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The Weekly Toll

Worker killed in trench collapse

Official: Walls lacked required supports at Dixie Highway site

Kentucky safety officials are investigating a trench collapse that

killed a 35-year-old worker yesterday.

Eric R. West, of Bedford, Ky., died at the scene. An autopsy will be

performed today, said Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Rick Siclari.

And a warning to those tempted to rush in an rescue trench collapse

victims:

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Chief Doug Atwell said he doesn't recommend

that people try to rescue others who are trapped in a trench, because

they risk becoming trapped themselves in another collapse. He said the

trench's walls collapsed twice more yesterday as emergency workers

labored to recover the body, but no one was hurt.

Contractor Cites 2nd Death In Fla. In The Past Week

TAMPA - A road construction worker helping to rebuild the downtown

interchange of Interstates 275 and 4 was killed Tuesday night when a

crane hit his head, authorities said. It was the second fatal accident

in Florida this week for the contractor and the third since December.

James David Hall, of 125 Weeping Willow Road, Winter Haven, died a day

before his 37th birthday, police said. ...

It was the second fatal accident in Florida in one week involving a

Granite Construction employee.

A U.S. 98 bridge project in Panama City claimed the life of a worker

July 23 when a scaffolding collapsed, dropping him and four others 50

feet into the water.

Electrocution accident kills two locals

PHENIX - Two men were killed and a third seriously wounded after they

were electrocuted in an accident at 22 Pleasant St. in West Warwick

yesterday.

Thomas D. Walker, 24, of Coventry and Jared D. Gendron, 18, of Hope,

died when 7,200 volts of electricity penetrated their bodies. Kyle D.

Moffat, 19 of Coventry was admitted to Kent County Memorial Hospital

and is listed in good condition.

According to Narragansett Electric Vice President of Public Affairs

Fred Mason "some workers were doing some shingling or siding trying to

erect some staging. Using big, tall aluminum poles that would hold the

planks that go across, the aluminum pole somehow came in contact with

the electrical line. "

Truck fire claims life of painter; 12 critical

Greenwood man, 30, suffered 3rd-degree burns over 90 percent of his

body; cause of blaze is unclear

One man has died as the result of an inferno that may have reached

1,000 degrees when it erupted in the back of a truck loaded with 13

painters, but authorities Wednesday were only beginning to understand

the origin of the blaze.

The worker died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, about eight hours after the fire

started, and his 12 companions all were listed in critical condition

with second- and third-degree burns today.

More here

Albany man killed in junkyard accident

PORTLAND -- A truck driver was killed Friday at a Northeast Portland

salvage yard when he was hit by a crushed car being loaded onto a

truck.

Timothy A. Bowers, 37, of Albany died at the scene, Portland Fire

Bureau spokesman Lt. Neil Heesacker said.

Council Bluffs man killed in forklift rollover

OMAHA - A Council Bluffs man was killed Thursday morning at a

construction site in Omaha when a forklift rolled over on top of him.

James Kirk, 42, of Council Bluffs was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident occurred at the Quality Pork International worksite in

southwest Omaha around 11:20 a.m. Kirk, a forklift operator, was

working for KFR Inc., a company subcontracted by Dietzel Enterprises

to work on installing a support wall at the business, according to

Omaha Police Sgt. Cathy Cook.

State investigating Ireton man's death on farm

State investigators are looking into the work-related death of an

Ireton, Iowa, man.

The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health agency has visited the Bar-K

Farms in Carmel, Iowa, to investigate the July 18 death of 31-year-old

Kenneth Van Wyk.

A report won't be completed for at least a month, said Mary Bryant,

IOSH administrator.

Van Wyk died while repairing a steel 11,000-gallon liquid storage

tank, said a Bar-K employee who declined to give his name. Van Wyk was

inside the tank, which contained gas fumes, and passed out, the man

said.

Honeywell worker dies after chemical leak

BATON ROUGE, La. A Honeywell International worker has died after being

injured during a chemical leak at the plant, prompting another

investigation by local, state and federal officials.

Delvin Henry of Baton Rouge was pronounced dead Wednesday at Baton

Rouge General Medical Center, Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Darrell

O'Neal said.

A container at the plant sprung a leak Tuesday while being filled with

antimony pentachloride, according to the Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality. The corrosive chemical can burn the skin,

irritate the nose, mouth, throat and lungs; and cause headaches and

nausea.

