{"id":3021,"date":"2018-04-02T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2018-04-02T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T20:14:11","slug":"weekly-toll-the-monthly-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/04\/02\/weekly-toll-the-monthly-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Toll: The Monthly Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pb-container\">\n<div id=\"fOAwct1GpL8wNq\" class=\"wrapper clearfix col-lg-12 col-md-12 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-sltrib-article-head col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div class=\"slt-article-header col-xs-12 clearfix\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2718\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/alki-construction-trench-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"weekly toll\" width=\"346\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/alki-construction-trench-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/alki-construction-trench.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/>FedEx truck driver killed after crashing over highway in Texas<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">DALLAS, TX \u2014\u00a0<\/span>A fiery crash <a href=\"http:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/fedex-truck-driver-killed-after-crashing-over-highway-in-texas\">killed the driver of a FedEx delivery truck<\/a> in Dallas early Saturday.The victim is 30-year-old<strong> Quantico Smith<\/strong>. Dallas police say the fatal accident began when two cars crashed on I-45 near Overton. The FedEx truck hit the one car that stayed on the road and the cab of the truck fell off the bridge, bursting into flames.<\/p>\n<h3>Hauppauge worker killed in industrial accident<\/h3>\n<p>Hauppauge, NY &#8212; A pharmaceutical worker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/suffolk\/fatal-industrial-accident-hauppauge-1.17759075\">died after an industrial accident<\/a> Friday in Hauppauge, police said. <strong>Sergio Escobar<\/strong>, 59, of Brentwood, was cutting a metal drum with a grinder at about 11:45 a.m. at Bactolac Pharmaceutical \u201cwhen the drum exploded and struck Escobar,\u201d Suffolk County police said in a statement. Escobar was taken by ambulance to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where he was pronounced dead, police said. Police are investigating the accident at the Old Willets Path business and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified, police said.<\/p>\n<header class=\"mod-header\">\n<h3 class=\"headline\">2 firefighters killed, 2 injured in building collapse<button class=\"janrainProvider janrain_emailButton\" title=\"Email\" type=\"button\" data-bind=\" click: $root.shareUsing, event: { focus: $root.updateSelected }, attr: { 'class': 'janrainProvider janrain_' + buttonClass, title: $root.getProviderTitle($data) }, css: { 'shareScreenVisible': $root.shareScreen.visible, 'currentProviderShowing': ( $data.name === $root.selectedProvider().name ) || ( $data.name === 'email' &amp;&amp; $root.selectedProvider().isEmailProvider ) } \"><\/button><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mod-body story-body\">YORK, Pa.\u00a0(AP)\u00a0&#8211; Two Pennsylvania firefighters have been k<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/pennsylvania\/building-collapses-on-firefighters-1-death-reported\/720205542\">illed and two others injured in the partial collapse of a former piano factory<\/a>, which had been heavily damaged in a fire. York officials say 50-year-old<strong> Ivan Flanscha<\/strong> and 29-year-old <strong>Zachary Anthony<\/strong> died Thursday at a hospital. Two other firefighters are being treated for injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. Part of the four-story building fell on firefighters as they were looking for hot spots and investigating the cause of a fire that broke out Wednesday at the Weaver Organ and Piano factory. The factory was being converted into residential units.<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"\">Henderson gas station employee shoots 3 of his coworkers, killing 1<\/h3>\n<p><span id=\"WNStoryDateline\">LAS VEGAS, NV &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/story\/37847652\/police-henderson-gas-station-employee-shoots-3-of-his-coworkers-killing-1\">shooting at a gas station<\/a> in Henderson\u00a0left one person dead and two others\u00a0injured Friday. Henderson police officers responded to reports of shots fired at 9:50 a.m. at the Terrible Herbst convenience store and gas station on Sunset Road at Annie Oakley Drive. Henderson Police\u00a0Officer Rodrigo Pe\u00f1a said three people were shot. Two of the victims were transported to Sunrise Hospital in critical condition, according to police. The third victim was transported to Henderson Hospital with gunshot wounds. One of the victims\u00a0later died at the hospital, police said. Family members told FOX5 the victim&#8217;s name was <strong>Zachary Ragusa.<\/strong> His family said he was 18 years old who worked at Terrible Herbst as a smog check technician. They said he loved playing hockey, listening to heavy metal and watching the New York Jets. He was an honor student, a Christian and had no enemies, they said. The suspect, 22-year-old Rafael Valdez\u00a0was an employee at Terrible Herbst. After the shooting, the victims, who are also employees, said Valdez ran away.\u00a0He was found and arrested on the\u00a02800 block of North Green Valley Parkway.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Randolph man dies in accident with train<\/h3>\n<p>SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) &#8211; A railroad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news8000.com\/news\/randolph-man-dies-in-accident-with-train\/721785252\">employee died from his injuries<\/a> Tuesday morning\u00a0in an accident with a train at Cedar Creek Lumber. According to\u00a0Sparta police,\u00a0train conductor\u00a0<strong>Robert Hemling<\/strong>, 39 of Randolph, was found unresponsive and taken to Mayo Clinic &#8211; Sparta Campus, where he was pronounced dead. The incident is under investigation.Man dies at N. Mississippi construction site<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" data-integralas-id-b006ffb7-1f1a-9695-e327-9b264d74e3f5=\"\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div id=\"WNStoryHeader\">\n<h3 class=\"\">Elizabethtown billboard worker falls to his death<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"WNStoryBody\" class=\"withRelated left\">\n<p>ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (WAVE) &#8211; A worker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wave3.com\/story\/37850077\/elizabethtown-billboard-worker-falls-to-his-death\">fell to his death<\/a> while working on a billboard in Elizabethtown on Friday. Police responded to the 5000 block of North Dixie Avenue just after 1:30 p.m. on reports that a billboard worker had fallen while updating the sign. Officers arrived to find a man dead at the scene from an estimated 40 foot fall.\u00a0 Another worker on the site said they were replacing the canvas on the billboard when his co-worker suddenly fell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"ra-headline\">Retired FDNY firefighter dies of cancer caused by delivering supplies to WTC after 9\/11<\/h3>\n<p>New York, NY &#8212; A retired FDNY firefighter who helped ferry supplies back and forth to the World Trade Center site for months after the 9\/11 attacks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/retired-fdny-firefighter-dies-9-11-related-cancer-article-1.3907934\">died Thursday from a cancer caused by Ground Zero toxins<\/a>, family said. He was 64. <strong>George Froehlich<\/strong> battled prostate cancer for quite some time before his death, his wife told the Daily News Saturday.\u00a0He is the ninth FDNY member to pass away from a 9\/11-related illness this year, according to union officials.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">Texas DPS identifies family members, truck driver killed in I-30 crash Friday<\/h3>\n<p class=\"headline\"><span id=\"WNStoryDateline\">EAST TEXAS (KLTV) &#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Sgt. Sylvia Jennings with the Texas Department of Public Safety has released the identities of those<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kltv.com\/story\/37800997\/texas-dps-identifies-family-members-truck-driver-killed-in-i-30-crash-friday\"> killed in a wreck<\/a> on the interstate near Mount Pleasant on Friday. The driver of a 2018 International semi-truck and one of five vehicles involved in yesterday\u2019s crash on IH-30 at mile marker 162 in Mount Pleasant, has been identified as <strong>Wanda Gebhart,<\/strong> Jennings said. Gebhart, 64, was from Pikeville, Tennessee. She was pronounced dead at the scene, Jennings said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Man dies at N. Mississippi construction site<\/h3>\n<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) &#8212; A construction worked died Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/local\/multnomah-county\/man-dies-at-n-mississippi-construction-site\/1090118515\">when a front loader fell on him<\/a> at a site on N. Mississippi Avenue.\u00a0 The incident is at N. Mississippi Avenue and N. Failing Street right next to Townsend&#8217;s teahouse and Sunlan\u00a0Lighting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<header id=\"ra-headers\">\n<h3 id=\"ra-headline\">Worker crushed to death while trying to move marble slabs in Long Island City warehouse<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"ra-body-wrap\">\n<article id=\"ra-body\">Queens, NY &#8212; A worker at a wholesale marble warehouse was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/queens\/person-dies-trapped-marble-slab-long-island-city-article-1.3906424\">crushed to death<\/a> while attempting to move two stone slabs Friday afternoon. The unidentified 50-year-old Queens man was an employee for the Long Island City-based Leadstone USA, located on 50th Ave., across the street from a UPS warehouse in the shadow of the Long Island Expressway, authorities said. The worker attempted to move the marble slabs with a mechanical hoist about 5 p.m, when he may have slipped and became trapped under the heavy rock. The man, authorities said, suffered severe trauma to the neck and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 50-year-old UPS employee, who only gave his first name Vic, said that he has observed the contraption that he called \u201ca boom,\u201d which the company uses to move its stone slabs. He said he\u2019s seen the marble lifted to a beam on the ceiling that moves along a track the width of the warehouse.