{"id":4743,"date":"2021-10-18T13:07:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T17:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=4743"},"modified":"2021-10-25T14:48:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T18:48:11","slug":"weekly-toll-those-who-didnt-come-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2021\/10\/18\/weekly-toll-those-who-didnt-come-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Toll: Those Who Didn’t Come Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a weekly list of some workers killed on the job over the past week.\u00a0 This is the first time I’ve compiled this list in over two years and I continue to be shocked at the number of people who die every week and how they die. And I continue to be upset that the worker’s name is rarely mentioned, nor details about what happened. And despite the number of Google news searches I do to compile this list, it’s still probably less than half of those workers who are killed in the workplace every year. (Note: COVID-19 related deaths are <\/em>not<\/span> included on this list.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Worker Killed At Paper Recycling Facility In Minneapolis<\/h3>\n

MINNEAPOLIS, MN \u2014 A worker\u00a0has died at a paper recycling facility in Minneapolis after suffering injuries involving heavy machinery<\/a>. Simon Barrera Merino<\/strong> was injured about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at Pioneer Industries International. Merino suffered head and chest injuries from a \u201cworkplace injury involving a forklift.\u201d He was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Minnesota woman killed in construction accident in North Dakota<\/h3>\n

Cooperstown, ND — A construction worker from Minnesota was killed on the job<\/a> in North Dakota this weekend. The accident happened Friday afternoon in the city of Cooperstown.\u00a0 According to a news release from the Highway Patrol, the victim was struck by a dump truck that was backing up to pour asphalt onto the roadway. The victim, a 50-year-old woman from Odessa, Minnesota, died at the scene.<\/p>\n

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Worker dies in reported equipment fall at convention center construction site \u2014 UPDATE<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Seattle, WA — One worker, ,\u00a0Bryan Phillips<\/strong>, 31, was reported dead after equipment reportedly fell from an upper level<\/a> of the downtown convention center construction site Monday afternoon. Seattle Fire was called to the 9th Ave scene just before 2 PM for a \u201crescue extrication\u201d call at the construction site but a department spokesperson said the person was dead at the scene. According to Seattle Fire radio updates, a lift reportedly fell from the second level of the construction site near 9th and Pine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Colorado postal worker is third to be shot and killed in US in the past two days<\/h3>\n

Longmont, Co — A US Postal Service worker in Longmont, Colorado, was shot and killed<\/a> Wednesday, according to a statement from police. The postal worker is the third to be killed in the US the past two days, after two USPS employees were shot dead Tuesday in a Memphis<\/a> postal facility. The FBI said the shooter in Memphis also was a postal employee. In Longmont, police said officers responding to a call found a postal employee shot in front of neighborhood mailboxes. The worker died at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Florida elevator technician dies in ‘industrial accident’ at condo building: police<\/h3>\n

Aventura, FL — A 28-year-old elevator technician was working on repairs at a South Florida\u00a0condominium building when he was killed on Tuesday afternoon in an “industrial accident,”<\/a> according to the Aventura Police Department.\u00a0 “He appears to have sustained some type of injury when he was repairing an elevator, and he has succumbed to his injuries,” Aventura Police Sgt. Hans Maestre told Fox News.<\/p>\n

NLMK worker who died in industrial accident identified<\/h3>\n

FARRELL, PA \u2013 An NLMK Pennsylvania worker died in an industrial accident<\/a> early Tuesday morning at the company\u2019s Farrell steel plant, John Libonati, Mercer County Coroner, said Tuesday. Kenneth L. Stitt,<\/strong> 32, of Hermitage, was pronounced dead at 1:47 a.m. at Sharon Regional Medical Center\u2019s emergency room following the accident, Libonati said. He ruled the death accidental; Stitt died from chest injuries. The accident happened at 1:10 a.m. Tuesday while plant equipment was being worked on.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

Precinct 4 deputy killed in shooting<\/h3>\n

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 A Harris County Precinct 4 deputy constable, Deputy Kareem Atkins<\/strong>, 30, is dead and two others are injured after they were shot<\/a> while working an extra security job in north Houston, according to police. Precinct 4 has identified the deceased officer as Deputy Kareem Atkins, 30. He had been with the department since January 2019. Atkins recently returned from paternity leave<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Delivery Worker Stabbed To Death<\/h3>\n