This latest accident follows a chlorine leak July 20 in which eight

workers and some nearby residents were hospitalized after complaining

of burning lungs and other irritations. The July 20 leak prompted

safety investigations by the Fire Department, DEQ, Louisiana State

Police, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

UI worker dies from Sikorsky accident

David Bagdasarian was supposed to join friends today for the group's

annual summer trip to a major league ballpark to watch the Mets play.

Bagdasarian will not make that trip.

The United Illuminating Co. employee from Shelton died Thursday from

injuries he suffered in a July 10 accident at Sikorsky Aircraft.

Bagdasarian, 49, died at Bridgeport Hospital from complications

associated with injuries from the accident that occurred as he and two

other UI employees surveyed electrical equipment in an outdoor cage in

a parking lot at Sikorsky's sprawling factory on Main Street in

Stratford. The three men were surveying the equipment in preparation

for work they were to do that weekend when an electrical arcing

occurred.

Industrial accident claims Rock Springs man

GREEN RIVER -- A Rock Springs man died early Tuesday morning from neck

and head injuries after the lift vehicle he was driving fell off a

loading ramp, according to Sweetwater County authorities.

Douglas Ray Bernard, 35, was found by coworkers at around 6:45 a.m. at

Wyoming Rents on Sunset Drive in Rock Springs, said County Coroner

Dale Majhanovich. He estimated the accident occurred around 4:30 a.m.

2nd Skyway Construction Death Of Summer

Aug 2 (Chicago) -- A worker fell 50 feet to his death Friday after he

stepped on an unsupported platform while working at a construction

site on the Chicago Skyway, marking the second fatality from the area

in less than a month.

The victim, identified by the medical examiner's office as David

Stevens, 36, fell at about 1 p.m. from the Skyway at 75th Street and

Greenwood Avenue, Gresham District Sgt. Robert Orlando said.

Stevens was laying a platform to pour concrete from when he stepped on

a 3-by-4-foot piece of plywood that had no support under it, according

to a Calumet Area detective.

The worker plunged 50 feet and struck his head on the ground, the

detective said. He did not know the name of the construction company

the victim worked for.

This was the second time in less than a month that a construction

worker was killed falling from the Skyway.

Dennis McNamara, 63, 249 Lincoln Ct. in Wood Dale, was working on the

Skyway near 77th Street when he plunged to the ground at about 11:10

p.m. July 9.

Worker Killed By Driver

A suspected drunken driver slammed into a Central Florida GreeneWay

tollbooth under construction early Friday, killing one worker and

injuring two others.

Grady Hill, 38, of Casselberry, suffered fatal injuries, according to

the FHP. Injured were Paul Kimbro, 44, of Oviedo, and Charles

Starrett, 43, of Geneva.

More here.

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California Nightmare

Wondering about the economics behind California's recall circus? And

the national significance? Read yesterday's Paul Krugman.

One problem:

California's slide into irresponsibility, in which politicians

refuse to acknowledge any connection between the government

services the public demands and the taxes that pay for those

services, is being replicated all across America.

Krugman points out that it was initiatives that got California into

this mess: Proposition 13, which cut property taxes, and later,

Proposition 98, which mandated that the state replace educational

funding cut due to Prop 13. So now

the state faces a huge deficit, and spending must be cut. But

shouldn't the state also seek more revenue? During California's

last crisis, Governor Wilson increased the sales tax and

temporarily raised income taxes on top brackets. This time Governor

Davis proposed doing more or less the same thing -- but Senate

Republicans refused to go along. Their counterproposal relied

entirely on spending cuts -- but, tellingly, offered no specifics

about what, exactly, should be cut.

And the federal implications?

Outside the Social Security system, the federal government is now

running a deficit equal to a third of its spending -- worse than

California. The administration says it will never, ever contemplate

increasing taxes; it says it will narrow the deficit through

spending restraint, but has never said what spending it intends to

restrain.

If the federal government isn't in crisis, that's only because --

unlike state governments -- it isn't obliged to balance its budget

each year. And so far bond markets have been willing to give the

feds the benefit of the doubt.

But the people now running the country are every bit as

irresponsible as those blocking a serious response to California's

crisis. And sooner or later that irresponsibility will have the

usual consequences. California, here we come.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Having recently suffered an injury due to an accident at work I am considering my options, due to the injury I have been unable to work and have not been receiving sick pay, does my boss have an option to pay me or is it dependent on circumstance? I can’t afford not to have money coming in but can’t work should I sue him or do I need a legal professional to speak to him for me? I have seen all those adverts on television about industrial accidents and people for silly amounts of money, am I entitled to a claim, I don’t want to post personal details but I was working away and fell off something because the support wasn’t secure and broke and I have injured myself!; 27 March 2008 at 03:04

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