Elizabeth, NJ — An Bergen County man was killed Wednesday morning after a tractor trailer overturned and caught fire<\/a> on the New Jersey Turnpike in Elizabeth, causing extensive traffic delays in the area and on roads leading to the Turnpike, authorities said. The crash occurred about 1:40 a.m. in the northbound truck lanes between Exits 13 and 13a, according to New Jersey State Police. The truck ran off the road near Milepost 100, struck a guardrail and concrete barrier before overturning and crashing into the inner car lanes, according to Trooper Charles Marchan. The driver was identified as 22-year-old Christian G. Vergara<\/strong> of Englewood.<\/p>\n STOCKTON, CA \u2014 A truck driver was killed in a collision on Highway 99 on Tuesday morning that left lanes closed for six hours as authorities cleared debris and moved vehicles off the road. The California Highway Patrol said at 5:06 a.m., a disabled 2012 Peterbilt silage truck was parked on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of the highway just south of Arch Road. The truck was partially blocking the right lane, and a 2013 Peterbilt semitruck was approaching from behind at about 55 miles an hour, the CHP said. The Peterbilt semi was being followed by 2017 International semitruck, which was traveling at an unknown rate of speed, the CHP said. The Peterbilt slowed down and moved to the left to accommodate the disabled silage truck, but the International did not reduce its speed. The International collided with the right rear of the Peterbilt\u2019s trailer, then veered to the right and collided with the right rear of the silage truck, the CHP said. The driver of the International was pronounced dead at the scene, the CHP said. He was identified as 36-year-old Modesto resident Pedro Avila<\/strong>, the San Joaquin County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n RICHMOND, Va. (AP) \u2014 Police in Virginia say a man has died in a workplace accident<\/a> at a Richmond car dealership. Henrico County police spokeswoman Lt. Lauren Hummel\u00a0tells The Richmond Times-Dispatch\u00a0that 24-year-old Jamison Paul Garrett<\/strong> died Monday in an accident at Bill Talley Automotive. Hummel declined to provide details on the circumstances surrounding Garrett\u2019s death as a county police investigation is ongoing. She says the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration also is investigating the death.<\/p>\n Colerain Township, Oh. – Funeral arrangements are pending for the\u00a0Colerain\u00a0Township police officer who was hit by a pickup truck<\/a>.\u00a0 The police department says Officer Dale Woods<\/strong> died Monday night at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, three days after being critically injured on\u00a0Colerain\u00a0Avenue. He was directing traffic and moving a traffic cone at the scene of the late-night crash when a pickup truck hit him.<\/p>\n OREM, Utah (AP) \u2014 A three-year veteran of the Provo police force was shot and killed during a shootout<\/a> while trying to apprehend a fugitive in neighboring Orem south of Salt Lake City, the police chief said Sunday. Officer Joseph Shinners<\/strong> managed to return fire after he was shot and struck the suspect at least once in a parking lot outside a business in Orem Saturday night. Shinners later died at Utah Valley Medical Center, Provo Police Chief Richard Ferguson said.<\/p>\nTruck driver killed in Highway 99 collision, traffic snarled for hours<\/h3>\n
Virginia worker dies in accident at car dealership<\/h3>\n
Office Dale Woods died Monday at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.<\/h3>\n
Utah police officer killed; suspect hospitalized<\/h3>\n
Woman Killed in Accident While Loading Hay on Montana Ranch<\/span><\/h3>\n
Orchard worker dies after blade falls off wind machine<\/h3>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nFresno, CA — Authorities say a worker at a California citrus orchard has died after a blade from a wind machine fell off and struck him<\/a>. The Fresno Bee reports a 600-pound (272-kilogram) propeller struck 53-year-old Richard Escobedo<\/strong> on Jan. 3 at the orchard operated by Wonderful Citrus northeast of Visalia. Escobedo The Wonderful Company says it is investigating the accident and will “take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that it does not happen again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWorker killed in construction accident in Wilmington<\/h3>\nWILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) — Delaware State Police are investigating after a worker was killed in a construction accident<\/a> in Wilmington Friday. The accident occurred just after 4 p.m. at the former General Motors Plant at 801 Boxwood Road. An initial investigation has determined that Atlantic Coast Dismantling, a Boston-based company, was performing demolition work at the plant. The work being conducted involved the use of heavy machinery and cables to bring down steel beams. Head foreman, 64-year-old Paul Leary<\/strong> of Miami, Florida, was overseeing the work when a cable snapped, striking him in the upper torso and head area. Leary was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/div>\n\n22-year-old police officer shot and killed responding to accident in California<\/h3>\n
