A construction worker was killed in a tragicwork zone accident this week in northwest Indiana. Authorities say the worker was struck and killed when an SUV drove into a construction area Wednesday morning on I-65. According to Indiana State Police, a 23-year-old female driver of a 2013 GMC was traveling northbound on I-65 when…
Workers found a lifeless technician inside the Phantom Manor attraction in Paris. It is believed that accidentalelectrocution was to blame for his death. Ironically, the fictional storyline of the haunted house is that a woman visiting the house died there after an experience with something supernatural. The victim was a father and had been…
The family of a California woman has filed awrongful death claim against the City of San Diego after she was killed when a tree fell and crushed her car. The accident happened on Sunday, January 31, 2016, at Ingraham Street in Pacific Beach. The 48-year-old woman was a professional drummer on her way to…
The parents of a child who died from a severe peanut allergy reaction reached a $15 million settlement with the city of Sacramento in awrongful death claim. Their daughter died after she ate a snack at a city-run camp in 2013. The 13-year-old girl was attending Camp Sacramento in July 2013. Her parents warned…
A Utah constructionworker was killed after jumping into a collapsing trench to save a co-worker in American Fork. The 41-year-old construction worker and father is being called a hero. The American Fork Police Department Chief called the incident a tragic accident. The fatal construction accident occurred at a housing development at 530 South 860…
An investigation is being conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for awork accident that occurred at a cheese factory in Idaho after a worker was pinned and killed by a forklift there. The man was operating a standing forklift when he became pinned. The coroner determined his death resulted from severe crushing…
A Missouri man was killed during a maintenancework accident on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities report the man was in the course of his maintenance job duties when he was thrown off a company ATV near the 13300 block of Bellefontaine in north St. Louis County around 12:45 p.m. The 40-year-old man from Hazelwood died of…
A longtime employee with the Missouri Department of Transportation was killed in Franklin County during an April work-zoneaccident, and his killer has been charged. According to officials, a Hermann man is charged with second-degree felony assault on a highway worker as well as driving without insurance. The 55-year-old MoDot worker, of Rosebud, was struck…
An increase of on thejob fatalities in Tennessee last month has the head of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration very alarmed. The TOSHA Administrator told a local new station in Tennessee that four of the ten deaths in July were on construction sites. The head of TOSHA claims that all of the…
A Kansas Department of Transportation employee was killed during a fatalwork accident last week. The 39-year-old KDOT employee was killed when the mower he was operating overturned and trapped him underneath. On Thursday afternoon, the KDOT worker was mowing the side of Interstate 70 in Sherman County when the fatal accident occurred. This accident…