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Boom truck hits power lines in Flagler, electrocuting 2 workers<\/h3>\nBoom truck hits power lines in Flagler, electrocuting 2 workers<\/h3>\nPALM COAST, Fla.<\/strong>\u00a0– Two construction workers were electrocuted Monday\u00a0in an industrial accident<\/a> in Flagler County, sheriff’s officials said. The men\u00a0died around 8:30 a.m. on Sebastian Court in Palm Coast.\u00a0 According to Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly,\u00a0Nomad LLC, a subcontractor, was\u00a0laying concrete foundation for a new house when a boom truck struck a power line. Both men were killed instantly from 13,000 volts of electricity, Staly said. Their names have not been released.<\/p>\n Bowling Green, MO — A Franklin County man was killed in a construction accident<\/a> in Bowling Green Monday. According to reports, a gust of wind knocked two men off of a wall at the construction site of a Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) highway shed.\u00a0A\u00a0gofundme.com<\/a>\u00a0page is collecting donations in the memory of Markie Hartzell<\/strong>, 28, to help pay for funeral expenses, and assist his family.<\/p>\n Boston, MA — A vigil was held Sunday night for the man who was killed in a shooting<\/a> in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood Saturday night. According to the victim’s sisters, the man who was killed was Jose Luis Phinn Williams<\/strong>, 67, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. They say he would have been 68 on Monday. “My brother was a hard worker,” Rose Phinn-Westby said while holding a picture of her brother. “He’d been here since 1970 and he has seven children.” This was the second time he was attacked at the gas station, the sisters said. In 2016, he suffered a concussion after being mugged on Halloween. He was out of work for six months.<\/p>\n HARBESON,\u00a0Del.- Delaware State Police are investigating a deadly industrial accident<\/a> at Allen Harim’s Harbeson plant. According to the Delaware State Police, shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday, troopers were dispatched to the plant for an employee who had suffered serious head trauma during an industrial accident. Police say a 59-year-old employee from Bridgeville and another employee were trying to change the battery ofcan a pallet jack right before the accident. Police say the replacement battery was in an electric hoist and while being lowered, the corner of the battery got caught on another battery sitting next to the jack.\u00a0 At this point, police say the 59-year-old was leaning forward to help free the new battery, but after doing so,\u00a0the horizontal block portion of the hoist holding the battery struck the man. Police say the man was transported to Beebe Hospital and later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. – A mine accident in Gouverneur that claimed the life of a worker<\/a> is being investigated by the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Police say there was a gas explosion 3,800 feet underground at Empire State Mines\u00a0where Brendan P. Demasters<\/strong>, 40, of Middleburgh Heights, Ohio, was working. Demasters was taken to Gouverneur\u00a0Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy shows the cause of death was a broken cervical vertebra due to blunt force trauma. The death was ruled an accident.<\/p>\n PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 On Friday morning, divers recovered the body of a truck driver<\/a> from a canal in Port St. Lucie. Investigators identified the man as Oslavio Morales<\/strong>, 54 years old. Morales was delivering dirt to a construction site around 2 p.m. Thursday when his truck was hit by a train. The impact pushed the truck into a nearby canal.<\/p>\n PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/b>\u00a0A dump truck driver was killed<\/a> Friday afternoon in a crash on I-275 in Pinellas County.\u00a0 Troopers said the dump truck was traveling northbound on I-275 when the truck and an Infiniti G35 traveling adjacent to it, collided and entered the center median.\u00a0 The Infiniti collided with a tree while the dump truck collided with the center guardrail and overturned, troopers said.\u00a0 The truck traveled into the southbound lanes spilling its load of dirt across the roadway and crashed into a third vehicle.<\/p>\n Bellows Falls, NH — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an inspection of a Bellows Falls company following a fatal fall<\/a> at a work site in Hanover, an agency spokesman said Wednesday. Hanover police notified the agency of the fall at Mulherrin Farm Road on Sept. 22, spokesman Ted Fitzgerald said in an email Wednesday. The agency launched an inspection of the company that operated the work site, Home Improvement Co. of Vermont Inc., doing business as Jancewicz & Son, the same day, he added. He said the agency does not comment on open inspections, and added there\u2019s no timeline for its completion. He also declined to identify the man who died.