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…
A worker at Tyson Foods lost his fingers in a gruesomeworkplace accident. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Tyson Foods Plant almost a quarter of a million dollars after serious safety violations. OSHA fined Tyson Foods Plant in Center, Texas approximately $236,000 for 15 serious violations and two repeated violations. According to…
The death of a child at a Kansaswaterpark has caused others to come forward with similar stories of scary encounters on the waterslide. According to authorities, the 10-year-old boy killed at the Schlitterbahn in Kansas City, died of a fatal neck injury sustained on the Verruckt, the world’s tallest waterslide. More riders are speaking…
A child has died during a tragicaccident at a Kansas City waterpark over the weekend. The 12-year-old boy and son of the Kansas State Representative died while riding a waterslide, the Schlitterbahn water park’s main attraction. The 168-foot water slide called the Verruckt is known as the world’s tallest water slide. According to the…
A young Michigan man has died in aworkplace accident at a molasses manufacture in Saugatuck. The 23-year-old was killed during a repair of a molasses tank at Agri-Science Technologies on the morning of July 26. According to reports, the employee entered a 12-foot-tall molasses tank to reach a pump-out valve. A co-worker claims the…
A North Carolina teen has been killed in a horrificworkplace accident after he was sucked into a woodchipper on his first day of work. According to the Kings Mountain Police, the 19-year-old had just begun working at Crawford’s Tree and Stump Grinding Service, cutting down trees in a residential neighborhood on Saturday. Officials say…
Investigators have uncovered more details leading up to what officials are calling the deadliest hot air balloonaccident in U.S. history. Sixteen people were killed last Saturday in Texas after the hot air balloon crashed into power lines. The balloon ride was owned and operated by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides in San…
Investigators have determined thehot air balloon that crashed in Texas on Saturday did come into contact with high-tension power lines. The hot air balloon made contact with the power lines, burst into flames and crashed into a pasture in Central Texas. All sixteen passengers on board were killed, according to federal authorities. This hot…
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…