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Construction worker killed when 10 inch steel pipe falls and hits his head in Shelby, North Carolina
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Thursday, January 30, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCState investigators say a worker was killed Friday morning at a Shelby industrial site when a pipe fell.
Emergency crews responded to the site, which is currently under construction, around 9:30 a.m. on Plato Lee Road.
The NC Department of Labor says the worker was an employee of United Mechanical Corp. in Charlotte.
Investigators say the accident occurred when the cap from a concrete casting was removed, causing a 10-inch pipe to fall and hit the worker in the head.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014Area:
Waco-Temple-Bryan, TXA Baylor University stadium construction worker was killed and a co-worker was treated for hypothermia after an accident that plunged both into the Brazos River. Waco police said the two men were working on a pedestrian bridge over the river on Tuesday. They were pulled into the water when some construction equipment they were harnessed to fell from a floating dock. Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton says one man unfastened his safety harness and made it to the surface. He was treated and released from a hospital.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014A man was killed in a workplace accident in Grayson County Wednesday morning.
Dennis Carlie Johnson, 55, died around 8:35 a.m. at C&B Lumber on Turkey Knob Road in Fries.
Johnson was trying to clear a jammed log on a conveyor belt when his clothing pulled him into the belt and pulley mechanism, Grayson County deputies said.
Deputies found Johnson dead at the scene. An autopsy will be performed in Roanoke.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZFire crews were forced to amputate a man’s arm that was caught in a conveyor belt during a workplace accident in Laveen, officials said Monday.
The accident occurred just after 9:30 a.m. Monday at a sand, rock and gravel business near 69th and Southern avenues, said Capt. Jonathan Jacobs of the Phoenix Fire Department.
Paramedics called to the scene helped stabilized the man, and extrication crews were called to help free the employee from the machinery, Jacobs said.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014Three workers were hurt Friday, with two suffering life-threatening injuries, when they plunged from makeshift scaffolding at a construction project near San Francisco's Twin Peaks that city officials said lacked permits and violated a number of safety codes.
The building's owner has a history of flouting permit procedures and employing unsafe practices, according to the city's Department of Building Inspection.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014A construction worker is dead after a fire escape he was standing on broke loose and crashed to the ground.
Colorado Springs authorities say the worker fell 15 to 20 feet on Wednesday. He died before he could be taken to the hospital.
Authorities say the man was working on a roofing project.
The victim’s name has not been released.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCA worker was killed when he fell from a scaffold at an apartment complex under construction in North Raleigh late Thursday morning.
The man fell from a five-story scaffold, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Labor.
Investigators have not yet made public the name of the worker or the company that he worked for, the spokesman said.
The incident occurred at 11:08 a.m. in the 5700 block of Goodstone Drive, near Spring Forest and Louisburg roads.
The N.C. Department of Labor is investigating.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014Area:
Raleigh-Durham, NCThree contract workers were injured Wednesday in an accident involving a crane inside a fenced-off construction area on the south side of Talley Student Center at N.C. State University, according to a university spokesman.
The three men were taken for treatment to WakeMed Raleigh, according to a university spokesman. One reported a head injury, one reported a foot injury and one had back and neck pain, he said.
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Sunday, January 19, 2014A 55-year-old construction worker was killed Monday morning at a job in Windsor Township, York County.
Police identified the victim as Benedict Todt, of Gardeners, Adams County.
Todt was working at the Red Lion Water Authority pumping facility at 500 Gebhart Rd. when the accident happened around 11 a.m.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014Area:
Philadelphia, PAA massive pile of salt used to clear icy roads has fallen on a worker at a suburban Philadelphia storage facility, crushing and killing him.
Falls Township police say the accident happened Thursday afternoon hours before a massive snowstorm was set to arrive in the area.
The 100-foot-tall pile of salt toppled over and trapped the man, who was working a backhoe. Rescue crews were dispatched but couldn't save him.