<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<h3>TRUCK DRIVER KILLED IN CONKLIN WORKPLACE ACCIDENT, DEPUTIES SAY<\/h3>\n<p>Conklin, NY &#8212; A truck driver was killed in a workplace accident in Conklin Friday. It happened at the Maines Food and Paper Distribution Center shortly before 2 a.m. The Broome County Sheriff\u2019s Office says the driver of a parked tractor-trailer was run over when a tandem tractor-trailer rig pulled away from the loading dock. They say the driver was in between the two trucks at the time, but it isn\u2019t clear why he was there. The truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene, but has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Construction Worker Dies in Fall<\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">Kent, WA &#8212; <strong>Shawn Moore<\/strong>, working for Jim Edwards Construction Company, fell from a steep pitch two story residence without fall protection while doing installation of metal roofing system. Moore fell from 17&#8217;11&#8221; and suffered death &#8220;multiple blunt force injuries&#8221; (Washington Department of Labor and Industries)<\/p>\n<h3>State police identify trooper killed in crash on I-84 east in\u00a0Tolland<\/h3>\n<p>TOLLAND, CT\u00a0 &#8211; Connecticut State Police said <strong>Trooper First Class Kevin Miller<\/strong> from Troop C <a href=\"http:\/\/fox61.com\/2018\/03\/30\/state-police-identify-trooper-killed-in-crash-on-i-84-east-in-tolland\/\">died Thursday following a car accident<\/a> on I-84 east in Tolland. State police said a tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on I-84 in the right lane of three at slower speed than the flow of traffic. State police said Miller was traveling eastbound on I-84 in the right lane of the three, when he collided into the rear end of the tractor-trailer. Miller sustained fatal injuries from the accident. The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered no injuries, according to state police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Investigation underway after worker crushed at Port of Houston<\/h3>\n<p>HOUSTON, TX &#8211; Authorities said they are investigating the death of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/investigation-underway-after-worker-crushed-at-port-of-houston\">worker who was crushed<\/a> Tuesday at the Port of Houston. The incident was reported at 8:17 a.m. on a ship in the Houston Ship Channel. Officials said it appears that the person was working in the hold of a ship called Grebe Bulker when something fell on the worker. The identity of the worker was not immediately released.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-headline--title\">Suspect in Hopkinsville officer&#8217;s slaying killed in Tennessee<\/h3>\n<p class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. \u2014<strong class=\"dateline\">\u00a0<\/strong>A man suspected of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlky.com\/article\/hopkinsville-officer-killed\/19636989\">fatally shooting an off-duty police officer<\/a> in a small Kentucky city has been killed by law enforcement officials in Tennessee. Kentucky State Police Trooper Rob Austin says in a statement Friday that 34-year-old<strong> James K. Decoursey<\/strong> of Hopkinsville &#8220;had a brief encounter with law enforcement&#8221; officials in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he &#8220;was shot and died from his injuries.&#8221;\u00a0Police said Decoursey was impersonating a police officer when he pulled 38-year-old Hopkinsville officer Phillip Meacham over Thursday afternoon. Decoursey then shot and killed Meacham, who was off-duty, before running from the scene and taking off in a pickup truck.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Man dies in &#8220;freak&#8221; industrial accident<\/h3>\n<p>Thomasville, AL (WKRG) &#8211; Authorities are investigating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wkrg.com\/news\/state-regional\/man-dies-in-freak-industrial-accident\/1075951459\">following a death at the Louisiana Pacific mill<\/a> in Thomasville Saturday.\u00a0 The Clarke County sheriff confirms one person died in an industrial accident. Clarke County medical examiner, Mitch Finney\u00a0tells News 5 21-year-old <strong>James Dylan\u00a0Sealey<\/strong>\u00a0of Butler, Alabama was killed Saturday evening in a &#8220;freak accident&#8221;. Finney says Sealey was working on a crane when he either fell or was pulled between two pieces of equipment. Sealey\u00a0was pronounced dead at the scene dying from blunt force trauma to the chest area. Sealey was a maintenance worker for Louisiana Pacific and was working on a crane at the time of the accident. Finney says it took an extended period of time to remove Sealey&#8217;s body because it was located about 95 feet in the air. Thomasville Fire Rescue assisted in the removal of Sealey&#8217;s body.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">Truck driver dies in Route 80 crash near Pennsylvania border<\/h3>\n<p>Hardwick, New Jersey &#8212; A truck driver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.com\/story\/news\/2018\/03\/29\/truck-driver-dies-route-80-crash-near-pennsylvania-border\/468806002\/\">died in a crash<\/a> late Wednesday night on Route 80 in Hardwick, New Jersey State Police say. The accident occurred on the eastbound side of the highway, about half a mile from the Pennsylvania border. The male driver, 45, was negotiating a curve when his Volvo tractor-trailer overturned, ending up on the right side of the roadway.<\/p>\n<h3>Kentucky police officer killed in the line of duty; no suspect named<\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><span class=\"dateline\">PIKEVILLE, Ky. (WCHS\/WVAH) \u2014\u00a0<\/span>A suspect has not been named after a Pikeville, Ky., <a href=\"http:\/\/wvah.com\/news\/local\/pikeville-kentucky-police-officer-killed-in-the-line-of-duty\">police officer was shot and killed<\/a> in the line of duty Tuesday night. <strong>Officer Scotty Hamilton<\/strong> was a 12-year veteran and joined the Pikeville Police Department in 2006. Kentucky State Police Post 13 Public Information Officer Jody Sims said Hamilton was shot while he and Trooper Matt Martine were investigating an area known to have high criminal drug activity.<\/p>\n<h3>FDNY firefighter from Floral Park dies in Harlem movie set fire<\/h3>\n<p>New York, NY &#8212; A New York City Fire Department veteran from Floral Park died fighting a five-alarm fire in Harlem on Thursday night. Fire Department of New York firefighter <strong>Michael Davidson,<\/strong> 37, of Floral Park, died Thursday in a fire in Harlem.\u00a0 The fire broke out around 11 p.m. Thursday, officials said, in a basement at 773 St. Nicholas Avenue near 148th Street in Harlem on the set of\u00a0\u201cMotherless Brooklyn,\u201d\u00a0an adaptation of a novel by Jonathan Lethem\u00a0directed by Edward Norton and starring Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Mann, Bruce Willis and Norton.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Police say Sioux City worker dies after being crushed<\/h3>\n<p>Sioux City, SD &#8212; Police say 42-year-old <strong>Brian McCormick<\/strong> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/national-politics\/article207344844.html\">died in a northwestern Iowa transportation hub accident<\/a>. The Sioux City Journal reports that the incident happened shortly before noon Wednesday at the Big Soo Terminal in Sioux City. Police Lieutenant Mark Kirkpatrick says a worker was crushed as he attempted to move train cars and that the death is being treated as an accident. Kirkpatrick says officers were still investigating the incident Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div id=\"article-header\">\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Official says scrap iron fell on Wheatfield man who died Thursday in industrial accident in far west Gary<\/h3>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>Gary, IN &#8212; A Wheatfield man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwitimes.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/update-official-says-scrap-iron-fell-on-wheatfield-man-who\/article_bb3c71a4-354c-5253-81de-cb89001b5790.html\">died in an industrial accident<\/a> Thursday morning in far west Gary, police confirmed.\u00a0 <strong>Joshua Klein<\/strong>, 40, was pronounced dead at 10:08 a.m. at a business in the 7100 block of Industrial Highway, according to the Lake County coroner&#8217;s office. Klein was cutting iron truss scrap material, which appeared to fall on him as he was working, a Gary fire official said Thursday, citing a preliminary report.