S a f e t y T o o l b o x T o p i c s

January 20 2025

• Worker dies in tree-cutting accident
  A 71-year-old St. Martinville man died from injuries he sustained Monday while working for Possum's Tree Service.
• Worker killed in Elkhart construction site accident
  A LaPorte man is dead after officials say he died in a construction work site accident over the weekend. The Elkhart County Coroner’s Office says it happened on Saturday at the Sunnyside Overpass...
• Tree service worker from St. Martinville dies in on-the-job accident in Lafayette
  The Lafayette Police Department responded to a report of an employee injured at a work site on Monday, January 20, around 9:30 a.m. Upon arrival, officers discovered...
• West Orem crash: Construction worker killed, another hospitalized
  A crash on West Orem Drive in southwest Houston left a construction worker dead and seriously injured another one, police report.
• Factory worker's scarf caught in conveyor belt strangles her to death in horror accident
  A 55-year-old woman has tragically died after her scarf appears to have become caught in the sorting belt of machinery at a factory near Huelva in southern Spain...
• U.S. Dept. of Labor says employer 'could have prevented' worker's death
  A storm pipe cleaning, maintenance employer could have prevented the death of a 24-year-old worker at a worksite last year in Port St. Lucie, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.
• Construction Worker Rushed To Hospital With Head Trauma In Lyndhurst Accident: Police
  A construction worker was hospitalized in Bergen County Tuesday morning, Jan. 14 in a worksite accident, police said.The worker, 56, was struck in the head by the bucket of an excavator while working...
• Worker seriously injured in industrial accident
  A worker had to be air-lifted to a Phoenix-area hospital Thursday with life-threatening injuries after what the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office is calling an industrial accident.
• Bridgeport man gets 15 months in prison for Derby hit-run crash that killed co-worker
  Antonio Pereira, 21, pleaded guilty in October to evading the scene of a fatal crash after hitting a co-worker at the Derby McDonald's and fleeing the scene.
• Ecostore worker's eyes permanently damaged in chemical accident
  An Ecostore factory worker’s sight has been permanently damaged after a pressurised hose sprayed hazardous chemicals into his eyes while he was making dishwash powder. WorkSafe investigated the...
• Vietnamese worker injured in meat grinder accident
  A Vietnamese national working at a food processing company's factory in Yunlin County was injured yesterday after his right hand was caught in a meat grinder. Two fire trucks and two ambulances were...