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Industrial Accidents

Middlesex MA
News
Company Fined Nearly $50K After Winthrop Employee Dies At Boston Logan In 2023: OSHA Company Fined Nearly $50K After Winthrop Employee Dies At Boston Logan In 2023: OSHA
Company Fined Nearly $50K After Winthrop Employee Dies At Boston Logan In 2023: Osha A Winthrop father and Desert Storm veteran who was killed last year while working at Boston Logan Airport was not properly trained on the forklift he was driving when it crashed and fell on top of him, federal regulators said on Monday, March 11. The company he worked for now faces nearly $50,000 in fines for the incident.  Raul Orengo Santiago, 51, died on August 29, 2023, after the forklift he was driving clipped a beam, tipped over, and fell on top of him, an OSHA report of the fatal accident said. Fellow employees used an aircraft tow bar to lift the heavy equipment o…

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by Josh Lanier
Essex MA
News
Company At Fault In Explosion That Killed Father Of 2 In Newburyport: OSHA Company At Fault In Explosion That Killed Father Of 2 In Newburyport: OSHA
Company At Fault In Explosion That Killed Father Of 2 In Newburyport: Osha After an investigation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a Newburyport pharmaceutical company could have prevented the death of one of its employees if it had followed safety protocols. The federal agency suggested $300,000 in fines.  Jack O'Keefe, 62, of Methuen, was killed when a pressure vessel exploded at a Seqens plant in May, partially tearing the roof off of the building.  Photos from the explosion show pieces of large machines thrown hundreds of feet outside of the building.  We expect to remain on scene throughout the day, and lik…

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by Josh Lanier
Norfolk
Police & Fire
Cohasset Tree Worker Knocked Out By Limb Chopped Down By Co-Worker: Police Cohasset Tree Worker Knocked Out By Limb Chopped Down By Co-Worker: Police
Cohasset Tree Worker Knocked Out By Limb Chopped Down By Co-Worker: Police A 27-year-old tree worker was hospitalized after he was knocked out by a fallen limb cut by his colleague, authorities said.   Cohasset Police and Fire responded to a reported industrial accident at the intersection of Beechwood Street and Wheelwright Farm Drive around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, Cohasset Police said on Facebook.  Cohasset Police and Fire responded to a reported industrial accident today at about 10am. A 9-1-1 caller reported that... Posted by Cohasset Police Department, Cohasset MA on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Upon arrival, first responders found the worker rega…

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by David Cifarelli
Union
Obituaries
Longshoreman Killed In Freak Accident Was Impossible Not To Love (TRIBUTE) Longshoreman Killed In Freak Accident Was Impossible Not To Love (TRIBUTE)
Longshoreman Killed In Freak Accident Was Impossible Not To Love (Tribute) Anywhere Uriel Matamoros went, he made a friend. "He never met a stranger," his obituary reads. "Every person in the world to him seemed to be just a new friend. He had a keen ability to bring out the best in others and always saw the good in them.  "Without hesitation he was always willing to give the shirt off his back to those who needed." The world lost a friend on Wednesday, July 13, when 59-year-old Matamoros was crushed to death by a piece of machinery at his job in Port Newark. A GoFundMe for Matamoros' family had raised more than $11,000 as of Monday, July 18. Matamoros moved t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cumberland
News
Safety Inspection At PA Medical Marijuana Plant After Explosion Hurts Six People: OSHA Safety Inspection At PA Medical Marijuana Plant After Explosion Hurts Six People: OSHA
Safety Inspection At PA Medical Marijuana Plant After Explosion Hurts Six People: Osha The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation after six people were hurt in an explosion at a medical marijuana plant, authorities say Emergency crews were called to the explosion at the Ilera Healthcare facility located at 3786 North Hess Road in Taylor Township at the Fulton and Bedford County line around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, according to emergency dispatchers. The explosion happened in an incinerator room and damage was contained to the room, reports WJAC citing Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Company Chief Darius Deshong. Two people suffer…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster
Business
Safety Investigation At M&Ms Factory After Pair Pulled From Chocolate Tank: OSHA Safety Investigation At M&Ms Factory After Pair Pulled From Chocolate Tank: OSHA
Safety Investigation At M&Ms Factory After Pair Pulled From Chocolate Tank: Osha The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched investigation after two contractors fell into a vat of chocolate at the M&M/Mars factory, authorities say. The pair fell into the chocolate at the Elizabethtown factory located in the 200 block of Brown Street at 1:51 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. The trapped people were contracted to the factory from I.K. Stolzfus Services, located in Manheim, Pennsylvania, Leni Fortson, Regional Director at the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Public Affairs tells Daily Voice. The com…