<\/p>\n<h3>North Carolina Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy Killed in Crash During Chase<\/h3>\n<p class=\"hero-heading flex-media-heading heading-larger heading-largest-for-medium-up text-tighter block-normal\">TARBORO, N.C. (AP) \u2014 A sheriff&#8217;s deputy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/north-carolina\/articles\/2018-03-12\/north-carolina-sheriffs-deputy-killed-in-crash-during-chase\">died in a crash<\/a> during a chase in eastern\u00a0North Carolina. News outlets reported an Edgecombe County sheriff&#8217;s deputy was killed in the wreck about 6:15 p.m. Sunday about 3 miles (5 kilometers) south of Tarboro. Investigators say the deputy was pursuing a vehicle south on N.C. 111 and when he lost control on a curve and hit an oncoming pickup truck. The North Carolina Highway Patrol said 24-year-old <strong>Deputy David Manning<\/strong> was killed. Sheriff Cleveland Atkinson said he was sad for the loss of the deputy. Troopers said the two people in the pickup truck suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Tow truck driver responding to accident struck and killed<\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrap sticky-columns\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">ANDOVER, Mass. \u2013 \u00a0<\/span>State police in Massachusetts have identified the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/03\/15\/tow-truck-driver-responding-to-accident-struck-and-killed.html\"> tow truck driver who was struck and killed<\/a> while responding to a late-night highway crash. Police say 41-year-old <strong>Daniel Coady<\/strong> was standing outside his truck in the breakdown lane of Interstate 495 in Andover at about 11 p.m. Wednesday. He was loading one of the vehicles involved in the original two-car crash onto his flatbed when a car driving past struck a disabled vehicle, pushing it into him.Coady, who lived in North Andover, was pronounced dead at a hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Worker Dies in Massachusetts Furnace Equipment Supplier Explosion<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>Ayer, MA &#8212; An explosion at a Massachusetts manufacturing facility has killed one worker and injured another. Officials say the man was an employee at Advanced Vacuum Systems in Ayer, about 40 miles northwest of Boston.\u00a0 The Middlesex District Attorney\u2019s office says its investigation suggests the explosion was the result of a pressure vessel malfunction. The workers have not been identified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Contractor dies at BMW Manufacturing Plant<\/h3>\n<p>GREER, SC (WSPA) &#8211; Authorities are investigating what appears to be an accidental death at BMW Manufacturing. BMW officials said in a\u00a0statement the death happened in one of the plant&#8217;s paint shops. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said the victim is a private contractor who was working on equipment. The victim has been identified as <strong>Bojan Sprah<\/strong>, 45, of Boiling Springs. Clevenger said the\u00a0preliminary cause of death is listed as open head trauma, secondary to blunt force trauma and\u00a0entrapment in moving machinery.\u00a0 Pelham Batesville Fire Chief Charles Jolley\u00a0said the call was received around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Jolley said it was &#8220;obvious&#8221; the person was deceased. He had to be extracted from machinery by the coroner&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Worker found dead in cargo hold of ship at Port of Houston<\/h3>\n<p class=\"dateline\">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Authorities are investigating the <a href=\"http:\/\/abc13.com\/worker-found-dead-on-ship-at-port-of-houston\/3268958\/\">death of a worker<\/a> who was extracted from a ship at the Port of Houston Tuesday morning.<br \/>\nThe incident happened around 8:00 a.m. on a ship at the Houston Ship Channel. Officials said the worker had to be extracted from a cargo hold of the ship. It&#8217;s not immediately clear how the worker got there.<\/p>\n<h3>MTA bus driver strikes, kills colleague at Queens depot<\/h3>\n<p>Queens, NY &#8212; An MTA worker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/mta-bus-death-queens-1.17705155\">fatally struck by a bus driver<\/a> at a Queens depot Tuesday morning, marking the second on-duty death at the transit authority this month. The driver was reversing a bus at the MTA Bus College Point Depot when he ran over his colleague, a 59-year-old man who was directing traffic around 10 a.m., according to the MTA. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by police.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Memorial Service Held for Rookie Police Officer Killed in\u00a0Pomona<\/h3>\n<p>Pomona, CA &#8212; A memorial service was held Thursday for the rookie <a href=\"http:\/\/ktla.com\/2018\/03\/22\/memorial-service-to-be-held-for-rookie-police-officer-killed-in-pomona\/\">police officer killed during a call<\/a> in Pomona earlier this month. Pomona Police Officer <strong>Greggory Casillas<\/strong>&#8216; cap and a U.S. flag rest on a pedestal during Casillas&#8217; funeral services at Purpose Church in Pomona on Thursday. (Credit: Irfan Khan \/ Los Angeles Times) Greggory Casillas was killed during a lengthy standoff in the 1400 block of South Palomares Street when he was shot through a door on March 9. The suspect in the shooting, 38-year-old Isaias De Jesus Valencia, has been charged with murder in Casillas\u2019 death, as well as the attempted murder of several other officers. Casillas, a 30-year-old husband and father of two, was sworn in as a Pomona police officer in September and was just about to complete his field training the night he was gunned down.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Man dies after explosion at northern Utah Autoliv factory<\/h3>\n<div class=\"pb-container\">\n<div id=\"fXM4Bk1GpL8wNq\" class=\"wrapper clearfix col-lg-9 col-md-12 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-body col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body article-body-elements\">\n<article id=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"row paragraph-row\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph text-align-override-left\">Salt Lake City, UT &#8212; A man died early Monday<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/2018\/03\/26\/man-dies-after-explosion-at-northern-utah-autoliv-factory\/\"> after an explosion at an Autoliv Facilities factory<\/a> in Box Elder County. Police received a call that the Promontory factory, which produces airbags for vehicles, was on fire about 2:12 a.m., according to a news release from the Box Elder County sheriff\u2019s office. <strong>Ronald Larson,<\/strong> 64, of Cache Valley, was trapped inside the facility, and personnel at the site were trying to extricate him, the release said. Larson had reportedly been alone in the mixing portion of the building when the explosion occurred.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"ra-headline\">Two cops, one firefighter who joined Ground Zero first responders die<\/h3>\n<p>New York, NY &#8212; Two retired NYPD cops and an upstate fire battalion chief, who were among the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/cops-firefighter-joined-9-11-responders-die-article-1.3897602\">many first responders to rush to Ground Zero<\/a> after 9\/11, have died. NYPD <strong>Lt. William Wanser<\/strong>, <strong>Detective Pedro Esponda<\/strong> and Watertown Fire <strong>Battalion Chief David Lachenauer<\/strong> \u2014 all retired \u2014 succumbed to cancer over the weekend, according to family and friends. Wanser, who joined the NYPD in 1984, died Sunday after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 60.\u00a0 Lachenauer died Friday after battling cancer for a year. He was 61. As a firefighter, Lachenauer worked for three days to clear the rubble left by the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.\u00a0Esponda, who joined the NYPD in 1982, died Sunday. He was 60.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Coroner\u2019s office IDs man killed by forklift in southwest Las Vegas<\/h3>\n<p>Las Vegas, NV &#8212; The Clark County coroner\u2019s office has identified a man\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/local\/southwest\/man-dies-at-construction-site-in-southwest-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed Monday morning<\/a>\u00a0at a southwest Las Vegas Valley construction site.\u00a0<strong>Stephen Lee Goodal<\/strong>l, 53, died about 9:50 a.m. at a construction site at 9750 W. Sunset Road, near South Grand Canyon Drive. Las Vegas police said Goodall was crushed by the arm of a forklift. The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Division is investigating his death. The agency said that there have been 11 workplace deaths in Nevada this year, including that of a man killed last month in the east valley when a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/local\/east-valley\/man-killed-in-east-las-vegas-when-mobile-home-falls-on-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mobile home fell on him<\/a>. His death remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">1 dead, 3 injured in explosion inside furnace company in Ayer<\/h3>\n<p>AYER, Mass.\u00a0 \u2014 One person is dead and three people were injured in an <a href=\"https:\/\/whdh.com\/news\/1-dead-3-injured-in-explosion-inside-furnace-company-in-ayer\/\">explosion at a furnace company<\/a> in Ayer around 5:22 p.m. on Friday. The explosion happened at the AVS Furnace Company on Fitchburg Road. The explosion was so powerful it tore a hole in the roof. People in the area said homes and businesses shook when the explosion happened. One employee was seriously injured and airlifted to a hospital in Worcester. He was later pronounced dead. Another employee suffered minor injuries. Two firefighters were injured, one with chest pains and another picked up a charged wire, but both are expected to be OK.\u00a0 The cause of the explosion is said to have been related to an apparent pressure vessel malfunction.<\/p>\n<section id=\"top-content\" class=\"col-xs-12 layout\">\n<div id=\"f0hBv3fPEkxXMq\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-topper\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-topper\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0fXYXb3NKqr\">\n<div class=\"border-bottom-off border-bottom-100-pct\">\n<div id=\"article-topper\" class=\"article-topper \">\n<div>\n<div id=\"topper-headline-wrapper\" class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-9\">\n<h3 data-pb-field=\"custom.topperDisplayName\">Car wash employee killed in chain-reaction accident<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"main-content\" class=\"col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout\">\n<div id=\"fqcpdB1PEkxXMq\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-body\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0fZ9wD4NKqi\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body content-format-default\">\n<article class=\"paywall\">MANASSAS, Va. \u2014 An employee of a car wash in northern Virginia has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/car-wash-employee-killed-in-chain-reaction-accident\/2018\/03\/24\/5b58db3a-2fb8-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_story.html?utm_term=.ac08693b30d6\">killed after another employee set off a chain-reaction accident<\/a>. Prince William County police said a 19-year-old male employee of the Soap and Suds Carwash was attempting to move a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Saturday from the back entrance after the vehicle had been washed. As the vehicle moved forward, it collided with a 2011 Dodge Ram, which then hit a 2011 Scion SD. The vehicle then struck a female employee. The woman died at a hospital.