<\/p>\n Spring Valley, CA — A worker (Gregorio Segundo<\/strong>, 29) was fatally injured Wednesday when an iron beam fell off a truck<\/a> and struck him at an East County metal-fabrication yard.\u00a0The industrial accident at West Coast Iron in the 9300 block of Jamacha Road in Spring Valley was reported shortly before 10:30 a.m., according to the state\u00a0Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal\/OSHA. The victim\u2019s name was withheld pending notification of his family. Cal\/OSHA will investigate the fatality, a process that can take up to six months, to determine if any workplace violations contributed to the accident, agency spokeswoman Jeanne-Mairie Duval said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n NACODOCHES COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – A\u00a0Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy was tragically killed in the line of duty<\/a> early Friday morning. Deputy Raymond Bradley (Brad) Jimmerson<\/strong>, 49, was struck and killed this morning while attempting to remove debris from the roadway on US highway 259, approximately 7 miles north of Nacogdoches.<\/p>\n JACKSONVILLE, Fla\u00a0– Construction of the Fuller Warren Bridge is on standby as Archer Western conducts an investigation into the death of 51-year old worker Stanley Cooper<\/strong>. He died after falling into the St. Johns River<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n LARAMIE COUNTY, Wyo. — One person was killed and another is missing after a train crash<\/a> in southeastern Wyoming on Thursday evening. Around 7:45 p.m., a Union Pacific freight train rear-ended another Union Pacific freight train that was stopped on the tracks roughly 18 miles west of Cheyenne. Four men who work for Union Pacific were involved. One was killed and another is missing. The other two were taken to a hospital but have since been released.<\/p>\n El Dorado Springs, MO — El Dorado Springs Firefighter Russ Hayes<\/strong>, 62, has died after a wreck<\/a> in a firetruck.\u00a0The\u00a0El Dorado Springs Fireman lost control of a vehicle in Stockton, and was life-flighted to Springfield.\u00a0 El Dorado Springs City Manager Bruce Rogers tells KOLR10 that Hayes, 62,\u00a0was on his way to have a pump inspected for annual certification on one of their trucks.\u00a0 \u00a0According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Hayes lost control of the truck on Highway 32, three miles west of Stockton.<\/p>\n TRAVERSE CITY, MI \u2014 A worker died while performing electric utility work<\/a> on Old Mission Peninsula. Grand Traverse County sheriff’s deputies and Peninsula Township Fire and EMS officials responded to an area near Center Road between Eagle Rise and Tompkins roads in Peninsula Township at about 11:30 a.m. Friday. They received calls concerning a “medical emergency involving electric shock,” according to a sheriff’s department Facebook post. It appears James Farrington<\/strong>, 51, of Alden,died while completing utility work. Emergency responders transported him to Munson Medical Center where health workers pronounced him dead at 12:50 p.m., according to the Facebook post.<\/p>\n JACKSONVILLE, Fla.\u00a0– A construction worker who drowned in the\u00a0St. Johns River\u00a0after he fell off a barge was not wearing a life jacket, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.The\u00a0Occupational Safety and Health Administration\u00a0is\u00a0investigating the death of Stanley Cooper<\/strong>, 51.\u00a0Following the tragedy, Archer Western, the contractor\u00a0that was hired to widen the bridge, suspended the project. According to the police report, a co-worker threw two life rings and a floating vest into the ocean in an attempt to save Cooper. A second worker heard Cooper screaming and noticed he wasn’t wearing a vest.\u00a0OSHA records show the company had several safety violations in the past 10 years, including in Feb. 2017, when two workers were killed in Miami after a concrete barrier fell. The company was fined and is contesting that ruling.<\/p>\n Altoona, PA — A man was killed Thursday on a Jackson Township construction site, when a piece of equipment struck him in the torso, killing him instantly, multiple media outlets reported.\u00a0 Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees told reporters a drill auger suspended in the air spun and hit the man in the torso. While the man\u2019s identity has not been disclosed, both WJAC and the Tribune-Democrat reported that he was in his early 20s and lived in Scenery Hill, Washington County. He was an employee of North American Directional, the Tribune-Democrat reported.<\/p>\n ROANOKE, Va.