NEW YORK, NY\u00a0\u2014 Police are searching for the suspect who stabbed and killed a delivery worker<\/a> on the\u00a0Lower East Side on Saturday morning. Police released a new video and they\u2019re hoping it helps in the search, CBS2\u2019s Thalia Perez reported Sunday. <\/b>They said the incident happened just after 1 a.m. Saturday. The victim, identified as 51-year-old Sala Miah<\/strong> of Brooklyn, was found near the Sara D. Roosevelt Park with a slash wound to his face and a stab wound to the abdomen.<\/p>\n

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DTE worker dies trying to restore power<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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BRIGHTON, Mich.\u00a0 – A DTE employee has died trying to restore power<\/a> in Brighton. According to the company and Michigan State Police, the worker came into contact with an energized cable and sustained fatal injuries. Police say the worker was a 41-year-old man from South Lyon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Maricopa County deputy Killed<\/h3>\n

Avondale, AZ — Juan M. Ruiz,<\/strong> a Maricopa County deputy, was attacked and killed while while processing a suspect<\/a> at an MCSO facility in Avondale Saturday morning. Ruiz was found unconscious and bleeding from his face by co-workers.<\/p>\n

Police officer killed working his first shift with the department<\/h3>\n

Alamo, GA — Officer Dylan Harrison<\/strong> was shot and killed<\/a> outside the Alamo Police Department Sunday. A man accused of ambushing a Georgia police officer on his first shift with the department gunned him down because he had arrested an acquaintance of his hours earlier, officials said.<\/p>\n

Dump truck driver dead in crash near Sherrills Ford community in southeastern Catawba County<\/h3>\n
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Catawba County, NC — The driver of a dump truck is dead after a crash<\/a> in southeastern Catawba County on Wednesday morning. State Trooper R. Rudisill said a commercial dump truck crossed the center line on N.C. Hwy. 150 near Sherrills Ford and left the road. He said the truck passed through a yard, crossed Zeb Little Road and crashed into a wooded area ther<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Two postal workers were killed during a shooting at facility in Memphis. The shooter is also dead<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Memphis, TN — Two US Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting<\/a> Tuesday at a facility in Memphis, Tennessee, according to the federal officials. The suspect, who was also a postal employee, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Lisa-Anne Culp, a spokesperson for the FBI’s office in Memphis. Fox affiliate WHBQ spoke with the family of one of the deceased postal employees, 37-year-old Demetria Dortch.<\/strong> The\u00a0Commercial Appeal\u00a0identified another victim as James Wilson,<\/strong> a USPS manager, his cousin said.<\/p>\n

23-year-old police officer killed while helping person who crashed on I-540<\/h3>\n

KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (WTVD) — A Knightdale police officer died in a car crash on Interstate 540 early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 2:40 a.m. on eastbound I-540 near the Buffaloe Road exit. Officers, including Ryan Hayworth,<\/strong> 23, were investigating a single-car crash in the area when another car crashed into the back of the officers’ patrol vehicle. Hayworth, a three-month veteran of the force and former member of the US Army, was killed in the collision<\/p>\n

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Greene County, TN — A Greene County Highway Department employee died Thursday morning after he fell under the wheel of a work truck<\/a> while picking up tree limbs. John Cooper<\/strong>, 48, of Mohawk, was identified as the victim by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The accident happened about 10:10 a.m. Thursday on Dude Lane as Cooper walked alongside a work truck pulling a wood chipper trailer, according to the Highway Patrol report. Cooper was part of a highway department work crew picking up tree limbs and placing them in the wood chipper when he fell, landing under the driver\u2019s side wheel and suffered the fatal injuries.<\/p>\n

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Truck driver killed Thursday in rollover accident on I-65<\/h3>\n

