Emergency crews are working late into the night attempting to recover a man that was buried when atrench collapsed. The accident happened in Edmond, Oklahoma when construction crews were performing work on a concrete sewer pipe located near E. 2nd St. and E. Danforth Rd. At approximately 4:20 p.m. on Friday, the dirt caved…
On Saturday, a woman was scalped in aworkplace accident. The accident happened at approximately 6:45 p.m. at the Kalafatis Fresh Produce. The 21-year-old employee was cleaning a conveyor belt when her hair got caught in the machine. Her hair was ripped from her head, scalping her from her forehead to her neck resulting in…
Aworkplace accident in Kaukauna, Wisconsin claimed the life of a construction worker on Tuesday. The accident happened at approximately 3 p.m. at a construction site. The victim is a Fox Valley resident and contractor of a construction project designated to expand a Packerland Home Improvement building. Authorities believe that the man was digging a…
As construction crews prepare to build a housing complex on Monday, a man was killed in aworkplace accident. Authorities reported that 64-year-old Peter Low, an explosives expert, was administering explosions to prepare the ground for pipe work. Investigators believe that there were two explosions heard and Low returned to the trench after the first…
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 842 non-fatal injuries were sustained by workers in third quarter workplace accidents. From July to September 2015, there was only one workplace fatality, but there were hundreds injured. The majority of these accidents have occurred in manufacturing and construction occupations. The statistics regarding workplace injuries are…
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…