Earlier this year, a worker died after he became caught in the moving parts of an industrial ice-making machine. The machine activated as the worker performed maintenance work inside it. When officials from Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated the New Bedford company, a seafood processor, they discovered 23 alleged…
On Saturday night, an accident at the construction site of a soon-to-be Texas Roadhouse killed a subcontractor. The man was working as part of the painting crew when the construction site accident occurred around 5:30pm. Authorities believe the worker fell. When rescue crews arrived at the scene of the accident,…
On Friday morning, a construction worker suffered multiple fractures to both legs when a steamroller ran over his legs. The construction accident occurred around 3:30am when the worker was measuring part of the roadway. Following the steamroller accident, the worker was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New…
A Hingham, Massachusetts company has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following a night inspection in July, 2009. Inspectors from OSHA’s Boston North Area Office discovered workers exposed to excess silica levels as they were jackhammering concrete on a bridge on I-93 in Melrose. In addition…
On Sunday evening, a construction worker was killed on Interstate 215 in Utah. Troopers say the worker was walking in a construction zone when a truck drifted into a barreled off construction area and hit the worker. According to police, the truck was traveling at more than 40 miles per…
Last Tuesday, an explosion at a biodiesel plant injured a worker. The local fire department responded to the scene of the workplace accident after a reactor reportedly exploded. The fire sprinkler system at the plant extinguished most of the flames, and firefighters managed to contain a few remaining hot spots.…
On Monday, a crane accident in Philadelphia’s Center City resulted in the death of the crane operator and injuries to at least three others. According to reports on the radio, the operator fell 125 feet when the crane toppled over at about 1:30pm, hitting a building containing a florist shop…
Last Friday morning, a construction superintendent died in an accident. Emergency responders were paged at about 10am after a man was reportedly electrocuted. Brady Meier was overseeing the base area construction project and was pronounced dead at 12:45am at Yampa Valley Medical center. Authorities said they are awaiting the results…
A former employee for Sears, Roebuck and Co. was injured on the job, took workers’ compensation leave, and later learned that he’d been terminated when his wife’s discount card was denied. That incident resulted in a lawsuit filed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2004. The…
A 50-year-old construction worker from Plymouth was seriously injured on Wednesday morning after falling from a 25-foot-high scaffold. The scaffold accident occurred at a waterfront construction site in Cohasset, Massachusetts, where three workers were installing siding to restore several buildings. An emergency call came in at 11:23am and the injured…