\u00a0 Police identified her as 38-year-old <strong>Paula Margarita Rogel<\/strong>, of Manassas. The cause of the collision is being investigated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"td-post-header\">\n<header class=\"td-post-title\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Man is 2nd death at Georgia industrial facility in 7 months<\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">CHATSWORTH, Ga. \u2014 A Georgia man is the second person to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therepublic.com\/2018\/03\/22\/ga-factory-death\/\">die from injuries at a flooring manufacturer\u2019s facility<\/a> in the last seven months. Chatsworth Police Chief Josh Etheridge\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycitizen.news\/news\/local_news\/update-man-dies-from-injuries-at-mohawk-facility-in-chatsworth\/article_55792b4b-a0f2-5bb8-b376-01cc24ff1814.html\">tells The Daily Citizen<\/a>\u00a0that 59-year-old <strong>Roy Glenn Bass<\/strong> was struck by a large roller at the Mohawk Industries facility on Tuesday morning and subsequently died at a hospital. The company said in a statement that the cause of the accident is currently unknown. Bass joined Mohawk in 2012, working as an electrician in Dalton before transferring to the Chatsworth location in 2015. His death follows that of 42-year-old Vickie Dyer, who died after an industrial accident at the same location.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"art-title\" class=\"art-title \/ p-name\">Worker killed at DFW Airport after being struck by Skylink train<\/h3>\n<p>Dallas, TX &#8212; A 54-year-old maintenance worker was killed at DFW International Airport early Wednesday morning after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/dfw-airport\/2018\/03\/22\/worker-killed-dfw-airport-after-struck-skylink-train\">struck by a Skylink train car<\/a>, an airport spokesman said. <strong>Kenneth Wade<\/strong> of Hutchins was transported to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine after he was struck by the train car shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Wade was an employee of Bombardier, which built and maintains the Skylink system that connects the airport\u2019s five terminals.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Victim, crushed to death at Ogle County landfill, has been identified<\/h3>\n<p>DAVIS JUNCTION, IL &#8212; The Ogle County Coroner confirms that a man was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mystateline.com\/news\/person-killed-at-ogle-county-landfill-wednesday-morning\/1066181064\">killed during an accident at the Orchard Hills Landfill<\/a> in Davis Junction Wednesday morning. The Ogle County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says while several trucks were unloading items at the landfill, one of the trucks rolled, crushing the victim, a man in his 40s, who was assisting unloading one of the trucks. He has been identified as 48-year-old <strong>John Overstreet<\/strong>, of Davis Junction. Overstreet was at the rear of his trailer, removing his tarp, between his trailer and another semi-tractor that was parked behind him. The driver of the second trailer, Dariusz Achramowicz, a\u00a055-year-old man from Elmwood Park, IL, had stopped and exited his vehicle to take the tarp off his trailer when the vehicle began rolling forward. Overstreet\u00a0was pinned between the semi and the trailer.\u00a0New Milford EMS arrived on the scene shortly before 7 a.m. and tried to revive Overstreet, but were not successful. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<h3>Texas volunteer firefighter dies after injuries from March 10 grassfire<\/h3>\n<p>Ellinger, TX &#8212; A Texas firefighter <a href=\"http:\/\/wildfiretoday.com\/2018\/03\/25\/texas-volunteer-firefighter-dies-after-injuries-from-march-10-grassfire\/\">injured two weeks ago<\/a> while working a brushfire has died, officials confirmed. Firefighter <strong>Larry Marusik<\/strong>, a member of Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department, died Friday at Brooke Army Medical Center, according to the\u00a0Caldwell County Office of Emergency Management.\u00a0He was 68 years old.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-headline\">Fuyao vows to work closely with investigators after worker crushed to death<\/h3>\n<p>Dayton, OH &#8212; Workforce safety investigators are looking into the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mydaytondailynews.com\/news\/fuyao-vows-work-closely-with-investigators-after-worker-crushed-death\/EYDS8H90ynLfOwQHsaRupK\/\"> accidental death of a worker at Moraine\u2019s largest employer<\/a>, a business fined last year by OSHA for multiple alleged \u201cserious safety violations.\u201d The Tuesday early-morning death of Fuyao Glass America Inc. forklift operator <strong>Ricky Patterson<\/strong> of Dayton has renewed attention on safety at the Chinese automobile glass manufacturer. Patterson died from blunt force trauma to the head and neck in what has been ruled an accident, according to the Montgomery County Coroner\u2019s Office. Moraine police and fire crews responded the Fuyao plant on West Stroop Road about 5:20 a.m. on a report of an accident involving a forklift driver, a statement from police said. Patterson died after being crushed between a forklift and more than a ton of glass, Moraine police records show. The Dayton man was found early Tuesday morning \u201cwedged in between\u201d the industrial machine and a pallet of glass, which had a tag indicating it weighed 2,097 pounds, the report states.<\/p>\n<h3>Worker Dies at Plywood Mill in Southern Oregon<\/h3>\n<p>DILLARD, Ore. (AP) \u2014 Roseburg Forest Products says one of its employees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/oregon\/articles\/2018-03-21\/worker-dies-at-plywood-mill-in-southern-oregon\">died in an accident at its plywood plan<\/a>t in Dillard,\u00a0Oregon. The Springfield-based company has yet to release details about what happened, and says the incident is under investigation. The employee was identified as 57-year-old<strong> Joel Kuhse,<\/strong> who had worked for the company since 2010. Martin Merica told The News-Review that his father-in-law worked at the press next to Kuhse, and called for help Monday after finding Kuhse motionless on top of his load.<\/p>\n<h3>ODOT worker killed on I-680<\/h3>\n<section id=\"article_content\">YOUNGSTOWN, OH \u2014 A worker for the Ohio Department of Transportation was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tribtoday.com\/news\/local-news\/2018\/03\/odot-worker-killed-on-i-680\/\">killed Thursday in a crash<\/a> on Interstate 680. The accident, which happened just after 12:30 p.m., involved one sport utility vehicle and one worker, according to Youngstown police Lt. Brian Welsh. It happened at the Market Street overpass in the southbound lane, Welsh said. The driver of the SUV, who was taken to a hospital with injuries, drifted into a work zone on the right side of the road, hitting the worker, according to Tribune Chronicle news partner WKBN-27. From 2011 to 2015, 609 workers died from injuries at road work zones in the United States, including 19 in Ohio, according to information from the United States Department of Labor Statistics. About 46 percent of these workers were killed in pedestrian-vehicular incidents, which include being struck by a vehicle or mobile equipment, according to the BLS.<\/section>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Mail carrier killed when struck by own mail truck in Washtenaw County<\/h3>\n<p>LYNDON TOWNSHIP, Mich.\u00a0&#8211; A postal worker was killed\u00a0Wednesday afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/mail-carrier-killed-when-struck-by-own-vehicle-in-washtenaw-county\">when\u00a0her own mail truck struck her<\/a> in Lyndon Township. Michigan State\u00a0Police troopers responded to a report of a fatal collision involving\u00a0<strong>Tracy Sylo,<\/strong> a U.S.\u00a0Postal Service carrier. Investigators said\u00a0Sylo\u00a0had parked her truck at the top of a driveway on Lake Road\u00a0and got out. The vehicle somehow started to roll down the driveway and struck Sylo, pinning her between the truck and a metal guardrail, officials said. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Former NY firefighter, JWU grad dies of 9\/11-related illness<\/h3>\n<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) &#8211; A retired New York firefighter and renowned chef has died from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpri.com\/news\/us-and-world\/former-ny-firefighter-jwu-grad-dies-of-911-related-illness\/1070229375\">illness related to the September 11 terror attacks<\/a>, his family confirms. <strong>Keith Young<\/strong>, 53, was an 18-year veteran of the FDNY and worked on the rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero. A graduate of Johnson &amp; Wales University in Providence who later became known as the \u201cFirehouse Chef,\u201d Young went on to publish his own cookbook and was a two-time champion on the Food Network show \u201cChopped\u201d and also found success on \u201cThrowdown with Bobby Flay.