Tag Archive | "Work Injury"
Restaurant Employee Badly Burned in Crash
Working at a hamburger restaurant generally does not entail dealing with too many hazards and dangers, but one of the pieces of equipment that does tend to lead to injuries is the deep fryer that’s on just about every premises that serves fried food. Unfortunately, an employee at a hamburger restaurant in Southern California suffered [...]
Continue reading...Strange Crane Accident Severely Injures Utility Worker
Monday, July 13, 2009
When we read or hear about crane accidents, they typically involve boom failures or the dropping of materials that these massive machines were trying to lift and maneuver. However, as a recent story should remind all of us, there are other dangers associated with cranes, even though they are statistically rare. One of those dangers [...]
Continue reading...Slim Jim Plant Explosion Update - Two Dead, 40 Injured
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
We posted yesterday regarding an explosion at a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina. At the time of the original news report, two workers were missing and three were critically injured. As rescue workers began to clean up the rubble and remove the enormous amounts of debris left behind by the blast, the tragic numbers [...]
Continue reading...Explosion at Slim Jim Plant Leaves Several Missing, Seriously Injured
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Industrial accidents almost always leave a wake of destruction behind, and today was no different as an explosion ripped through a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina, leaving three workers critically injured and two still missing as of this report. Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of workplace occurrences such as this one is that those [...]
Continue reading...One Pedestrian Injured and the other Killed Construction Accident
Friday, October 10, 2008
In Germantown, Maryland there was a tragic construction accident killing one pedestrian and seriously injuring the other. One of the roads, Clopper Road, was closed because of the construction that was being done on the road. The road was closed to traffic vehicles and only open to construction vehicles. Those investigating the accident stated [...]
Continue reading...Work Accident - Workers may be trapped in a collapsed building in Virginia
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Part of a retail and residential building under construction in a Richmond suburb collapsed Wednesday, and authorities were searching for up to 12 workers who may have been inside. Chesterfield County Fire Lt. Matt Coffin said 911 dispatchers received reports that a dozen workers were inside when a 60-foot-section came crashing down around noon. But [...]
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Monday, August 17, 2009
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