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electric shock as he was helping to lay stone shortly before 11 a.m.

on Fire Lane 50, off Route 41A about a half-mile north of the Cayuga

County line, troopers said.

1 River Oaks officer killed, 1 hurt when vehicles collide

RIVER OAKS, TX - A police officer was killed Thursday morning and one

was injured when their department vehicles collided while chasing a

traffic violator.

Officer Nathan Laurie, 43, who had been with the River Oaks Police

Department for about two years, was pronounced dead at Harris

Methodist Fort Worth Hospital shortly after the 2:28 a.m. crash.

Investigators probe O'Hare luggage fatality

Chicago -- Job safety investigators were at O'Hare International

Airport today, seeking to determine how a motorized baggage-hauling

tug struck and overturned another luggage vehicle, fatally injuring

its driver.

Alonzo Humphries, 29, who had worked for American Eagle since

November, died of head injuries about an hour after the Thursday night

accident, authorities said.

1 man killed, 1 injured when trench collapses

Pittsburgh -- A Franklin Park man died and another man was injured

yesterday in the collapse of a trench in Beaver County that

authorities said was not reinforced as required under federal health

and safety standards. Marion E. Peters, 61, died at the scene in the

200 block of Silverdale Drive in Economy, said Deputy Coroner Skip

Haswell.

Man dies in cave-in

NEWARK, OH -- Construction workers frantically tried to dig out a man

buried alive when a sewer line trench collapsed Wednesday at a new

subdivision in north Newark. "We were finishing up a job down the road

when one of the guys on the trucks yell's, my God,'..." said concrete

worker Dean Watson. "We ran over there with shovels and dug, and we

found him, and we pulled his head up, and he still had a pulse and we

keep digging and digging, trying to yank him out of there. We couldn't

get him out, and his pulse stopped somewhere during that.

Authorities identified the dead worker as Gary Dillon, 40.

Worker Dies After Collapsing on Job

ROBINS, Iowa (AP) - Officials say a construction worker who died on

the job in the eastern Iowa town of Robins earlier this week died of

natural causes.

Fifty-one-year-old Larry Darling of Cedar Rapids died on Monday after

collapsing. Police say he became ill and stopped breathing. He was

taken to a Cedar Rapids hospital, where he died.

Robins is just north of Cedar Rapids.

Franconia police probe death of man killed by truck

Franconia, PA -- Franconia Township police are investigating the death

of a Bucks County welder who was killed late Monday night after being

pinned by a dump truck he was working on.

Police said Kevin Malloy, 38, of Pipersville, was working alone in the

Shoemaker Welding Co. at 302 Leidy Rd. in Franconia. Police said

Malloy was working on the truck with the dump bed raised.

For an unknown reason, the dump bed lowered, pinning Malloy between it

and the truck cab.

Dominion Lineman Struck, Killed by Truck While Restoring Service

RICHMOND, Va. -- A Dominion Virginia Power lineman restoring

electrical service near Montross, Va., early Wednesday was struck and

killed by a truck.

William Dale Clarke, 44, of Tappahannock, Va., was a 22-year veteran

employee of Dominion who worked at the Northern Neck-Lively office. He

was completing work at a job site along State Route 202 when the

accident occurred.

Painter dies of electric shock

PORT CHESTER, NY -- A 25-year-old Port Chester man who worked as a

painter was killed, and another painter was badly burned Monday when

an aluminum ladder they were moving touched a power line.

Patricio Tenecela and another Port Chester man apparently were taking

down the aluminum extension ladder at the Newtown Meeting House in

Newtown, Conn., when it made contact with the power lines that run

along a street near the building just before 4 p.m., police said. The

Main Street building was being painted by Campbell Quality Painting of

Newtown, police said.

Jefferson: County road worker dies following truck crash

Jefferson County, WA -- Jefferson County road department employees

were mourning a fellow worker Monday after James B. Halvorson died in

a Seattle hospital Friday.

Mr. Halvorson suffered severe injuries when his county pickup crashed

into a tree at the side of Center Road, south of Chimacum, on July 15.

Hero police officer killed in Long Island crash

DIX HILLS, N.Y. -- A decorated Suffolk County police officer, who won

acclaim in 2002 when he helped stop an out-of-control SUV on the Long

Island Expressway, was killed in a one-car crash Tuesday on the

Northern State Parkway.

Edwin Hernandez, 44, a 19-year veteran assigned to the Highway Patrol

unit, was driving west shortly after midnight when he apparently lost

control of his police cruiser, hit a guardrail and then a tree at the

Dix Hills Road overpass, police said.

