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\"tollMechanic dies after car falls on him in east Las Vegas auto body shop<\/h3>\n

LAS VEGAS, NV\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0<\/span>A mechanic at an auto body shop located near Mojave Road and Fremont Street has died after a work accident<\/a> on Sunday afternoon. According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the man was working on a car when it fell on him, killing him.<\/p>\n

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One man dead after fall at Shoun Lumber in Butler<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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JOHNSON COUNTY, TN — According to Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece a man died just days ago at a lumberyard<\/a> in Butler. Sheriff Reece told News Channel 11 over the phone the incident happened around 5 p.m. Thursday at Shoun Lumber on George Shoun Lane. He said the man was an employee at the company and was on the job at the time of the accident. “Upon arrival my investigators found that Edward Maines<\/strong> had an accident at the mill,” Reece said. “He had fell on a saw and he was deceased upon arrival.” Sheriff Reece said because this death occurred at a work place it’s now\u00a0under investigation by both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Semi-truck driver killed in single vehicle crash<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (KOKH) \u2014\u00a0<\/span>An investigation is underway after a semi-truck driver is killed in a crash<\/a>. The crash happened just before 8:00 last night in the city limits of Broken Arrow.\u00a0Michael Benninghoven<\/strong>, 47, was driving a 2017 Kenworth semi when he failed to negotiate a slight curve to the right. The semi departed the roadway and rolled over. The driver was pinned for two and a half hours before Broken Arrow Fire extricated him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Worker killed in Raleigh County I-64 construction zone accident<\/h3>\n
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RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0No charges were filed in the immediate aftermath of the death of a construction worker<\/a> killed in an Interstate 64 work zone in Raleigh County. State Police told\u00a0WSAZ Television\u00a0the victim, identified as Nino Garcia<\/strong>, died after being backed over by a service truck one of his fellow workers was driving in the I-64 work zone near Beaver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Authorities release name of man killed in Dubuque fall<\/small><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a man fatally injured in a fall<\/a> at a Dubuque construction site. The Jones County medical examiner’s office said Thursday that he’s been identified as 57-year-old Timothy Leibold<\/strong>, who lived in Dubuque. Fire officials say Leibold fell Monday from an upper floor of a hotel being built. The Jones County medical examiner, Dr. Michael Weston, says Leibold died at an Anamosa hospital while in transport to an Iowa City hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Identity released of two workers killed in elevator collapse<\/h3>\n

NAPLES, Fla. —\u00a0<\/strong>Naples Police have released the identity of the two people who fell after an elevator collapsed<\/a> Wednesday.\u00a0 According to investigators the accident involved two employees of Sunbelt Rentals, Enreique\u00a0Gonzales<\/strong>, 43, and Wojiech\u00a0“Walter” Iwansowski<\/strong>, 48. The two men were working on a temporary elevator shaft to the exterior of the condominium when investigators say the shaft failed.\u00a0 Gonzales and Iwansowki\u00a0fell approximately 110 feet, killing both men. No other injuries from construction workers or Club Brittany condominium residents were reported.<\/p>\n

Truck driver killed in Highway 60 crash<\/h3>\n

POLK COUNTY, Fla. —<\/b>\u00a0A fatal traffic crash<\/a> involving a single vehicle shut down the eastbound lanes of Highway 60 at Hadden Road, east of Bartow, for several hours. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Friday morning crash, which happened at about 6 a.m. A 2016 Hino commercial flatbed truck was hauling metal building supplies when it drifted onto the grass median, according to a witness.The driver appeared to over-correct and rolled over on its roof. The cab of the vehicle collapsed, pinning the driver.<\/p>\n

2 dead after truck boom apparently hits Colorado power line<\/h3>\n

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 Two workers are dead after the boom of their truck apparently touched high-capacity power lines,<\/a> igniting an explosion, in southern Colorado.The workers (Joseph Anthony Sampedro<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Benjamin Hey<\/strong>, ) were taking soil samples near the Ray Nixon Power Plant south of Colorado Springs Thursday when the explosion happened. The Colorado Springs Fire Department says a third worker was not injured.<\/p>\n