\u201d Young leaves behind three children. He lost his wife to breast cancer in 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"art-header relative-container with-art-banner\">\n<div class=\"art-header__content with-art-banner\">\n<div class=\"row-xl row-l\">\n<header class=\"art-header-banner with-art-banner\">\n<h3 id=\"art-title\" class=\"art-title \/ p-name\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3048\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/missing-worker-plant-explosion_1521233474063.png_5143859_ver1.0_640_360-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Toll Workplace Death \" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/missing-worker-plant-explosion_1521233474063.png_5143859_ver1.0_640_360-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/missing-worker-plant-explosion_1521233474063.png_5143859_ver1.0_640_360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Body found at chemical plant that exploded southwest of Fort Worth<\/h3>\n<div class=\"art-header-banner__meta with-art-banner\">Dallas, TX &#8212; Rescuers found human remains Wednesday at a Hood County c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/texas\/2018\/03\/22\/bodyfound-chemical-plant-exploded-southwest-fort-worth\">hemical plant that exploded last wee<\/a>k, officials said.The victim was\u00a0believed to be<strong> Dylan Mitchell<\/strong>, 27, a worker\u00a0at the Tri-Chem Industries plant who has been missing since the explosion. Rescuers had to halt the search for Mitchell while they waited for the fire to burn out on Friday.Amid the slow work of clearing debris, crews continued to search for Mitchell through the weekend and found the remains about 3 p.m. Wednesday. The Tarrant County medical examiner\u2019s office is examining the remains\u00a0to identify them.\u00a0 Mitchell was originally identified as missing when the fire broke out March 15.\u00a0The other 11 workers in the chemical plant when it exploded have been accounted for. Two other plant employees were injured in the explosion.<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Construction worker dies after fall at State College apartment complex<\/h3>\n<p>STATE COLLEGE, PA &#8211; State College police said a construction worker died Tuesday morning after a fall. Police said the fall was reported just before 9:30 a.m. at the Beaver Terrace Apartments on East Beaver Ave. Police said the 43-year-old Bellefonte man, who has been identified as <strong>Corey Eicher<\/strong>, was performing construction repairs to a 5th floor balcony when he fell 28 feet and succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-header\">\n<h3 class=\"title\">Leland man dies in fall at construction site<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-123397\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"node-inner\">\n<div class=\"content news-content\">\n<p>Brunswick, NC &#8212; A 32-year-old Leland man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brunswickbeacon.com\/content\/leland-man-dies-fall-construction-site\">died after falling<\/a> at the Wilmington construction site where he was working Friday afternoon. <strong>Ramero Felipe<\/strong> fell from a six-story scaffold at the Cape Fear Apartments on Chestnut Street at 2:15 p.m., North Carolina Department of Labor spokesman Jason Tyson. The fall appears to be accidental, Wilmington police spokeswoman Jennifer Dandron said. A preliminary investigation shows Felipe was installing brick veneer to the front of the building before falling the six stories between the building and the scaffolding, Tyson said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Falling panels kill man at Topeka sale barn<\/h3>\n<p>TOPEKA, KS \u2014 A Ligonier man died during a workplace incident at the sale barn in Topeka. <strong>Delmar Yoder,<\/strong> 18, was helping set up panels to create temporary stalls at the Livestock Auction tent, 601 E. Lake St., when one of the panels fell on top of him around 11:45 a.m. Friday, said Stewart Bender, chief of the Topeka Fire Department. Another man tried to lift the panel off Yoder, but the rescue was interrupted as about six or seven more panels toppled to the ground. \u201cIt was a domino effect then after the one,\u201d Bender said. The other man escaped that situation unharmed. Yoder was pulled from the wreckage as emergency responders were called to the scene.<\/p>\n<h3>Worker Dies After Fall in Manhattan\u00a0Subway Tunnel<\/h3>\n<p>New York, NY &#8212; A worker making repairs to a subway tunnel in Manhattan was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/20\/nyregion\/worker-dies-nyc-subway.html\"> killed early Tuesday when he fell and injured his head<\/a>, the police said. The circumstances of the accident, which occurred just before 5 a.m. at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue inside the tunnel that carries the 4 and 5 trains, were\u00a0not immediately known, the police said. Officers responding to a 911 call found the\u00a0man unresponsive and lying on the southbound tracks with trauma to his head. The\u00a0man, identified by the transit workers union as <strong>St. Clair Ziare Richards-Stephens<\/strong>,\u00a023, of the Bronx, was pronounced dead at the scene.\u00a0Mr. Richards-Stephens appeared to have fallen from an elevated position within\u00a0the tunnel area while working at the location, the police said. The investigation is\u00a0ongoing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-header\">\n<h3 class=\"headline\">September 11 Hero Dies from Cancer Related to Attack<\/h3>\n<p>New York, NY &#8212; <strong>Thomas Phelan<\/strong> saved hundreds of people on the morning of September 11, 2001. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 45 Monday, becoming one of the thousands of victims who have <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/cortneyobrien\/2018\/03\/20\/september-11-hero-dies-n2462540\">succumbed to cancer<\/a> after being exposed to carcinogens after the attack.\u00a0 Phelan was working for the Circle Line Statue of Liberty ferry cruises when the hijacked planes hit the Twin Towers. Instead of running away, he helped ferry people from the city. \u201cHe brought supplies, rescue workers &amp; was a huge part of the operation,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nycfirewire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to<\/a>\u00a0the NYC Fire Wire Facebook page. In 2003, Phelan continued to answer the call of duty, becoming an FDNY firefighter and eventually a marine pilot. The hero was diagnosed with cancer linked to the 9\/11 attacks, having been exposed to toxic fumes. He is one of thousands of similar victims, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&#8217;s World Trade Center Health Program.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\">CDOT contractor dies in Clear Creek Canyon accident<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"node-63047\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"node-inner\">\n<div class=\"content news-content\">\n<p>Clear Creek Canyon, CO &#8212; A CDOT contractor<a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbinecourier.com\/content\/cdot-contractor-dies-clear-creek-canyon-accident\"> died after falling<\/a> in Clear Creek Canyon on Tuesday afternoon. <strong>Jaime Sarinana-Herrera<\/strong>, 40, was part of a crew doing rockfall mitigation work along U.S. 6 when the accident occurred. Sarinana-Herrera fell between 50-70 feet.\u00a0The scene of the incident was initially investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office. The specific cause of the accident will be determined during a future OSHA investigation. The rockfall work included rock-scaling efforts, rock anchors and adding 285,000 square feet of wire mesh. CDOT contractors began the $3 million rockfall mitigation project in late February between mile markers 260 and 272. That work is on pause until the investigation is concluded.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">Officials identify man electrocuted while trimming tree in Camarillo<\/h3>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Camarillo, CA &#8212; A 29-year-old from Oxnard was identified as the man who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcstar.com\/story\/news\/2018\/03\/20\/officials-identify-man-electrocuted-while-trimming-tree-camarillo\/443439002\/\">died Friday while trimming a palm tree<\/a> in Camarillo. The Ventura County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office said Tuesday that <strong>Eduardo Sampayo Jimenez<\/strong> was electrocuted\u00a0while working near\u00a0power lines in the 500 block of McLeod Rondo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-dateline field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<h3 class=\"detailHeadline\">Disgruntled worker killed nurse in Alabama hospital<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">BIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014 A job-related dispute led to a health care worker opening fire inside a hospital in a shooting that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/local\/story\/2018\/mar\/16\/police-disgruntled-worker-killed-nurse-alabam\/466090\/\">left two people dead<\/a> and another critically injured, authorities said Thursday.A man pulled out a gun and shot two people Wednesday night inside UAB Highlands, which is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The man then killed himself with a shot to the head, authorities said. UAB spokesman Tyler Greer said the gunman, who police identified as 31-year-old Trevis Coleman of Birmingham, worked for UAB, as did <strong>Nancy Swift<\/strong>, a 63-year-old nursing manager who was killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Cirque du Soleil Death in Florida Under Federal Investigation<\/h3>\n<p>Tampa, FL &#8212; The death of a Cirque du Soleil performer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/cirque-du-soleil-n57982090030\/\">after he fell during an aerial act<\/a> is under federal investigation, according to a Department of Labor spokesman. The Labor Department\u2019s Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened the investigation into the death of <strong>Yann Arnaud<\/strong> during a performance in Tampa, Fla., spokesman Eric Lucero confirmed to Bloomberg Environment on March 19. Arnaud fell to the stage below him during an aerial straps routine on March 17, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group said in a statement. Cirque du Soleil said Arnaud was a \u201clong-time aerialist\u201d who had been with the company for more than 15 years. Arnaud was taken to Tampa General Hospital where he was diagnosed as having head and neck injuries and later died.