Construction worker falls in Gilbert, dies

GILBERT - A 25-year-old construction worker died of head injuries

Saturday morning after falling off the roof of the Gilbert home he was

working on. Manuel Guevara apparently fell when the 20 pieces of

particleboard stacked on the roof of the house in the 2900 block of

East Bonanza Court shifted. The particleboard then fell on him,

causing his death.

Worker dies from gator attack

FORT MYERS - (AP) -- A professional landscaper who was mauled by an

alligator died Friday in surgery to treat an infection caused by the

animal's vicious bites.

Janie Melsek, 54, died at Lee Memorial Hospital. Doctors said her body

simply shut down in response to the infection.

Melsek was attacked Wednesday by a 12-foot, 457-pound alligator as she

worked on the landscaping behind a home on Sanibel Island. The

alligator dragged her into a pond, tearing at her right arm so

severely that part of it was later amputated.

Condo collapse death toll at 2

HOBE SOUND, FL � Two workers were killed and five were injured late

Thursday afternoon when the third floor of the building under

construction collapsed west of Hobe Sound. Another six construction

workers at the Tranquility complex escaped injury, including a

13-year-old West Palm Beach boy.

At least 13 men were pouring and smoothing concrete to erect the

building's third floor when the structure at Flora Avenue in Martin

County gave way about 6:15 p.m.

The dead were identified by the Martin County Sheriff's Office as

Gregorio Ruiz, of Wilton Manors, and Lauro Hernandez, who were working

on the first floor of the three-story concrete and steel building.

Their bodies were pulled from the wreckage early Friday morning.

Olathe Worker Electrocuted While Installing Light Pole

OLATHE, Kan. -- A worker for the city of Olathe was killed Friday when

he was electrocuted while installing a light pole, KMBC's Donna Pitman

reported.

The incident happened around 11:35 a.m. near Santa Fe and Indian Wells

Road. Two workers were installing the pole when it somehow came into

contact with a live wire. Benito Alvarez, 27, was electrocuted.

Cal/OSHA probes racetrack death

Petaluma, CA -- Petaluma police are focusing on possible human error

that could have contributed to the death of Randolph E. Clifton, a

racing official killed Saturday when he was struck by a race car at

the Petaluma Speedway.

They are examining whether the steering wheel in the race car was

properly attached and whether Clifton was in the correct position on

the track.

Officer killed in hit-run on way home from work

A popular Oakland police motorcycle officer returning home from work

was struck and killed Thursday on a San Leandro freeway by a

hit-and-run trucker who was later arrested, authorities said.

Officer William "Will" Seuis, 39, of Pleasanton, a well-respected

15-year veteran, was in full uniform and riding his 2001

Harley-Davidson police motorcycle when he was hit at 2:11 p.m. by a

white 1996 Freightliner truck as it changed lanes on eastbound Highway

238 at Ashland Avenue.

"The trailer did hit the officer, knocked him off his bike, and he was

pulled underneath the trailer's tires," said Officer Dan Hesser of the

California Highway Patrol.

Police Honor Fallen Comrade

There was a stirring tribute for a Metro Police Officer killed this

week in the line of duty.

Friday, hundreds of officers took part in the funeral processional

that led from south Nashville to Dickson for Officer Christy Dedman.

Dedman was killed when her cruiser, parked on the side of the road,

was hit by a tractor trailer on Monday while she assisted a stranded

motorist.

Load Of Glass Crushes Worker At Construction Site

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A worker died Friday morning after investigators

said a load of glass panels he was unloading fell on top of him at a

Northside construction site.

Just after 10 a.m., rescue crews and police were called to the area of

Pine Estates and Dunn Avenue, where an addition is being put on a

medical building.

Police said 60-year-old Bobby Stephens, an employee of Mac's Glass and

Mirror, was crushed by the weight of 15 large panels of glass.

Officials Consider Charges After Officer Dies In Collision

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office is

working with state police to determine what happened in a crash that

killed a Maryland Transportation Authority police officer, and what

charges the driver of a pickup truck that hit the officer's cruiser

should face.

Police told WBAL-TV 11 News that the officer, identified as Duke Aaron

III, had just finished writing a citation. He died after a pickup

truck rear-ended his unmarked cruiser that was parked on the highway's

shoulder.

WORKER dies on site in Cohoes

COHOES, NY - A construction worker died at a work site here Wednesday,

and a city code enforcement official is saying a construction

company's failure to use proper equipment contributed to the accident.

John Duesler, 59, of St. Johns- ville, was at the bottom of a

10-foot-deep trench in a new housing complex called Brighton Point off

Western Avenue when heavy, clay-like dirt collapsed around him at

about 10:30 a.m.