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Boulder County employee dies from fall at Heil Valley Ranch<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BOULDER, CO \u2014 A Boulder County employee working at Heil Valley Ranch died after falling on a trail<\/a>, sustaining a head injury. The Boulder Daily Camera reportsthat the 29-year-old man was found Thursday morning unresponsive on the trail. He has not been identified yet as family is still being notified.Rescue volunteers responded to the area after the man was reported missing. Lifesaving measures were attempted, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Local man dies in work-related accident<\/h3>\n
ALPENA, MI \u2014 A 52-year-old man who was an employee of Viatech Corp. in Lachine was killed while at work<\/a> Tuesday afternoon at about 6:30 p.m. The name of the victim was not released. According to a Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration memo the man and another employee were operating a tube-cutting machine and cutting metal tube rollers used for conveyors to size when one of the tubes didn\u2019t cut all of the way through. The man adjusted the RPM to cut another tube, but there was a burr caught on the cutting blade that caused the roller to fly up and strike him in the area of the throat.<\/p>\n
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New details in fatal Shelby County explosion<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Harpersville, GA — New details being revealed tonight about what may have caused a conex unit to explode Wednesday in Harpersville — killing an industrial worker<\/a>. Investigators are examining two welding machine tanks and one propane tank they removed from the unit after the explosion. “To see if it could be a part of the cause of the explosion, or the cause, says Harpersville Police Chief, Jimmy Macon. “And again it’s still under investigation…and these types of things take time.”\u00a0 Five workers were on the scene. 36 year old Christopher Anderson died from the blast after opening the door. The company, Legend Directional Service, LLC, will resume laying the gas pipeline Monday. OSHA says the Mississippi-based company has had *no* violations within the past five years. They were hired by a company based out of Texas.<\/p>\n

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OSHA investigating death of Chicago man at Niles laundry\u00a0business<\/i><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Niles, IL — A laundry and cleaning shop in\u00a0North suburban Niles is being investigated after the death of an employee<\/a> Tuesday night. A 42-year-old Chicago man died in an industrial accident after becoming trapped between a laundry conveyor belt and a dryer about 10:40 p.m. at EcoDirect Laundry and Cleaners, 6977 N. Austin, \u00a0according to the Niles Police. Pascual Gonzalez-Hernandez<\/strong> was found dead at the scene, according to police. Investigators believe he was trying to remove a towel that was hanging from the dryer in front of the conveyor belt when he became stuck about 10 p.m. He was found by another employee when they noticed a washer and the dryer were not working, police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

OSHA confirms Globe plant death<\/h3>\n
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Selma, AL — The U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) confirmed a Globe Metallurgical employee has died after being burned in an incident<\/a> at the company\u2019s Selma plant last month. Michael D\u2019Aquino, an OSHA spokesperson, confirmed the employee\u2019s death. He said there is an open inspection for the incident, which happened on April 24. Dallas County Coroner Alan Dailey identified the employee as 26-year-old Stephen Jamar Shanks<\/strong>. Dailey said Shanks would have turned 27 at the end of May. He passed away Sunday at UAB Hospital in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Worker dies after a trench collapses at a Lake Forest construction site<\/h3>\n

Lake Forest, CA — A worker died Wednesday after a trench about 17 feet deep collapsed<\/a> at a Lake Forest construction site, burying his body underneath dirt, authorities said.\u00a0Construction crews handling the grading for a tract home project were using an excavator to dig when a side of the trench gave way, said Capt. Larry Kurtz of the Orange County Fire Authority.\u00a0It’s unclear if the worker, who was not identified, fell inside or was acting as a spotter in the trench, Kurtz said. Two or three dozen people were on-site working for a company called Empire Grading.\u00a0Fire officials were called to the development, near Viejo Ridge Drive and Glenn Ranch Road, about 3 p.m. They used powerful vacuum trucks and buckets to carefully remove the dirt around the body during the recovery, Kurtz said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TREE SERVICE WORKER KILLED BY FALLING TREE<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Bellefontaine, OH — A Bellefontaine man was killed Tuesday when a tree fell on him<\/a> while clearing a lot off Pinewood Court. John W. Anderson<\/strong>, 56, was operating a chipper for Brown\u2019s Lawn & Tree Service while other workers were using chainsaws to bring down trees, detectives with the Bellefontaine Police Department said. Emergency crews were dispatched at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday to the lot. Anderson was declared dead at the scene and his body was removed by the Logan County Coroner\u2019s Office for an autopsy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dump truck driver killed in one vehicle crash on Swamp Road in Newtown Township<\/h3>\n