\u00a0– A local man died Tuesday morning after an industrial accident<\/a> in Roanoke. The man died after a piece of equipment fell on him while he was working on site at H & S Construction Company in the 2000 block of Salem Avenue Southwest.\u00a0 Although investigators have not released his name, a friend confirmed to 10 News that 54-year-old Claude Sirry Jr.<\/strong>, of Catawba,\u00a0was the man killed Tuesday morning while on the job for his employer Via\u2019s Truck & Tractor Repair, which has offices in Salem and Floyd. A co-worker said he was two years away from retirement.<\/p>\n Deposit, NY — New York State Police have identified the person\u00a0who was killed in an industrial accident<\/a>\u00a0at Courier Printing Corp. in Deposit. William H. Sethmann<\/strong>, 66, of Deposit, died while working on a hydraulic loading dock at the facility, on\u00a0Laurel Bank Avenue. Sethmann, who was an independent contractor and handyman, and had a separate office in the Courier building, was found crushed underneath the dock, authorities said Thursday. Sometime between Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning, a New York State Police investigation revealed, the dock’s lift failed, crushing Sethmann beneath it.<\/p>\n SAN ANTONIO, TX\u00a0– The driver of a\u00a0United States Postal Service\u00a0truck was killed after driving off the highway<\/a> and into a embankment overnight, San Antonio police said Thursday. The incident occurred just after 1 a.m. on Interstate 35 near Weidner Road on the city’s Northeast Side.\u00a0 According to police, the driver lost control of his vehicle and drove off the highway across the access road just before hitting several light poles and an iron fence. The vehicle then went down an embankment before flipping upside down, police said. Investigators said the truck’s trailer eventually flipped over the cab and then burst into flames. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n Burton Heights, MI — A Burton Heights Pizza employee died overnight after being stabbed at the restaurant<\/a>, in what police are now investigating as a homicide. It was just before 8 p.m. Wednesday when the suspect entered the restaurant just south of Grand Rapids and began to cause a disturbance. Grand Rapids Police investigators said that the employee was stabbed during the disturbance. The employee tried to drive himself to the hospital, but crashed his vehicle in a single car accident on Wealthy Street S. E., just east of South Division. An officer who was nearby provided medical treatment before the employee was transported to the hospital by ambulance.<\/p>\n Rogers, MN — Investigators say\u00a0charges are likely in Tuesday’s deadly crash<\/a> along I-94 and County Road 81 in Rogers. A semi rear-ended a truck pulling a trailer, causing that truck and trailer to spin into a work zone and killing 59-year-old construction worker Vern Hedquist<\/strong>. Another construction worker was also hit.<\/p>\n NEW CASTLE, Pa. (WKBN) – An ironworker was killed Wednesday morning after falling<\/a> at a New Castle construction site. The Diamond Steel worker fell just after 8 a.m. at an Ellwood Group site on Moravia Street. Ellwood Group said the accident is under investigation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been contacted.<\/p>\n Lebanon, Maine — Investigators say it will take several more weeks to investigate the death of a skydiving instructor<\/a> during a jump in Lebanon. Maine State Police, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are all working to determine how skydiving instructor Brett Bickford<\/strong>, 41, of Rochester, New Hampshire,\u00a0fell a mile to his death<\/a>\u00a0during a tandem jump on Sept. 27.\u00a0McCausland said experts will be brought in to help investigators work through what might have happened. Investigators are trying to determine how Bickford gpt separated from a student skydiver after the parachute had deployed during a jump around 2 p.m. last Thursday. The student skydiver, who has not been identified, landed safely.<\/p>\n QUINCY, IL\u00a0 \u2014 Authorities say two nursing home residents and two employees were killed<\/a> when the bus they were riding slammed head-on into a grain truck in western Illinois. Illinois State Police say the 15-passenger bus caught fire after the crash Tuesday afternoon on U.S. 24 near Quincy and that all four people on board died. Sgt. Stephen Schuwerk says those killed lived or worked at Timber Point Healthcare Center in nearby Camp Point, Ill.