Davis, CA — A 22-year-old police officer in California was shot to death<\/a> early Friday in an “ambush”-style attack while responding to an accident. Natalie Corona<\/strong> of the Davis Police Department was arriving at the scene of a three-car collision in downtown Davis when a man on a bicycle pulled up and opened fire on the officer, according to new details of the shooting released late Friday. Corona was struck by one bullet and fell to the ground, upon which the suspect unloaded his entire clip on the downed officer, police said. The suspect then reloaded and started firing wildly, hitting a fire truck multiple times, a house and a bystander in his backpack. The shooter also targeted a firefighter, police said, but he was struck in the boot and not hurt. No one else was injured.<\/p>\nAlabama police officer killed, another wounded in shooting<\/h3>\nBIRMINGHAM, Ala — One Birmingham police sergeant was killed<\/a> and another officer critically wounded early Sunday morning in a shooting as they questioned two people suspected of trying to break into cars in Alabama’s largest city.\u00a0Sergeant Wytasha Carter<\/strong> died in the shooting and the other officer, who has not yet been identified\u00a0is in critical condition, according to police. Carter died in the shooting and the other officer, who has not yet been identified\u00a0is in critical condition, according to police. Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith said the officers approached the two suspects just before 2 a.m. outside a nightclub in downtown Birmingham, after a plainclothes officer spotted one checking door handles on cars parked outside the venue. Smith said one suspect opened fire after being confronted by the officers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nInvestigation underway after workplace fatality in Old Hickory<\/h3>\n
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) is investigating a workplace fatality<\/a> at Sontara Old Hickory Inc. in Old Hickory. The office was notified Thursday of a death at the facility on\u00a0Swinging Bridge Road, which is listed as a clothing and fabric manufacturer. A health and safety investigator with TOSHA will survey the scene, review company procedures and protocols and interview witnesses and management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWorker killed at Lancaster precast concrete plant<\/h3>\n
Lancaster, OH — A Lancaster man was killed Thursday morning after he was pinned between two concrete forms<\/a> at E.C. Babbert, Inc. in Lancaster. Dispatchers received a 911 call just before 10 a.m. from the plant requesting a technical rescue team for a man stuck in machinery. The Babbert plant manufactures precast concrete products. Hoyt McMaster<\/strong>, 59, of Lancaster, was transported to Fairfield Medical Center with traumatic injuries, according to Lancaster police. Hoyt died of his injuries at the hospital later that morning. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be involved. Erin Breedlove, plant supervisor, told the Lancaster Eagle Gazette that McMaster was remotely operating an overhead crane by himself and got pinned between two forms.<\/p>\nDelaware County Worker Dies In Fall From Ladder<\/h3>\n
Columbus, OH — A Delaware County maintenance worker died Wednesday after falling from a ladder<\/a> at the auditor’s office.\u00a0 44-year-old Scott Amrine<\/strong> was moving light\u00a0fixtures in the ceiling. County officials say an investigation continues.<\/p>\nCo-worker caught in stabbing death of Texas plant supervisor<\/h3>\n
BROOKSHIRE, Texas (AP) – Deputies have captured a man accused of a stabbing attack at a\u00a0Houston-area steel fabrication plant<\/a> that left a supervisor dead and another employee wounded. The stabbings happened Wednesday night in Brookshire at Orizon Industries, a unit of Spitzer Industries where Parker was a contract worker. Investigators didn\u2019t immediately offer a motive for the attack that killed 64-year-old night supervisor Harry Parnell<\/strong>. A 36-year-old co-worker was hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n‘We lost a member of our family’: Savannah city employee killed on the job<\/h3>\n
Savannah, GA — \u00a0Savannah Police\u2019s Traffic Investigation Unit is investigating an accident on Jan. 9 that resulted in the death of a City of Savannah employee. About 3:45 p.m. officers responded to the city lot on Sycamore St. near May St. and discovered an employee with the City of Savannah\u2019s Public Works & Water Resources Department deceased. The employee was identified as Peter Solomon<\/strong>, 62. Police say Solomon was on-duty at the time of his death but did not say how he was killed.\u00a0Chatham County Coroner Dr. Bill Wessinger tells WJCL 22 News that Solomon was pressure washing a large tractor-type of equipment with a blade when it moved forward and ran over him<\/a>. Solomon’s body was taken to the GBI for an autopsy.