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, IN \u2013 The driver of a semi-tractor trailer was killed early Thursday morning (Oct. 14) when vehicle ran off the side of Interstate 65<\/a> and rolled into a wooded fence line, ejecting him in the process. According to the Tippecanoe County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the driver, who isn\u2019t being identified until the county coroner\u2019s office can make a positive identification, was traveling south on I-65 near the 179-mile marker, just north of the Indiana 43 exit, around 1:50 a.m. when the accident happened. Investigators say the tractor trailer ran off the right side of the road, rolled and came to rest near a wooded fence line. When emergency personnel arrived on scene, they found the driver outside the truck with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

Postal worker killed, suspect arrested after Pa. shooting<\/h3>\n

Collier Township, PA — A West End man gunned down a mail carrier<\/a>, Louis Vignone,<\/strong> in Collier on Thursday morning because, according to his statement to police, he thought the carrier had poisoned him and his family when they were neighbors, federal agents said. Eric M. Kortz, 53, is charged in federal court with killing Louis Vignone<\/strong> as the postal worker sat in his mail truck. U.S. postal inspectors said he blocked Mr. Vignone\u2019s truck with a van, got out and shot the mail carrier multiple times, including once in the head. Kortz said he believed the mail carrier poisoned him and his family with cyanide.<\/p>\n

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Man dies in spec building accident<\/h3>\n

Defiance, OH — A male worker died Thursday following an accident at a construction site on Defiance\u2019s east side. The man, whose identity was not released by rescue personnel, was working on the new speculation building being built along Domersville Road when he fell<\/a>. The man\u2019s death was confirmed by Craig Stambaugh, chief operating officer of NAI Harmon Group, which is developing the speculation building in the new Harmon Business Park. The general contractor for the project is Logan Creek Construction Co. of Oregon.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

Worker Killed in Semi-Truck Accident on Highway 87<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Duchesne, UT — October 6, 2021, a worker was killed as the result of an accident where a semi-truck hit them<\/a> along Highway 87.\u00a0Authorities reported that the accident took place at around 3:00 a.m. in the area of Highway 87 and 6000 South. According to officials, a worker was on the roadway directing traffic as a semi-trailer attempted to back up along the roadway. While doing so, a passing semi-truck hit the man in the roadway, who police say was not wearing reflective gear.<\/p>\n

Louisiana State Trooper Killed<\/h3>\n

Baton Rouge, LA — Authorities say a veteran state trooper, 19-year veteran Master State Trooper Adam Gaube<\/strong>, was ambushed and killed<\/a> during a shooting rampage in Louisiana early Saturday morning. Investigators say the suspected gunman, 31-year-old Matthew Mire, is tied to several shootings at two parishes just south of Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Construction worker dies after falling from 5-story building<\/h3>\n

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla \u2014 Deputies are investigating the death of a construction worker who was working on a building in Madeira Beach. Around 7 p.m., Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded to the construction site near Tom Stewart Causeway and Gulf Blvd. Authorities say a man fell from the fifth floor<\/a> to his death. He sustained fatal injuries during the fall and was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff’s office says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Man Charged With Killing Two Employees Of Capitol Heights Assisted Living Facility Where He Lived<\/h3>\n

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. \u2014\u00a0The Prince George\u2019s County Police Department on Saturday has charged the\u00a0suspect charged with shooting and killing two female employees<\/a> of the Capitol Heights assisted living where he lived on Friday. Roy Batson, 63, is charged with first-degree murder and related charges in the deaths of Mackeda Evans<\/strong> of Temple Hills and Michelle Boateng<\/strong>, police said. Both women were 46 years old, and Boateng also lived at Gateway Village, a senior living facility on Suffolk Avenue.<\/p>\n

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Truck driver killed in northeast Las Vegas crash<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Las Vegas, NV — A man towing a trailer through northeast Las Vegas Friday morning was killed after police said he crashed into a wall<\/a>. Officers were called at 11:31 a.m. to Winchester Street near East Bonanza Road after a report of a single-vehicle crash. Investigators believe the driver of a 2007 Nissan Titan was towing a utility trailer when he crossed into oncoming traffic, drove over a curb and struck a wall. The driver, a 58-year-old Las Vegas man, was taken to University Medical Center where police said he died Friday night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tow truck driver killed in crash while hauling a vehicle in McDonald County, Mo.<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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