\u00a0 He says investigators didn’t immediately know why 57-year-old driver Gay Ivey of Perry crossed into oncoming traffic. He says firefighters were unable to rescue anyone from the bus as flames engulfed it. The truck driver suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) \u2014 A female bear and her two cubs mauled and killed a young man<\/a> working at a remote mine site on a southeast Alaska island with one of the highest bear densities in the state, authorities said Monday. Anthony David Montoya<\/strong>, 18, a contract worker from Hollis, Oklahoma, died at a remote drill site accessible only by helicopter, according to Hecla Greens Creek Mine and authorities. Mine officials said workers receive training on how to deal with bears because of the large number in the area. Alaska State Troopers said Montoya was mauled by the three bears, all of which were killed before they arrived. It was not immediately clear who killed them. Montoya worked for Idaho-based Timberline Drilling, which provides core drilling services at Greens Creek, the mine said in a release. His body was being taken to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.<\/p>\n Oakwood, OH — A 39-year-old employee at Primex Plastics in Oakwood died early Wednesday, Oct. 3, after a tractor-trailer truck ran over him<\/a> in the parking lot. Kameron Lamar Adams<\/strong>, of Braselton, was walking across the parking lot when the driver, Michael Edwards of Cleveland, turned into the lot and struck him, Oakwood Police Chief Randall Moon said. The man died at the scene. The business is at 3435 Old Oakwood Road, east of Mundy Mill Road.<\/p>\nMan Killed at Construction Site<\/h3>\n
Vigil Held for Gas Station Clerk Killed in Attempted Robbery in Dorchester<\/h3>\n
Man Dies During Industrial Accident at Allen Harim<\/h3>\n
Retired Suffolk County police sergeant dies of 9\/11-related cancer<\/h3>\n
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Retired Suffolk County police Sergeant Dennis Reichard<\/strong>t died Thursday from 9\/11-related cancer<\/a>, the department announced.\u00a0 As a member of the Emergency Service Section, Reichardt responded on September 11, 2001 as a bomb technician. He spent several days at Ground Zero and then worked at the Fresh Kills Landfill through the end of December 2001 screening debris.<\/div>\nFederal officials investigate New York mine blast that killed one<\/h3>\n
Friends mourn truck driver killed in train accident<\/h3>\n
Dump truck driver killed in three-vehicle crash on I-275<\/h3>\n
OSHA investigating Bellows Falls company after fatal fall on work site<\/h3>\n
\n\nOSHA investigating after worker run over by semi-truck, then backed over during industrial accident<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAtlanta, GA — A worker at a metro Atlanta manufacturing plant has died in a freak accident<\/a> involving a semi-truck driving through a dark parking lot.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nMetal Worker Crushed to Death by Falling Beam in Spring Valley<\/h3>\n
Nacogdoches County deputy killed in the line of duty<\/h3>\n
Construction at standstill after Jacksonville worker dies in St. Johns River<\/h3>\n
One dead, one missing after \u2018catastrophic\u2019 Wyoming train\u00a0crash<\/h3>\n
El Dorado Springs (MO) Firefighter Dies from Injuries<\/h3>\n
Electric worker killed<\/h3>\n
Man who drowned in St. Johns River was not wearing life vest<\/h3>\n
Construction worker killed on job site<\/h3>\n
Man killed in industrial accident in Roanoke<\/h3>\n
Workplace death: Deposit handyman crushed underneath loading dock at Courier<\/h3>\n
Officer killed, 6 other officers wounded in South Carolina<\/h3>\n
FLORENCE, S.C. — Seven South Carolina law enforcement officers were shot Wednesday<\/a>, one fatally, in a confrontation with a man who held children hostage as he fired on the officers, officials said. The man shot three Florence County deputies from inside a home as they came to serve a warrant around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Florence County Sheriff’s Maj. Mike Nunn said.
\nThe suspect then shot four Florence city police officers, one fatally, as officers from all around the area swarmed in to help, Florence Police Chief Allen Heidler said. City of Florence spokesman John Wukela<\/strong> identified the fallen officer to The Associated Press as Terrence Carraway of Darlington. Carraway, 52, had just celebrated 30 years as a police officer in the city, Wukela said.<\/div>\n\nUSPS truck driver killed in crash after vehicle erupts in flames, police say<\/h3>\n
Burton Heights Pizza employee dies after getting stabbed, police label it a homicide<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\nAuthorities, Experts Say Construction Worker’s Death in Fatal Crash ‘Preventable’<\/h3>\n
Fall kills ironworker at New Castle construction site<\/h3>\n
Investigators still looking for answers in \u2018complex\u2019 case of skydiver who fell to his death<\/h3>\n
Four on nursing home bus killed in crash<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\nBear, cubs kill worker at remote silver mine owned by Idaho company<\/h3>\n
Employee dies in \u2018unfortunate accident\u2019 at Primex Plastics in Oakwood<\/h3>\n