Newtown Township, PA — A dump truck driver was killed Tuesday morning when his rig overturned<\/a> on Swamp Road and slammed into a telephone pole just south of Twining Bridge Road. Police said Zafer Akar,<\/strong> 33, was driving south on Swamp Road around 11 a.m. when the tri-axle truck, loaded with crushed stone, overturned. The truck impaced a PECO telephone pole knocking out power to the area.<\/p>\n

Vehicle explosion kills one man in Lebanon\u00a0County<\/h3>\n

East Hanover Township, PA — It was around 9:30 Wednesday morning when disaster struck<\/a> in the JP Donmeyer INC. parking lot in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County.\u00a0State police say 69 year-old Michael Floyd of Harrisburg was driving a truck tractor to a back parking lot to hook up a trailer. \u201cAnother person that works for the company, he was driving a van down there to essentially pick him up and drive him back up to the building,\u201d said Trooper David Beohm with the Pennsylvania State Police. That person was 65 year-old Stephen Miller<\/strong> of Lebanon. As Floyd got out of the truck to get into the van, the van exploded, killing Miller immediately and sending Floyd to the Hershey Medical Center with non life-threatening injuries from the shrapnel.\u00a0\u201cSo the van that he was in, they call it their maintenance van or something to that effect, it had acetylene and oxygen tanks in it, air compressor, the welding equipment in it. Something you would use where big trucks are at,\u201d said Trooper Beohm.<\/p>\n

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Truck driver found dead after semi crash on Interstate 15 near St. George<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n
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St. George, AZ — A truck driver was found dead<\/a> Tuesday after authorities responded to calls a semitractor-trailer had fallen off Interstate 15 inside the Virgin River Gorge outside of St. George. Callers reported the truck went\u00a0down an embankment near mile post 24, six miles north of the Cedar Pocket campground, according to a preliminary report from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Troopers found the truck in a dry wash, with the driver dead.<\/p>\n

Johnson City man killed in work-related accident at Unicoi factory<\/h3>\n

UNICOI COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley confirmed a Johnson City man died on the job<\/a> on Monday. Hensley said the man worked at Specialty Tires on Unicoi Drive in Unicoi County.The man, whom Hensley identified as Ben Shew<\/strong> of Johnson City, worked in maintenance for the company. Hensley said the man\u2019s clothing got caught in a machine\u2019s conveyor belt.\u00a0\u00a0Specialty Tires is a tire manufacturer.<\/p>\n

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Construction Worker Killed in ATV Accident<\/h3>\n

JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH, La. \u2013\u00a0 KLFY reports that a construction worker operating an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was killed when he traveled into the path of another vehicl<\/a>e near Jennings. According to a preliminary investigation, 27-year-old Drake James Scrantz<\/strong> was operating a Polaris Ranger when he attempted to enter the I-10 South Frontage Road from an adjacent median when he was struck by a westbound Dodge pickup truck. At the time of the crash, Scrantz was attempting to return to a construction yard after conducting road work operations nearby. Authorities say\u00a0Scrantz, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the ATV and died as a result of his injuries. The driver of the other vehicle, who was wearing a seatbelt was not injured.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Mechanic dies after car falls on him in east Las Vegas auto body shop LAS VEGAS, NV\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0A mechanic at an auto body shop located near Mojave Road and Fremont Street has died after a work accident on Sunday afternoon. 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