Ames Company Releases Details in Employee’s Workplace Death
AMES, Iowa — An Ames company has confirmed one of its employees died as a result of an accident on the job. At approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday, Danfoss employee John Lavery, 45, was working at the company’s 13th Street location. A preliminary investigation revealed the safety hood on a motor testing operation fell and struck Lavery. He was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Lavery had been with the company since October 2017. Danfoss says the safety hood is intended to be a protective shield to keep operators safe during testing procedures. In a press release, the company said it plans to replace the existing safety hoods on all other testing equipment before resuming operations.
Police identify truck driver killed in Massachusetts crash
LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Police have identified a tractor-trailer driver who was killed in a highway crash involving several vehicles in western Massachusetts near the Connecticut line. Massachusetts State Police said Sunday that 33-year-old Anthony Gentile of Thomaston, Connecticut, died in the wreck involving two tractor-trailers and four other vehicles on Interstate 91 northbound in Longmeadow on Saturday morning. The cause of the accident remains under investigation. Troopers say a Peterbilt tractor-trailer slammed into the back of another tractor-trailer that had slowed because of traffic from a line painting project. The Peterbilt then hit four cars before crashing through a guardrail. Gentile was pronounced dead at the scene.
Fatal construction accident in Gloucester has ties to Bellingham Co.
GLOUCESTER, MA – A 27-year-old Gloucester man died Thursday in a construction accident in that city, in a project reportedly involving a Bellingham company. Justin Harrington, 27, was working alone as part of a home renovation project at the time, according to Steve O’Connell, a spokesman with the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. According to O’Connell, Harrington was using a mini excavator to dig out part of the foundation at the home, and became pinned between the equipment and an I-beam supporting the house. His body was discovered by a fellow worker at about 9:30 a.m. Gloucester Building Inspector William Sanborn told The Gloucester Times the building permit for the project was issued to contractor Ryan Hayes of Trust Design & Remodel LLC of Bellingham. O’Connell said Harrington was employed by MD MacEachern Landscape and Construction in Manchester – information was unavailable as to whether that company was a subcontractor for Trust Design & Remodel.
NC Dept. of Labor investigating workplace death of Columbus County man
Putnam County, OSHA investigate fatal construction accident
Deputy marshal, gunman killed in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – An 11-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service was shot and killed and a police officer was wounded while serving an arrest warrant in Harrisburg early Thursday. Officers returned fire and killed the gunman. Authorities identified him as 31-year-old Kevin Sturgis, a Philadelphia man with two active warrants from his hometown. U.S. Attorney David Freed said members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were serving an arrest warrant on a woman who lived in the 1800 block of Mulberry Street. Sturgis opened fire on the team, killing Deputy U.S. Marshal Christopher David Hill and injuring York police officer Kyle Pitts, a member of the task force that includes state and local police officers.
West Feliciana Parish firefighter dies in the line of duty on Wednesday
BATON ROUGE, La – Tragedy strikes as a firefighter in West Feliciana was struck and killed by vehicle while assisting with the investigation of another crash.Shortly after 9:00 a.m. Wednesday January 17, 2018, Louisiana State Police troopers began investigating a fatal crash on US 61 north of LA 421 in West Feliciana Parish. According to a release from LSP: “The initial investigation by State Police revealed that the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Wakefield Fire Department were investigating a crash in the southbound lanes of US 61. At the same time, 51 year old Robert McCoy of Tallulah was traveling southbound on US 61 in a 2018 Dodge Ram 5500 pulling a trailer. McCoy lost control of his vehicle on the icy roadway as he approached the crash scene. McCoy’s truck struck multiple first responder vehicles and Chief Achord as he was assisting a motorist at the scene.”
South Carolina Sheriff’s Deputy Dies After Being Shot, Along With 3 Other Deputies, During Domestic Violence Call
York County, SC — A South Carolina sheriff’s detective died on Wednesday evening, a day after he and three other law enforcement officers were shot, officials said. Sheriff’s Detective Michael R. Doty died of his injuries, York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said on the department’s Facebook page. A man shot the four officers early Tuesday near a South Carolina home, a sheriff’s spokesman said, after deputies were called there for a complaint of domestic violence.
Employee dies following accident at Indiana sawmill
MONTEZUMA, Ind. — Authorities say a 47-year-old sawmill employee has died after being injured in an accident at the facility in western Indiana. The Parke County sheriff’s office said Brian L. Grayless of Tangier was pronounced dead at a hospital following the accident on Monday night in Montezuma. The mill is located about 65 miles west of Indianapolis. The sheriff’s office says details about what happened were under investigation.
Amtrak employee ‘fatally injured’ at South Loop mechanical facility
Chicago, IL — An Amtrak employee died from an injury suffered Tuesday morning at a rail yard in the South Loop, authorities said.Another employee found the Martin Rivera, 42, about 7:15 a.m. on the tracks in the 1400 block of South Lumber, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.Rivera was dead on the tracks when paramedics arrived, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt. He lived on the Northwest Side.The employee was ”fatally injured” at an Amtrak mechanical facility in the vicinity of a service and inspection building, according to a statement from Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. No other injuries were reported.
Man killed in tractor rollover is identified
Chico, CA — The farm worker killed when a tractor tipped over and pinned him near an orchard north of Chico has been identified. The Butte County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday he is Arturo Ocampo-Santos, 55, of Chico. According to the California Highway Patrol, Ocampo-Santos was driving a tractor onto a trailer bed about 2:40 p.m. Monday when the tractor tipped over, trapping him underneath the vehicle. Ocampo-Santos became pinned under the tractor and died at the scene. The accident happened near an orchard on Anita Road just off Highway 99. The CHP said the accident remained under investigation. Investigators had not yet determined exactly what caused the tractor to lose its balance and overturn.