<\/p>\n\n\nOfficer killed by texting driver<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSCOTTSDALE, AZ \u2014 The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is investigating a fatal collision involving a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community police officer<\/a>, that occurred Jan. 8,, at 6:04 p.m. The Salt River PoArizonalice Department officer was struck by a distracted motorist while he was standing by the driver\u2019s side door of the passenger car he had stopped. At 6:02 p.m. Officer Clayton Townsend<\/strong> was conducting a traffic stop on a white passenger vehicle for expired registration northbound along SR 101, just south of the McDowell Road off-ramp, within the right-side emergency lane. At 6:04 p.m., Officer Townsend was standing at the driver\u2019s side door of the vehicle he had stopped when a black passenger vehicle entered the right-side emergency lane, collided with the white passenger vehicle and then struck Officer Townsend. Officer Townsend sustained head trauma during the impact. The driver of the white passenger vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\nConstruction worker fatally struck by SUV identified as\u00a051-year-old<\/h3>\n
DENVER, CO \u2014 A construction flagger who was directing traffic was when he was\u00a0fatally stuck by an SUV<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday afternoon in Adams County has been identified, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Troopers identified the man as\u00a051-year-old Sean Keller<\/strong> of Lakewood on Thursday. According to CSP, Keller was hit by a Jeep and was pinned underneath the vehicle. The agency said Keller was working for a private company, not the Colorado Department of Transportation. CSP said Keller was directing traffic in both directions using a handheld \u201cSTOP\u201d\/\u201dSLOW\u201d sign. He had just switched the sign to \u201cSTOP,\u201d which the driver failed to do, hitting Keller. CSP could not say what charges the driver may face.<\/p>\n\u2018It just doesn\u2019t get any easier\u2019: An Oregon community mourns three crab fishermen who perished in deadly waves<\/strong><\/h3>\nNewport, OR — On Jan. 3, the day before Oregon\u2019s Dungeness crab fishing season was set to start, conditions looked bleak. \u201cCrabbers to sail into storm,\u201d read a headline in the Newport News Times, which noted the marine forecast predicted 20-foot swells and gusts of up to 55 mph. Among the commercial fishing boats leaving from Yaquina Bay in Newport, Ore., was the Mary B II, a wooden 42-foot fishing vessel. Stephen Biernacki<\/strong>, 50, and James Lacey<\/strong>, 48, had recently decided to try their luck at catching Dungeness crab after fishing off the coast of New Jersey for years. Joining them on board was Joshua Porter<\/strong>, 50, an experienced fisherman known locally for helping countless addicts through recovery after getting sober himself more than a decade before. None of them would make it home<\/a>. At around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the crew of the Mary B II were headed back to the docks when they reached the Yaquina Bay bar \u2014 the point at which at the Yaquina River meets the Pacific Ocean, creating massive, unpredictable swells that can easily overwhelm smaller vessels. That night, the U.S. Coast Guard measured 16-foot high waves near the bay\u2019s entrance. A crew had been on its way to help escort the Mary B II across the bar, the Coast Guard said in a news release Wednesday. But before they could get there, the fishing boat abruptly capsized, tossing two of the men overboard into the frigid waves.<\/p>\nSuspect who stabbed supervisor to death felt picked on in Waller County<\/h3>\nBROOKSHIRE, Texas (KTRK) — The man accused of stabbing his supervisor to death<\/a> may have felt picked on at work, Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith revealed. After a manhunt, Evan Parker, 34, was arrested at his apartment in the 18000 block of South Parkview in west Harris County Thursday afternoon.\u00a0Parker is accused of killing Harry Parnell<\/strong>, 64, and injuring another employee who was flown to a hospital with serious injuries.\u00a0 Deputies were called to Spitzer Industries on FM 762 near Brookshire just after 8 p.m. Wednesday.\u00a0 Investigators said Parker arrived at work Wednesday night and asked specifically for his supervisor, Parnell, then stabbed him.\u00a0Parnell was set to retire this year and had been with the company for 20 years.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nPostal Worker electrocuted while changing light<\/h3>\n
MONROE, La. (KNOE) –<\/span>\u00a0The United States Postal Service is investigating the death of one of their workers<\/a>. Monroe Police Department says preliminary reports say the worker was electrocuted while changing a bulb for a light pole in a parking lot. The employee was identified as Paul Wesley Gammill<\/strong>. Reggie Brown with MPD says the incident happened just before 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday morning. It happened at the USPS facility on Shannon Street, just off North 18th Street. Entergy also responded to the incident. Entergy workers were checking their lines and poles.<\/p>\nOhio factory worker dies after being crushed by conveyor belt, Bath & Body Works boxes<\/h3>\n