<\/p>\n<section id=\"top-content\" class=\"col-xs-12 layout\">\n<div id=\"ftk4ih1BlooXMq\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-topper\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-topper\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0fKozZ8gBqg\">\n<div class=\"border-bottom-none border-bottom-100-pct\">\n<div id=\"article-topper\" class=\"article-topper \">\n<div>\n<div id=\"topper-headline-wrapper\" class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-9\">\n<h3 id=\"ra-headline\">Bridge worker among six dead in collapse near Florida International University<\/h3>\n<p>Miami, FL &#8212; An employee working on-site has been identified as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/bridge-worker-dead-collapse-florida-international-university-article-1.3880312\">one of the six people killed<\/a> after a pedestrian bridge designed to connect Florida International University to a nearby Miami suburb collapsed onto the busy highway below.\u00a0<strong>Navaro Brown,<\/strong> 37, died in the collapse Thursday, according to Structural Technologies VSL, a company offering products to strengthen bridges. Two other employees remain hospitalized at Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami, spokesman Michael Biesiada told the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article205584729.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-pb-field=\"custom.topperDisplayName\">Virginia farm worker becomes buried in soybeans, dies<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"main-content\" class=\"col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout\">\n<div id=\"flE61Z1BlooXMq\" class=\"moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body\" data-chain-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-name=\"no-name\" data-feature-id=\"article\/article-body\" data-pb-fingerprint=\"0ftfFYmyNqE\">\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"article-body content-format-ans \">\n<article class=\"paywall\">\n<p data-elm-loc=\"0\">AMELIA COURTHOUSE, Va. \u2014 Authorities say a Virginia farm worker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/virginia-farm-worker-becomes-buried-in-soybeans-dies\/2018\/03\/14\/75de5492-27f4-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html?utm_term=.1f55acb3bafc\">killed when he became buried in soybeans<\/a>. The Richmond Times-Dispatch cites an Amelia County Sheriff\u2019s Office release that says 30-year-old <strong>Dustin Lee Arthur<\/strong> was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday evening. The sheriff\u2019s office said Arthur was wearing a safety harness and was tethered to the grain bin at the time. Amelia County\u2019s director of emergency management, Kent Emerson, says rescuers had to create a way to safely enter the bin before digging to find Arthur, who was found deceased.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ra-headline\">Forklift crushes construction worker to death at violation-plagued Queens jobsite: &#8216;He was afraid of dying&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Queens, NY &#8212; A horrific <a href=\"http:\/\/A horrific forklift accident killed a hardhat at a troubled Queens construction site Tuesday, officials said. Edgar Pazmino, 34, an immigrant from Ecuador, was crushed against a wall by the heavy machine, witnesses said. He died at the scene. The jobsite had been peppered with safety violations and stop work orders since September, records show. Pazmino\u2019s brother-in-law told the Daily News that Pazmino repeatedly expressed concern about the working conditions at the site. \u201cHe used to say it was very dangerous to work there. He told me this last Saturday,\u201d he said. Queens man identified as victim of horrific construction accident \u201c\u2018There's not enough security. One of these days I'm not going to survive.\u2019 He was afraid of dying. He always complained about it.&quot; Pazmino was working with another man to lift a large window with a forklift when the window fell on him on 89th Ave. near 150th St. in Jamaica at about 11 a.m., police said. \u201cHis friend was moving the window,\u201d said Thomas, 37, a fellow construction worker. \u201cWhen he was moving the window he didn't see the dude was behind him. So he pushed it toward the wall and it crushed him. It crushed his head, I know that. He was gone.\u201d\">forklift accident killed a hardhat<\/a> at a troubled Queens construction site Tuesday, officials said.\u00a0<strong>Edgar Pazmino<\/strong>, 34, an immigrant from Ecuador, was crushed against a wall by the heavy machine, witnesses said. He died at the scene.\u00a0The jobsite had been peppered with safety violations and stop work orders since September, records show. Pazmino\u2019s brother-in-law told the Daily News that Pazmino repeatedly expressed concern about the working conditions at the site.\u00a0\u201cHe used to say it was very dangerous to work there. He told me this last Saturday,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201c\u2018There&#8217;s not enough security. One of these days I&#8217;m not going to survive.\u2019 He was afraid of dying. He always complained about it.&#8221; Pazmino was working with another man to lift a large window with a forklift when the window fell on him on 89th Ave. near 150th St. in Jamaica at about 11 a.m., police said. \u201cHis friend was moving the window,\u201d said Thomas, 37, a fellow construction worker. \u201cWhen he was moving the window he didn&#8217;t see the dude was behind him. So he pushed it toward the wall and it crushed him. It crushed his head, I know that. He was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ra-nativo ic\">\n<div class=\"tlod\">\n<div class=\"TL_AP_MOAP TL_AP_MOAP_container\">\n<h3 class=\"headline\">OSHA, Tampa police investigate accident that claimed Cirque performer&#8217;s life<\/h3>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) &#8211; Saturday night, in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 people, veteran performer <strong>Yann Arnaud<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/hillsborough-county\/osha-tampa-police-investigate-accident-that-claimed-cirque-performers-life\/1059274164\">fell to his death<\/a> while performing a high flying stunt. His wife was in the crowd as paramedics rushed on stage to help. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t move. The whole time ever since he fell and the whole time somebody was on a loud speaker every two minutes asking people to stay in their seats and then eventually, they asked us to leave,&#8221; said News Channel 8 reporter Anthony Allred, who was in the crowd as a spectator.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Employee dies in accident at sawmill<\/h3>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>St. Joseph, IL &#8212; Federal authorities have opened an investigation into a workplace fatality at one St. Joseph company. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a worker, confirmed as<strong> Joshua S. Hill<\/strong>, 38, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newspressnow.com\/news\/local_news\/worker-dies-in-accident-at-sawmill\/article_a390aa60-4c66-5b3a-98fa-b5d6c474214b.html\">died in an accident<\/a> at American Walnut Co., 2801 S. Second St. The accident occurred in the company\u2019s sawmill, said Rhonda Burke, with OSHA\u2019s district office in Chicago. Preliminary information indicates that the employee came into contact with operating equipment used at the facility. The company reported the accident, as required.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h3 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">OSHA investigating the electrocution of a Clewiston landscaping worker at Alva address<\/h3>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Alva, FL &#8211;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-press.com\/story\/news\/2018\/03\/13\/osha-investigating-electrocution-clewiston-landscaping-worker-alva-address\/419915002\/\">death of a citrus company worker<\/a> in Alva on Sunday morning is being investigated by the\u00a0Occupational Safety and Health Administration.\u00a0<strong>Daniel Cruz Gomez<\/strong>, 41, an employee of Southern Garden Groves Corp., a Clewiston citrus processing company, was electrocuted shortly before 8:30 a.m. when he moved a ladder and it came in to contact with low-hanging electrical lines at\u00a018511 Docs Road, according to a report from the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<h3>UPS Worker Dies in Fall<\/h3>\n<p>Seattle, WA &#8212; While extending the guardrail on a K-Loader at United Parcel Service, <strong>Patricia Geehan<\/strong> fell approximately 20 feet to the concrete below, striking her head. (Washington Dept of Labor and Industries)<\/p>\n<section>\n<div class=\"hero shadow-none white block-looser-for-large-up padding-top-loose-for-small-only \">\n<div class=\"flex-row relative\">\n<div class=\"flex-small-12 \">\n<div class=\"hero-content-container flex-media block-flush \">\n<div class=\"flex-media-content\">\n<h3 class=\"subheader heading-small heading-light text-steel text-loose block-normal\">A man has died in a fall at a construction site in southeastern North Carolina.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-sticky-bar-container \">\n<div class=\"hero-sticky-bar rail-sticky-offset-target\">\n<div class=\"hero-sticky-bar-inner\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"nav-follow flex-small\">\n<div id=\"social-icon-menu-container\" class=\"nav-follow-more show-for-medium-up\">WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) \u2014 A man has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/north-carolina\/articles\/2018-03-19\/man-dies-in-fall-at-north-carolina-construction-site\">died in a fall<\/a> at a construction site in southeastern\u00a0North Carolina. Local media outlets reported the worker fell about 2:30 p.m. Friday from scaffolding outside an apartment complex in downtown Wilmington. Investigators say the man fell about 50 feet (15 meters) while installing brick veneer. The victim&#8217;s name has not been released.\u00a0 Wilmington police spokeswoman Jennifer Dandron says it appears the fall was an accident. Dandron said the man died on the way to New Hanover Regional Medical Center.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h3 class=\"story-headline\">Worker dies from head injury in accident at Geneva Rock in Draper<\/h3>\n<p>DRAPER, UT \u2014 A worker has died <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/900012984\/worker-dies-from-head-injury-in-accident-at-geneva-rock-in-draper.html\">after a chute he was installing at a Geneva Rock operation in Draper fell on him<\/a>, authorities said. The 57-year-old <strong>Lee MacKay<\/strong> died of his injuries Wednesday afternoon, Draper police said. Officers offered condolences to his family and co-workers. MacKay was trying to free the heavy piece of equipment that had become stuck when it struck him in the head around 1:30 p.m., said Draper Police Sgt. Chad Carpenter. Draper detectives and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration were investigating.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"art-postheader\">Rustburg truck driver killed in DC-area electrocution<\/h3>\n<div class=\"art-postcontent\">\n<p>Lorton, VA &#8212; A truck driver from Rustburg is dead from a <a href=\"https:\/\/wlni.com\/news\/rustburg-truck-driver-killed-in-dc-area-electrocution\">power line electrocution<\/a> outside Washington D.C. Fairfax County Police say 47-year-old <strong>Bobby Blevins Junior<\/strong> pulled off to the side of the roadway Thursday and apparently tried to raise the metal cover that caps the trailer, putting that cover in contact with overhead power lines. The exact circumstances remain under investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Potsdam man killed in workplace accident<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">CANTON, NY \u2014 An Atlantic Testing Laboratories employee was<a href=\"http:\/\/www.watertowndailytimes.com\/news05\/potsdam-man-killed-in-workplace-accident-20180314\"> killed last Friday afternoon in a workplace accident<\/a> at the former cogeneration plant, 80 Lincoln St. Justin A. Miller, 33, also known as \u201cJam,\u201d of Potsdam, died as a result of injuries sustained in the accident, which occurred between 3:45 and 4 p.m., said village police Sgt. Basil W. Cheney.<\/p>\n<section id=\"module-position-Qwf6x4YHUsM\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module\">\n<header class=\"mod-header\">\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Longtime CSX employee killed in work-related accident<\/h3>\n<p class=\"headline\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) &#8211; A longtime CSX employee was<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wkrn.com\/news\/longtime-csx-employee-killed-in-work-related-accident\/1077210757\"> killed in a work-related accident<\/a> Monday afternoon. Officials told News 2 the worker, <strong>Quintin Pasley,<\/strong> was doing maintenance work when he was hit by a piece of equipment. A CSX train was not involved. The 59-year-old man had worked for CSX for 39 years.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<h3 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">Fatality in plant explosion is Johnson City&#8217;s second industrial death in less than a week<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"asset-double-wide double-wide p402_premium\" role=\"main\">\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">JOHNSON CITY, TN &#8211; A worker<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/tennessee\/2018\/03\/15\/fatality-plant-explosion-johnson-citys-second-industrial-death-less-than-week\/427229002\/\"> killed at a fluorescent bulb recycling facility<\/a> Wednesday afternoon became the second industrial accident fatality in Johnson City this week. Johnson City Fire Department District Chief Mike Oliver confirmed one person died in the explosion at Lighting Resources Llc., 300 Boggs Lane, a fluorescent bulb recycling facility.Firefighters were responding to a fire alarm at the business around 4:30 p.m. when people called 911 and reported hearing a loud boom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Man who died in QEP silo collapse identified, OSHA investigating<\/h3>\n<p>Johnson City, TN &#8212; The man who died Saturday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnsoncitypress.com\/Fire-EMS\/2018\/03\/12\/OSHA-investigating-silo-collapse-at-Johnson-City-business-that-killed-1-man.html\">when a silo collapsed<\/a> at a Johnson City hardwood flooring plant has been identified.\u00a0 According to Johnson City Police Department records,<strong> James Reed<\/strong> was using a Genie boom lift to spray sawdust off the inside walls of a silo at QEP Co., Inc., 2225 Eddie Williams Road, when the sawdust reportedly collapsed on him. Around 12:45 p.m., coworker Ricky Welsh, who was using a Bobcat to clean up around the silo, said he saw sawdust come out of the silo\u2019s door and noticed the Genie boom lift was also covered in sawdust, according to the police report. Welch told police he couldn\u2019t see Reed and told another coworker, Darrell Roop, that he thought the silo had collapsed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"WNStoryHeader\">\n<h3 class=\"\">WSU employee dies after hit by car on campus<\/h3>\n<p>WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) -A Wichita State University employee who was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kake.com\/story\/37717185\/wsu-employee-dies-after-hit-by-car-on-campus\">hit by a car<\/a> on campus last week has died. University spokesperson Joe Kleinsasser said<strong>\u00a0Kathy Hull\u00a0<\/strong>was in a crosswalk on campus last Tuesday when she was struck by a car driven by a student. Hull died on Monday. Hull worked at Wichita State for 29 years, most recently as a visual resources coordinator for the\u00a0School of Art, Design and Creative Industries.\u00a0 The student&#8217;s name was not released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"span-15\">\n<h3 class=\"story-title\">Farm worker dies in tractor accident<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear content clear-block\">\n<p>Waynesboro, GA &#8211;A 57 year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruecitizen.com\/news\/2018-03-14\/For_The_Record\/Farm_worker_dies_in_tractor_accident.html\">farm worker was killed<\/a> Thursday afternoon, March 8, when he apparently fell from the tractor he was driving and was run over by a mower. <strong>Thomas Bates<\/strong> was mowing grass in a pecan orchard just off Highway 56 south of Waynesboro. The Burke County Emergency Management Agency received a call at 2:22 p.m. and responded to the scene, finding Bates with no pulse at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Freak Accident Near Broadway Junction<\/h3>\n<p>BUSHWICK, NY\u00a0 \u2013 A construction worker was crushed to death in a freak accident at a job site near Broadway Junction in Bushwick over the weekend, police confirmed. The accident took place around 3:00 pm on Saturday, March 10 at 1949 Broadway and Stewart Street. As a forklift was lifting a load of scaffolding pipes, the vehicle tipped over, crushing the 47-year old operator between the forklift and a flatbed truck, said police. Responders rushed to pull the tipped vehicle upright, and the victim was transported to Brooklyn University Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline entry-title\">60-Year-Old Security Guard Killed On The Job Thursday Identified<\/h3>\n<p>Walnut Creek , CA &#8212; A 60-year-old man from San Pablo who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/bayarea\/article\/60-Year-Old-Security-Guard-Killed-On-The-Job-12747076.php\">killed in Walnut Creek on Thursday night while working as a security guard<\/a> at a construction site has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner&#8217;s office as <strong>Harry Edward Swayne III<\/strong>. Swayne was pronounced dead at the scene of the crime after police responded to a call from the 1800 block of Lacassie Avenue just before 7 p.m. Concord resident Hakim Madjour, 34, was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with Swayne&#8217;s death. The two men were coworkers, and Madjour allegedly attacked Swayne with a metal pole, resulting in severe head injuries. Madjour was treated for minor injuries before being booked into jail on $1 million bail.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"headline\">Sanitation Worker Killed<\/h3>\n<p class=\"headline\">Pasco, WA &#8212; A loader had just finished pushing the garbage to the back of one bay, and was backing up to do the next bay. A spotter,\u00a0<strong>David Dietrich<\/strong>, walked behind the loader while looking the other way and was run over. (Washington Department of Labor and Industries)<\/p>\n<h3>Eureka man killed by fallen tree branch while working in Hydesville<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">HYDESVILLE, Calif. \u2014\u00a0<\/span>The Humboldt County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (HCSO) and the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) are investigating the<a href=\"http:\/\/krcrtv.com\/north-coast-news\/eureka-local-news\/hcso-eureka-man-killed-by-fallen-tree-branch-while-working-in-hydesville\"> death of an independent contractor<\/a> from Eureka who was killed in Hydesville while doing tree work Wednesday. The HCSO said at around 8 a.m. on March 7 a medical call was made to authorities regarding a worker who had been struck by a tree branch. The worker, 42-year-old Scott Eskra of Eureka, was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"story-headline0\" data-article-id=\"318381960\" data-article-version=\"1.0\">I-4 Ultimate worker killed in Orlando construction accident<\/h3>\n<p>ORLANDO, Fla. (FOX 35 WOFL)\u00a0&#8211; The Orlando Police Department has confirmed that there was an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/local-news\/construction-equipment-falls-on-worker-in-downtown-orlando\">industrial accident<\/a> near South Street and Interstate 4 (westbound on-ramp).\u00a0 They say that a piece of construction equipment fell on top of a worker that was below.\u00a0 That worker, identified as <strong>Michael Tolman<\/strong>, 56, was transported to the Orlando Medical Regional Center, where he later died.