A work-related accident in Wilmington, North Carolina claimed the lives of two men. According to the Wilmington Fire Department, the accident occurred 8 a.m. on Monday morning. The employees were working for East Coast Contracting of Wilmington and were unloading concrete vaults from a flatbed truck with the use of a track hoe. Part…
A work-related accident injured a man on Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened in Jacksboro, Tennessee around 4:30 p.m. According to authorities, 23-year-old Justin Gary was severely burned in a workplace accident at Jack County Packers. It is believed that there was a fire at the facility and Gary sustained burns to his hands and…
A young man was killed in a work-related accident on Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened in Swansea, Illinois when an 18-year-old employee of a lawn care company was operating a mower to cut the grass near a lake. His coworker hadn’t seen the victim for several hours and decided to check on him. The coworker…
On Saturday morning, one worker was killed and another injured while performing maintenance on a ride when their safety equipment failed. Thework-related accident occurred at the Tulsa Fairgrounds around 10:10 a.m. on Saturday. According to authorities in Tulsa, Steve Shelton and Michael Record were working on the Sky Ride when witnesses watched their baskets…
On Tuesday, awork-related accident claimed the life of the president of a construction company. According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, 54-year-old Gary Berthelot was killed when he was working on a property in Louisiana. The accident happened at around 7:30 a.m. when a floor collapsed onto Berthelot at a former restaurant called the…
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…