the lives of two workers and injured a third in Davis, Oklahoma. The tragic accident occurred when the maintenance workers were performing work at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center on Friday. There have been few details released regarding the incident; however, the accident occurred at the center’s water plant and…
A South Dakota constructionworker was killed after falling 35 feet at a job site this week. The 24-year-old construction worker was working on the roof of the Watertown Recreation Center when witnesses say he fell. The Watertown Police Department report the man was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries….