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

January 20 2025

• 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...
• 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.
• 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...
• 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...
• Construction worker from La Crosse dies after falling from roof in DeForest
  The DeForest Police Department, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Dane County Medical Examiner's Office are conducting an investigation into a workplace accident.
• 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.
• Worker killed in rollover crash at north Phoenix construction site
  Police say 18-year-old Omar Marino Alonso died after losing control of his work truck at a north Phoenix job site.
• 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...