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by Jillian Pikora
Hudson
Police & Fire
Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61
Unlicensed Bulldozer Driver Charged In Death Of North Bergen Recycling Plant Worker, 61 A 38-year-old North Bergen recycling plant trolly cart operator was charged in the death of his 61-year-old coworker, authorities said. Santiago Ventura Blanco was operating a bulldozer and pushing a concrete dumpster at Lincoln Recycling on Dell Avenue when Horacio Juarez Diaz was pinned between the dumpster and a wall Thursday afternoon, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Diaz of Union City was found lifeless by responding police officers and pronounced dead at the scene around 3:20 p.m., Suarez said. Blanco of East Newark was arrested at the scene at 4 p.m., and char…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hudson
Police & Fire
Worker At Kearny Company Seriously Burned In Accident Worker At Kearny Company Seriously Burned In Accident
Worker At Kearny Company Seriously Burned In Accident An employee of a Kearny business was rushed to St. Barnabas Medical Center Monday afternoon after he was burned with molten metal, police said.  The victim, a 37-year-old Elizabeth man, was working at Kearny Smelting & Refining Corp. on Harrison Avenue around 12:45 p.m. when a furnace "burped," splashing liquid metal. The man suffered burns to his hands, feet and buttocks, police said.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified and is investigating, police also said. 

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by Paul Milo
Garfield-Lodi
Police & Fire
Worker, 19, Cutting Oil Tank Critically Burned In Garfield Flashback Worker, 19, Cutting Oil Tank Critically Burned In Garfield Flashback
Worker, 19, Cutting Oil Tank Critically Burned In Garfield Flashback A 19-year-old worker was critically burned on the lower half of his body after a flashback Tuesday afternoon while he was cutting an oil tank from the ground in Garfield, authorities said. “It appears that as he was cutting the tank with a saw,” Garfield Police Capt. Richard Uram said. “The sparks may have ignited the fuel, causing a flash.” “It does not appear they had a permit to remove the tank at this time,” Uram said. The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston with burns over nearly 50% of his body, responders said. OSHA and a Bergen County Hazardous Materials…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater
Police & Fire
Cheese-Making Machine Breaks Arm Of Ridgefield Dairy Plant Worker Cheese-Making Machine Breaks Arm Of Ridgefield Dairy Plant Worker
Cheese-Making Machine Breaks Arm Of Ridgefield Dairy Plant Worker A worker at a Ridgefield dairy plant suffered broken bones and cuts when his arm got caught in a machine that he was cleaning before dawn Tuesday, authorities said. A co-worker unplugged the machine and called 911 after the 56-year-old victim was injured by spiraling augers at Biazzo Dairy Products on Edgewater Avenue just after 1:30 a.m., Police Chief Thomas Gallagher said. After the machine operator removed the engine, police reversed the blade and removed him, Gallagher said. Members of the Ridgefield Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center. Biazzo, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield
Police & Fire
Roof Collapses After Fire Breaks Out At Medical Company In Fairfield County Roof Collapses After Fire Breaks Out At Medical Company In Fairfield County
Roof Collapses After Fire Breaks Out At Medical Company In Fairfield County A Fairfield County medical warehouse will be inaccessible for “a period of time” after a fire tore through the building, collapsing the roof and leaving substantial structural damage. Firefighters from the Stratford Fire Department were dispatched to the Kubtec Medical Imaging Company on Research Drive on Sunday afternoon, where smoke could be seen billowing through the sky after a fire broke out inside. Officials said that upon arrival at the scene, firefighters found “a large amount of fire” within the warehouse, and the building’s roof had already begun to collapse onto the floor below. …

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by Zak Failla
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Worker Falls 35 Feet From Ladder In Hawthorne Worker Falls 35 Feet From Ladder In Hawthorne
Worker Falls 35 Feet From Ladder In Hawthorne A worker was hospitalized Tuesday after falling 35 feet from a ladder onto a secondary roof at an industrial building in Hawthorne. Members of Hawthorne Engine Companies #3 and #4 and Rescue Company #5 got the victim onto a backboard before carrying him down three flights inside the Loretto Avenue building in a basket stretcher. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital assisted Hawthorne EMS with patient evaluation and treatment.  The victim was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center. His condition couldn't immediately be determined. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this accoun…

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by Jerry DeMarco