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Houston Crane Collapse Accident kills four

Houston Crane Collapse Accident kills four

Houston Crane Accident Lyondell Chemical kills four people is a Houston refinery on Friday afternoon. Safety officials said the large crane collapsed at the LyondellBasell refinery strike over two other cranes. A spokeman for LyondellBasell said that four dead and seven others were wounded.
Two of the injured were flown by Life Flight helicopter to Memorial [...]

Workers killed in Scottish bridge falls

Workers killed in Scottish bridge falls

Two men die after falling from ladders while working on Forth bridge and Tay rail bridge

Two workers have died after falls from the Forth Bridge and the Tay Rail Bridge, in unrelated incidents last night and this morning.
A man died around 6:40 this morning after a fall while working on the Tay railway bridge.
According to [...]

Garden State Parkway crash killed two, 3 injured

Garden State Parkway crash killed two, 3 injured

A vehicle accident occurred at engine on the Garden State Parkway and 3 injured in Bloomfield, NJ.
Bloomfield, NJ (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) – A terrible car crash three wounded three and killed two people on Garden State Parkway Sunday, January 17, 2010, according to NorthJersey.com.
Police and emergency medical services (EMS) arrived on the scene to rescue the [...]

Axle stand error killed mechanic

Axle stand error killed mechanic

FW Abbott Ltd of Kettering has been fined £40,000 plus £25,000 in connection with a June 2007 fatal accident in which an experienced mechanic incorrectly deployed hydraulic lifts and an axle stand in [...]

Tiger Woods Still Mum on Accident

Tiger Woods Still Mum on Accident

November 30, 2009 at 7:50 pm
.. Tiger Woods will not play in his own golf tournament for charity week.He EC issued a statement saying his injuries at crash site last weeks of the sera car Prevent Participate in Chevron World Challenge And Also he canceled his press conference that Summer for a fixed tomorrow …. [...]

China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion

China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion

BEIJING – A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in north China Saturday, killing 37 people and trapping 71 others near a third of a mile underground.
The accident was a blow to the Chinese government, including large public companies, coal mines are generally considered safer than smaller, private ones. The country’s mines remain [...]

Developer and landlord fined for CDM breach

Developer and landlord fined for CDM breach

A real estate developer and owner has been fined £ 10,000 with costs of £ 4103 after pleading guilty to violating r.4 (1) (a) and 9 (1) (a) of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations for offenses committed on 2 sites in Waltham Forest, London.
He has failed to appoint a competent contractor and failed to [...]

Burnt rope failed worker’s security in lift shaft fall

Burnt rope failed worker’s security in lift shaft fall

An owner of the elevator company and a foreman, were each fined $ 50K (£ 21,586) in court against a fatal accident occurred August 7, 2007 at the old building of the ocean where a worker fell 13 floors to his death in an elevator shaft. Workers had been dismantling the guardrail of the lift [...]

Workers fall through the roof low

Workers fall through the roof low

Three roofers survived a fall of 7 feet lower than the roof of the Old Sykopetrites Limassol central Warehouse during the asbestos work. It is treated for a fractured pelvis and spinal injuries, others have leg injuries.
Initial investigation of the Department of Labor offers an inadequate assessment of risk has contributed to the accident.

Accidental death of engineer

Accidental death of engineer

An engineer died April 7 this year after being crushed by a truck, he was director of a new loading bay in the local Trevett Engineering Ltd Denbigh Industrial Estate, Milton Keynes.
No firm conclusion was reached as to how the accident occurred, the driver said that the deceased had temporarily disappeared, and for some [...]

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