Reynoldsburg, Oh — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a death at a Reynoldsburg, Ohio, factory. WCMH reported that OSHA spokesperson Larry Johnson said an employee died after getting caught between a conveyor belt and boxes<\/a> at an L Brands facility Friday afternoon. An incident report from the City of Reynoldsburg police said the employee, identified at 56-year-old Harvey Beavers<\/strong>, got pinned between boxes holding Bath & Body Works products and the conveyor belt. Beavers and a co-worker were loading boxes of products onto a truck by using an expandable conveyor, according to the OSHA incident report.<\/p>\n\n\nPublic Works employee dies at Central Landfill in Johnston<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
Fresno, CA — Authorities say a worker at a California citrus orchard has died after a blade from a wind machine fell off and struck him<\/a>. The Fresno Bee reports a 600-pound (272-kilogram) propeller struck 53-year-old Richard Escobedo<\/strong> on Jan. 3 at the orchard operated by Wonderful Citrus northeast of Visalia. Escobedo The Wonderful Company says it is investigating the accident and will “take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that it does not happen again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Davis, CA — A 22-year-old police officer in California was shot to death<\/a> early Friday in an “ambush”-style attack while responding to an accident. Natalie Corona<\/strong> of the Davis Police Department was arriving at the scene of a three-car collision in downtown Davis when a man on a bicycle pulled up and opened fire on the officer, according to new details of the shooting released late Friday. Corona was struck by one bullet and fell to the ground, upon which the suspect unloaded his entire clip on the downed officer, police said. The suspect then reloaded and started firing wildly, hitting a fire truck multiple times, a house and a bystander in his backpack. The shooter also targeted a firefighter, police said, but he was struck in the boot and not hurt. No one else was injured.<\/p>\n NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) is investigating a workplace fatality<\/a> at Sontara Old Hickory Inc. in Old Hickory. The office was notified Thursday of a death at the facility on\u00a0Swinging Bridge Road, which is listed as a clothing and fabric manufacturer. A health and safety investigator with TOSHA will survey the scene, review company procedures and protocols and interview witnesses and management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Lancaster, OH — A Lancaster man was killed Thursday morning after he was pinned between two concrete forms<\/a> at E.C. Babbert, Inc. in Lancaster. Dispatchers received a 911 call just before 10 a.m. from the plant requesting a technical rescue team for a man stuck in machinery. The Babbert plant manufactures precast concrete products. Hoyt McMaster<\/strong>, 59, of Lancaster, was transported to Fairfield Medical Center with traumatic injuries, according to Lancaster police. Hoyt died of his injuries at the hospital later that morning. Drugs and alcohol are not suspected to be involved. Erin Breedlove, plant supervisor, told the Lancaster Eagle Gazette that McMaster was remotely operating an overhead crane by himself and got pinned between two forms.<\/p>\n Columbus, OH — A Delaware County maintenance worker died Wednesday after falling from a ladder<\/a> at the auditor’s office.\u00a0 44-year-old Scott Amrine<\/strong> was moving light\u00a0fixtures in the ceiling. County officials say an investigation continues.<\/p>\n BROOKSHIRE, Texas (AP) – Deputies have captured a man accused of a stabbing attack at a\u00a0Houston-area steel fabrication plant<\/a> that left a supervisor dead and another employee wounded. The stabbings happened Wednesday night in Brookshire at Orizon Industries, a unit of Spitzer Industries where Parker was a contract worker. Investigators didn\u2019t immediately offer a motive for the attack that killed 64-year-old night supervisor Harry Parnell<\/strong>. A 36-year-old co-worker was hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n Savannah, GA — \u00a0Savannah Police\u2019s Traffic Investigation Unit is investigating an accident on Jan. 9 that resulted in the death of a City of Savannah employee. About 3:45 p.m. officers responded to the city lot on Sycamore St. near May St. and discovered an employee with the City of Savannah\u2019s Public Works & Water Resources Department deceased. The employee was identified as Peter Solomon<\/strong>, 62. Police say Solomon was on-duty at the time of his death but did not say how he was killed.\u00a0Chatham County Coroner Dr. Bill Wessinger tells WJCL 22 News that Solomon was pressure washing a large tractor-type of equipment with a blade when it moved forward and ran over him<\/a>. Solomon’s body was taken to the GBI for an autopsy.