Cohoes Code Enforcement Officer Joseph Monast visited the scene and

said the accident may have been avoided if proper equipment had been

used. He said the construction company working on the site, which

Heslin said was K and M Construction, was not using a trench box,

which allowed the dirt to cave in."The ditch wasn't shored up," Monast

said.

Man electrocuted at concrete firm

NEW HARTFORD, CT -- Andrew D. Riopel loved his sons and being a New

York Mills volunteer firefighter.

Riopel, 34, New York Mills, was working on an electrical box about

12:47 p.m. Tuesday when he was shocked at Madden Concrete's Campion

Road site, New Hartford police Sgt. Marc Marziale said.

OSHA looking into death at Angoon lodge

Juneau, AK -- The federal Occupational Safety and Health

Administration is investigating a weekend accident at an Angoon lodge

that led to the death of a man working there.

Troy S. Payne, 61, was cutting an empty 500-gallon fuel tank with an

acetylene torch Saturday, said Gary McCoy, operations manager for

Whaler's Cove Lodge, on an island near the village about 55 miles

southwest of Juneau.

State troopers reported Wednesday that Payne was seriously burned and

flown to Seattle, where he died Sunday.

Worker Electrocuted Near Local Freeway

A worker was electrocuted while working near a freeway ramp in Allen

Park Tuesday morning, according to Michigan State Police.

The 47-year-old Dearborn Heights man was apparently working on a

high-voltage electric line near the ramp from M-39 to Interstate 94

east when the accident occurred.

Second rescue worker dies as search winds down

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CA -- As a second search and rescue

volunteer injured in a Saturday morning crash while on his way to look

for a missing hiker died Tuesday, authorities began scaling back the

search for the 17-year-old in the Joshua Tree National Park. Phillip

Calvert, 58, of Mentone was pronounced dead at 2:36 a.m. at Desert

Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs.

He was taken to the medical center following the crash early Saturday

in Morongo Valley that killed another San Bernardino County Sheriff's

Department San Gorgonio Search and Rescue Team member, Scott Johnston,

30, of Redlands. The men and three others on their team were on their

way to join in the efforts being made to find San Diego County teen

Eric Sears when their vehicle was struck head-on at Highway 62 and

Piedras Trail.

Two killed when crate falls on them

HUYETT, Md. - Two workers were killed when a crate of drilling

equipment fell on them along U.S. Route 40 west of Hagerstown, police

said.

State police identified the men as Mark Goshorn, 25, of Blair Mills,

Pa., and Jamie Peterson, 24, of Shade Gap, Pa.

Police said the victims were helping lay underground cable when a

crate of drill bits fell off a drilling machine on top of them.

State worker killed in crash near Normal

NORMAL, IL -- A state employee was killed in a traffic crash three

miles north of Normal Monday, McLean County Coroner Beth Kimmerling

said in a statement.

The crash involving a pickup truck and a semitrailer truck happened

about 8:45 a.m. on Interstate 39, the coroner said. Douglas M. Keenan,

43, of Somonauk, the pickup truck driver, was dead at the scene at

9:12 a.m.

Worker killed when bulldozer overturns

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - An immigrant worker died at a country club

after the bulldozer he was driving overturned and crushed him.

Silvestre Alba Cano, 22, of Guatemala was an immigrant who was

authorized to work in this country, said Charleston County deputy

coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal.

The accident happened about 12:45 p.m. Monday at the Snee Farm Country

Club. Cano was driving the bulldozer on an incline when the vehicle

tipped over and trapped him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Since Jan. 1, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has

investigated 20 workplace deaths, said Jim Knight, a spokesman for the

state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. Of those, five

involved Hispanic workers, he said.

Tree service employee dies; was working to clean up after Louisville

storm

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man working for an Arkansas tree service company

following storms that raked Louisville died after part of a tree fell

on him, a deputy coroner said.

Steven Mosher, 36, of Texarkana, Ark., was injured about 6:40 p.m. EDT

Sunday and died a short time later at University hospital, according

to Jack Arnold, a deputy Jefferson County coroner.

Labels: Weekly Toll

PERMALINK Posted 1:19 AM by Jordan

Man Receives Up To 29 Years For Killing Worker

Philadelphia -- A judge imposed consecutive sentences totaling 14-1/2

to 29 years on Christopher Manigault for killing Kenneth Wasiek, 32,

as he stepped out of his city truck at a work site on June 24, 2003.

Manigault was convicted of "driving under the influence" of alcohol.

Bad luck. If he had killed Wasiek in a trench, or confined space, he'd

have gotten off with a few thousand dollars and no jail time.

Labels: Criminal Prosecution

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