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Parent Category: Safety Info Posts

Category: Incident Alerts (2011 - 2018)

Published: 19 February 2017

Industrial

Union Pacific railroad worker killed by train near Wallula (worker, 54, was killed by a train at 5:30 a.m. along the railroad track - no other details)

CRUSHED Worker killed in apparent accident at Manning Supply (worker, 57, was crushed and killed while handling large panel doors on the company’s lot -several workers were transferring building materials, including the doors, from one semi-trailer to another - during the process, several doors shifted, striking the victim and pinning him against the wall of the trailer)

ELECTRICAL 1 electric worker killed, 1 hurt during East Texas repairs (one electric worker has died and another was hurt after being shocked while repairing downed power lines after a traffic accident - two contract workers were dispatched to do repairs when both were accidentally shocked - the victims were transported to a hospital, where one was declared dead and the other was treated for serious injuries)

FORKLIFT FATALITY Worker killed in forklift mishap at FDNY parts depot (worker was killed when he became pinned between a forklift and a delivery truck when he put the forklift in neutral and placed it next to his van - when he left the heavy machinery to retrieve something from the van, the forklift somehow started rolling, crushing him between the van and the forklift - cops responding to the scene at 12:35 p.m. found the man unconscious and unresponsive - EMS brought him to a Hospital, where he was pronounced dead)

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