Working in agriculture has long been recognised as a hazardous occupation, with one of the highest fatal injury rates to workers of any industry. It is the only industry that has to accept the constant presence of children around the worksite, since farms are homes as well as workplaces. That...
From the executive summary: ‘The safety triangle, commonly known as the safety pyramid or accident pyramid, came under attack from safety professionals. It was developed in 1931. Widely accepted for over 70 years, the safety triangle served to illustrate the theory of accident causation: unsafe acts lead to minor injuries...
More than 7 million people work in the construction industry, representing 6% of the labor force. Nearly 1.5 million of these workers are self-employed, and 90% of construction firms employ fewer than 20 workers. The article informs that accidents often involve a number of variables, including unstable working surfaces, mishandling...
An R.C. Willey truck on the I-215 ramp going west to I-80 jackknifed and tipped over Monday. One of the truck's fuel tanks was punctured and spilled a small amount of fuel, which fire crews quickly cleaned up, according to Sgt. Ted Tingey of the Utah Highway Patrol. He said...
WEST VALLEY CITY -- A 9-year-old girl was killed Friday night in a two-vehicle accident involving a tow truck, police said. Leslie Ventura had been pinned inside the car during the crash near 3500 South and 4000 West about 9 p.m., said West Valley Police Lt. Bill...
The Alameda County coroner's office has identified the woman who was killed in a motorcycle crash in Oakland over the weekend as Shalina Janae Guess, 21, of San Pablo. Guess was the passenger on a motorcycle that crashed in the 13000 block of Skyline Boulevard on Saturday....
A man and two children were in critical condition Friday night following a two-vehicle accident in West Valley City. West Valley police Lt. Dalan Taylor said a passenger car and tow- truck collided in the intersection of 3500 South and 4000 West at about 9 p.m. A...
James Dye has been out of bed and talking as he continues to make progress from the injuries sustained in an accident at Cadwell Park this weekend. The British Supersport rider was involved in a collision at the start of the race whereby he was thought to have...
A Montgomery County man has been charged with homicide by vehicle for driving under the influence during a high-speed crash that killed a passenger in July, prosecutors announced this week. Joseph Cornog, 29, of Trooper, was speeding in Schwenksville on July 11 when his car sailed off the ground for...
By Phil Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL An 84-year-old man was rescued Tuesday afternoon when he tumbled down a steep embankment and landed a few feet from the Kansas River just northeast of Topeka. The accident was reported about 12:30 p.m. in the...
By Phil Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL An 84-year-old man was rescued Tuesday afternoon when he tumbled down a steep embankment and landed a few feet from the Kansas River just northeast of Topeka. The accident was reported about 12:30 p.m. in the...
The following calls were among those handled by the Brentwood police Aug. 18-24 according to information provided by the police department. Police did not provide the week's remaining calls-for- service in time for deadline. Aug. 18 Grand theft: At 3:47 a.m. someone was arrested...
The Chester County coroner could not determine whether a Phoenixville man who died five days after his arrest at a concert in Camden last summer was the victim of an accident or a homicide. The family of Brett Katzenmoyer has charged in a federal lawsuit that he died after being...
Injury-plagued Jorge Lorenzo is hoping that the familiar surroundings of Misano will not only allow him to push Yamaha closer to this year's constructors' title, but also return to the front of the field he worried in the opening rounds of 2008. The San Marino Grand Prix is...
Date: August 01, 2008 Adriatic Sea, CroatiaAircraft Type: Piper PA-44-180 D-GZXBNarrative: Seminole crashed into the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Zadar,Croatia. The two pilots on-board were fatally injured. The instructional flightdeparted Zadar Airport LDZD at an unconfirmed time.Death/Injury: Two fatalitiesRemarks: A/c was reported missing after it failed to return...
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A Santaquin woman died in a car crash on state Route 68 Sunday evening. Around 7:45 p.m., the driver of a Dodge pickup truck veered off the road, rolling the vehicle, said Lt. Steve Winward of the Utah Highway Patrol. Two...
MARTINEZ -- A jury today found the January death of an off-duty San Francisco sheriff's deputy in a Highway 4 traffic collision involving an off-duty Contra Costa sheriff's deputy was an accident, a spokesman for the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office said. San Francisco Sheriff's Deputy Ernest Smith...
An elderly man is believed to have lost consciousness while driving before crashing into two parked vehicles in Antioch this afternoon, police said. The Pittsburg man, who did not suffer injuries from the accident, was in critical condition at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, said Antioch...
Robert Romando, FedEx National LTL, Named National Rookie of the Year HOUSTON, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennis R. Shirar, a Heritage Transport, LLC professional truck driver based in Indianapolis, Ind. was named the 2008 National Truck Driving Grand Champion. Shirar's driving skills and knowledge of transportation and...
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