<\/p>\n SCOTTSDALE, AZ \u2014 The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is investigating a fatal collision involving a Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community police officer<\/a>, that occurred Jan. 8,, at 6:04 p.m. The Salt River PoArizonalice Department officer was struck by a distracted motorist while he was standing by the driver\u2019s side door of the passenger car he had stopped. At 6:02 p.m. Officer Clayton Townsend<\/strong> was conducting a traffic stop on a white passenger vehicle for expired registration northbound along SR 101, just south of the McDowell Road off-ramp, within the right-side emergency lane. At 6:04 p.m., Officer Townsend was standing at the driver\u2019s side door of the vehicle he had stopped when a black passenger vehicle entered the right-side emergency lane, collided with the white passenger vehicle and then struck Officer Townsend. Officer Townsend sustained head trauma during the impact. The driver of the white passenger vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n DENVER, CO \u2014 A construction flagger who was directing traffic was when he was\u00a0fatally stuck by an SUV<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday afternoon in Adams County has been identified, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Troopers identified the man as\u00a051-year-old Sean Keller<\/strong> of Lakewood on Thursday. According to CSP, Keller was hit by a Jeep and was pinned underneath the vehicle. The agency said Keller was working for a private company, not the Colorado Department of Transportation. CSP said Keller was directing traffic in both directions using a handheld \u201cSTOP\u201d\/\u201dSLOW\u201d sign. He had just switched the sign to \u201cSTOP,\u201d which the driver failed to do, hitting Keller. CSP could not say what charges the driver may face.<\/p>\n Newport, OR — On Jan. 3, the day before Oregon\u2019s Dungeness crab fishing season was set to start, conditions looked bleak. \u201cCrabbers to sail into storm,\u201d read a headline in the Newport News Times, which noted the marine forecast predicted 20-foot swells and gusts of up to 55 mph. Among the commercial fishing boats leaving from Yaquina Bay in Newport, Ore., was the Mary B II, a wooden 42-foot fishing vessel. Stephen Biernacki<\/strong>, 50, and James Lacey<\/strong>, 48, had recently decided to try their luck at catching Dungeness crab after fishing off the coast of New Jersey for years. Joining them on board was Joshua Porter<\/strong>, 50, an experienced fisherman known locally for helping countless addicts through recovery after getting sober himself more than a decade before. None of them would make it home<\/a>. At around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the crew of the Mary B II were headed back to the docks when they reached the Yaquina Bay bar \u2014 the point at which at the Yaquina River meets the Pacific Ocean, creating massive, unpredictable swells that can easily overwhelm smaller vessels. That night, the U.S. Coast Guard measured 16-foot high waves near the bay\u2019s entrance. A crew had been on its way to help escort the Mary B II across the bar, the Coast Guard said in a news release Wednesday. But before they could get there, the fishing boat abruptly capsized, tossing two of the men overboard into the frigid waves.<\/p>\n MONROE, La. (KNOE) –<\/span>\u00a0The United States Postal Service is investigating the death of one of their workers<\/a>. Monroe Police Department says preliminary reports say the worker was electrocuted while changing a bulb for a light pole in a parking lot. The employee was identified as Paul Wesley Gammill<\/strong>. Reggie Brown with MPD says the incident happened just before 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday morning. It happened at the USPS facility on Shannon Street, just off North 18th Street. Entergy also responded to the incident. Entergy workers were checking their lines and poles.<\/p>\n Reynoldsburg, Oh — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a death at a Reynoldsburg, Ohio, factory. WCMH reported that OSHA spokesperson Larry Johnson said an employee died after getting caught between a conveyor belt and boxes<\/a> at an L Brands facility Friday afternoon. An incident report from the City of Reynoldsburg police said the employee, identified at 56-year-old Harvey Beavers<\/strong>, got pinned between boxes holding Bath & Body Works products and the conveyor belt. Beavers and a co-worker were loading boxes of products onto a truck by using an expandable conveyor, according to the OSHA incident report.<\/p>\nWorker killed in construction accident in Wilmington<\/h3>\n
22-year-old police officer shot and killed responding to accident in California<\/h3>\n
Alabama police officer killed, another wounded in shooting<\/h3>\n
Investigation underway after workplace fatality in Old Hickory<\/h3>\n
Worker killed at Lancaster precast concrete plant<\/h3>\n
Delaware County Worker Dies In Fall From Ladder<\/h3>\n
Co-worker caught in stabbing death of Texas plant supervisor<\/h3>\n
‘We lost a member of our family’: Savannah city employee killed on the job<\/h3>\n
Officer killed by texting driver<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n
Construction worker fatally struck by SUV identified as\u00a051-year-old<\/h3>\n
\u2018It just doesn\u2019t get any easier\u2019: An Oregon community mourns three crab fishermen who perished in deadly waves<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Suspect who stabbed supervisor to death felt picked on in Waller County<\/h3>\n
Postal Worker electrocuted while changing light<\/h3>\n
Ohio factory worker dies after being crushed by conveyor belt, Bath & Body Works boxes<\/h3>\n
Public Works employee dies at Central Landfill in Johnston<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n