\u00a0 Tolman\u00a0was an ironworker for Shelby Erectors, authorities said.<\/p>\n<header id=\"page-rubric\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"banner-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"title\">Domino\u2019s Pizza Worker Dies After Being Stabbed In Fight With\u00a0Coworker<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>LA PUENTE, CA &#8211;\u00a0An employee of Domino\u2019s Pizza <a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.cbslocal.com\/2018\/03\/11\/dominos-pizza-stabbing\/\">died after being stabbed<\/a> at least once during a fight with a coworker. Deputies say they responded to the store in the 1000 block of Hacienda Boulevard just before 6 p.m. Saturday for an \u201cassault with a deadly weapon\u201d call. When they arrived, they located male victim who had been stabbed at least once in the upper body. The man was taken to the hospital where he died. A preliminary investigation has revealed that the man and the suspect, both of whom are employees at the location, were involved in a physical altercation. During the course of the dispute, deputies say the suspect produced a knife and stabbed the victim.<\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div id=\"article-header\">\n<h3>Tennessee Theater Worker Dies After Carbon Dioxide Exposure<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<p>Pigeon Forge, TN &#8212; The president of a Tennessee variety show venue says one of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurancejournal.com\/news\/southeast\/2018\/03\/12\/482944.htm\">workers has died after a carbon dioxide leak<\/a>. The Oak Ridger reports that <strong>David Fee<\/strong>, president and CEO of the Smoky Mountain Opry Theater in Pigeon Forge, issued a statement Thursday saying theater technician Josh Ellis has died.\u00a0 The 38-year-old Ellis died at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he had been placed in a medically-induced coma. Authorities said Ellis and two employees who went to check on him were found\u00a0unconscious during a performance March 3. Hundreds of people were evacuated. The two surviving workers were released from a hospital within hours. A theater official has said the leak stemmed from a valve left open on a machine that uses carbon dioxide to create fog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Driver killed, multiple injured after bus carrying high school students crashes into ravine<\/h3>\n<p>Baldwin County, AL &#8212; The driver of a bus carrying Texas high school band students has died and numerous people are injured after the bus crashed down a steep embankment off the side of an Alabama interstate, authorities said. At 5:33 a.m., the tour bus, which was headed west on Interstate 10 toward Houston, careened near the highway median and ended up in a 50-foot ravine, Lt. Joe Piggott of the Alabama Highway Patrol said in a statement. Baldwin County Sheriff Mack said emergency units were dispatched to evacuate and extricate the passengers. Some were carried out by police deputies, others were brought to the surface by firefighters who rappeled down the ravine.\u00a0First Class Tours, which owns the bus, identified the deceased driver as one of its employees, <strong>Harry Caligone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title\">3 Workers Killed, Gunman Dead In Standoff At Veterans Center In\u00a0Yountville<\/h3>\n<p>YOUNTVILLE, CA \u2014 Three workers for a program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder were <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2018\/03\/09\/reports-of-man-with-gun-body-armor-at-yountville-veterans-home\/\">found dead Friday<\/a> along with the suspect who took them hostage at the largest veterans home in the U.S. The four bodies were discovered nearly eight hours after the gunman slipped into an employee going-away party in a building where combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan receive treatment, said California Highway Patrol Assistant Chief Chris Childs. The gunman who killed three people who work for a California program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder was kicked out of the program, a relative of one victim said Friday. Albert Wong, 36, was identified as the man who went to The Pathway House therapy center on the sprawling campus of the largest veterans homes in the country and took a psychologist and two executives hostage, authorities said. Gunshots were fired around 10:30 a.m. after he arrived at the Veterans Home of California-Yountville but nothing more was heard from him or the women until their bodies were found at about 6 p.m., authorities said. Killed were program Executive Director <strong>Christine Loeber<\/strong>, 48; Clinical Director <strong>Jennifer Golick<\/strong>, 42; and <strong>Jennifer Gonzalez<\/strong>, 29, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.\u201cThese brave women were accomplished professionals who dedicated their careers to serving our nation\u2019s veterans, working closely with those in the greatest need of attention after deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan,\u201d The Pathway Home said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h3 data-role=\"storyTitle\">Family mourns loss of man after Sandy industrial accident<\/h3>\n<p>WEST VALLEY CITY, UT\u00a0 \u2014 A family is mourning after losing their brother in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/index.php?sid=46277957&amp;nid=148&amp;title=family-mourns-loss-of-man-after-sandy-industrial-accident\">freak construction accident<\/a> in Sandy Friday. A massive pipe crushed<strong>\u00a0Russell Andrews<\/strong>, 46, after it fell off the chain hoisting it in the air at a construction site near 11450 S. 1000 East. But Russell Andrew&#8217;s family said their brother was a dump truck driver and had no business helping lay pipe on the construction site. &#8220;He was willing to help people\u2014 I imagine with his boss being there, and running the equipment, &#8221; said Jason Andrews, the victim&#8217;s brother. &#8220;He was apt to help because that&#8217;s his job.&#8221; Police on Friday said Russell Andrews was standing on the pipe as it was being moved, and at some point, he jumped off and ended up underneath the 4,000-pound tube that dropped off the chain and crushed him.<\/p>\n<h3>Truck driver killed, I-26 overpass badly damaged in fatal Orangeburg wreck<\/h3>\n<p>Orangeburg County, SC &#8212;\u00a0 Dept. of Transportation crews on scene of a wreck in Orangeburg County that <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews4.com\/news\/local\/overpass-on-i-26-partially-collapses-in-fatal-orangeburg-tractor-trailer-wreck\">left a truck driver dead<\/a> and an overpass badly damaged Friday morning. According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, the driver of a 2016 Peterbilt tractor trailer ran off the road near mile-marker 153 on I-26 eastbound around 10 a.m. The truck hit a bridge column for the 4 Holes Road overpass, and the truck driver died at the scene, Highway Patrol says. The overpass was severely damaged, video from the scene shows. The Orangeburg County Coroner\u2019s Office says <strong>Travis Hall<\/strong>, 46 of Wagener, South Carolina was driving the truck.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Troopers identify truck driver killed in crash north of Rockingham<\/h3>\n<p>ROCKINGHAM, NC \u2014 The North Carolina Highway Patrol has identified the driver who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourdailyjournal.com\/news\/79317\/troopers-identify-truck-driver-killed-in-crash-north-of-rockingham\">died when his truck veered off of U.S. 220<\/a> and collided with a tree as 70-year-old Larry <strong>Steven Newell<\/strong>, of Candor. Newell worked for Wayne Dunn Logging, LLC, a shipping and trucking company based in Mount Gilead. First Sgt. B.G. Jones said Newell did not apply the brake at any point in the collision, which suggested a medical issue. The report still had the cause of the wreck as \u201cdue to a medical issue\u201d as of Friday morning, according to the Highway Patrol<\/p>\n<h3>Eureka man killed by fallen tree branch while working in Hydesville<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">HYDESVILLE, Calif. \u2014\u00a0<\/span>The Humboldt County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (HCSO) and the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) are investigating the<a href=\"http:\/\/krcrtv.com\/north-coast-news\/eureka-local-news\/hcso-eureka-man-killed-by-fallen-tree-branch-while-working-in-hydesville\"> death of an independent contractor<\/a> from Eureka who was killed in Hydesville while doing tree work Wednesday. The HCSO said at around 8 a.m. on March 7 a medical call was made to authorities regarding a worker who had been struck by a tree branch. The worker, 42-year-old <strong>Scott Eskra<\/strong> of Eureka, was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Officials said Eskra was doing tree work on the property when he was killed by a felled tree branch.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Missouri officer killed, 2 hurt when sent to wrong\u00a0house<\/h3>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 A Missouri police officer who was<a href=\"http:\/\/whnt.com\/2018\/03\/08\/missouri-officer-killed-2-hurt-when-sent-to-wrong-house\/\"> shot and killed<\/a> and two others who were wounded had been sent to the wrong house following a 911 call, authorities said Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said no one spoke when the 911 call came in Tuesday night but two women could be heard arguing in the background. For reasons that authorities still are trying to determine, the officers were sent to the address in Clinton where they were shot. The home that officers should have responded to was in Windsor, about 15 miles away. The three Clinton officers went inside the home to determine if criminal activity was occurring and James Waters was in the residence and shot them, Lowe said. It\u2019s not clear if Waters, 37, was living there. <strong>Officer Christopher Ryan Morton<\/strong>, 30, died. Officer Nathan Bettencourt was in stable condition Wednesday. 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