A Texas man was killed in a construction site accident at Palestine High School on Thursday morning.
The work accident victim, a 26-year-old man whose name has not been released, was working under a portable building which had recently been moved to the PHS campus.
Preliminary investigations into the construction site accident indicate that the ground was saturated because of recent rainfall. As a result, the portable building shifted and fell off of the supporting jacks underneath it, killing the man working beneath the building.
The floor of the portable structure had to be cut in order to reach the victim who was trapped under the building, according to police. Once the work accident victim was reached, he was apparently already deceased.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by Pearce Gary Thomas, the Anderson County Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Construction worker killed on the job at Texas work site
A 25-year-old worker was killed at a construction site in Texas Friday afternoon when he was pinned to a sewer main after the walls of the trench he was working in collapsed.
The construction site accident victim was Mexican national Rigoberto Tovar. Around noon on Friday, Tovar was working to install a storm sewer line located approximately 10-feet underground at an intersection in Alamo City, Texas.
At the time of the workplace accident, Tovar was standing in a 6-foot-deep trench. The earthen walls suddenly gave way, knocking Tovar into the sewer main. He was killed instantly.
Tovar was working for M Construction of McAllen when the work accident occurred. The company is a private contractor that was hired by the city of Alamo to complete the road expansion project.
An investigation into the accident is being conducted by OSHA to determine whether all proper safety protocols were followed.
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If you or someone you love has been injured in a workplace accident in Texas, contact the work accident attorneys of Fears | Nachawati today to receive free legal advice. You can email us or phone us toll free at 1.866.705.7584.
The construction site accident victim was Mexican national Rigoberto Tovar. Around noon on Friday, Tovar was working to install a storm sewer line located approximately 10-feet underground at an intersection in Alamo City, Texas.
At the time of the workplace accident, Tovar was standing in a 6-foot-deep trench. The earthen walls suddenly gave way, knocking Tovar into the sewer main. He was killed instantly.
Tovar was working for M Construction of McAllen when the work accident occurred. The company is a private contractor that was hired by the city of Alamo to complete the road expansion project.
An investigation into the accident is being conducted by OSHA to determine whether all proper safety protocols were followed.
To read more on Tovar’s Texas workplace accident, click here for the complete article.
If you or someone you love has been injured in a workplace accident in Texas, contact the work accident attorneys of Fears | Nachawati today to receive free legal advice. You can email us or phone us toll free at 1.866.705.7584.
Friday, March 5, 2010
3 Texas men injured in construction site accident
An accident at a Texas construction site on Thursday afternoon left three workers injured. Two were sent to area hospitals.
At the time of the accident, the three workers were setting decking on tresses. The job site was located at Weatherford Ridge Shopping Center. The workplace accident occurred a when a load of plywood shifted, knocking over the tresses.
According to Weatherford Fire Chief George Teague, all three men were injured when the tresses fell.
One suffered only minor injuries, but another worker suffered head injuries and a compound wrist fracture. He was taken to Weatherford Regional Medical Center by air ambulance. The third worker, who was complaining of back pain, was taken to the same hospital via ground ambulance.
Teague says that all three of the men were conscious and talking when rescuers arrived on the scene.
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If you or someone you love has been injured at a construction site or other workplace accident in Texas, contact the work accident attorneys of Fears | Nachawati today. To receive free legal assistance with your potential workplace accident claim, simply email us or phone us toll free at 1.866.705.7584.
At the time of the accident, the three workers were setting decking on tresses. The job site was located at Weatherford Ridge Shopping Center. The workplace accident occurred a when a load of plywood shifted, knocking over the tresses.
According to Weatherford Fire Chief George Teague, all three men were injured when the tresses fell.
One suffered only minor injuries, but another worker suffered head injuries and a compound wrist fracture. He was taken to Weatherford Regional Medical Center by air ambulance. The third worker, who was complaining of back pain, was taken to the same hospital via ground ambulance.
Teague says that all three of the men were conscious and talking when rescuers arrived on the scene.
To read more on this Texas construction site accident, click here for the complete article.
If you or someone you love has been injured at a construction site or other workplace accident in Texas, contact the work accident attorneys of Fears | Nachawati today. To receive free legal assistance with your potential workplace accident claim, simply email us or phone us toll free at 1.866.705.7584.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Fort Worth, Texas, worker killed in workplace accident at Dannon Yogurt plant
On February 13th, a worker at Dannon’s yogurt plant located in the medical district of Forth Worth, Texas, became trapped in some machinery. The victim, Tri Tran of Fort Worth, suffered head and chest injuries in his workplace accident. He died six days later as a result of those injuries, according to a statement released by the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Tran worked for the plant as a maintenance mechanic. He became pinned near the ceiling by a scissor lift, which is an electronically controlled platform that’s used for changing light bulbs.
At this point, it remains unclear whether the workplace accident was caused by an equipment failure or some other factor.
OSHA has begun its investigation into the fatal workplace accident, but, says agency spokeswoman Elizabeth Todd, no details will be released while the investigation is ongoing.
According to Dannon spokesman Michael Neuwirth, the company does not have conclusive evidence about what happened. The company is, along with OSHA, conducting an investigation into what caused Tran’s entrapment and blunt force injury.
The medical examiner’s office has said that there is no evidence that foul play was involved in the work accident.
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If you have been injured on the job in Texas, contact the workplace accident attorneys of Fears | Nachawati today to receive free legal advice. You can email us or phone us toll free at 1.866.705.7584.
Tran worked for the plant as a maintenance mechanic. He became pinned near the ceiling by a scissor lift, which is an electronically controlled platform that’s used for changing light bulbs.
At this point, it remains unclear whether the workplace accident was caused by an equipment failure or some other factor.
OSHA has begun its investigation into the fatal workplace accident, but, says agency spokeswoman Elizabeth Todd, no details will be released while the investigation is ongoing.
According to Dannon spokesman Michael Neuwirth, the company does not have conclusive evidence about what happened. The company is, along with OSHA, conducting an investigation into what caused Tran’s entrapment and blunt force injury.
The medical examiner’s office has said that there is no evidence that foul play was involved in the work accident.
For more on this Fort Worth, Texas, workplace accident, click here to access the full article.
If you have been injured on the job in Texas, contact the workplace accident attorneys of Fears | Nachawati today to receive free legal advice. You can email us or phone us toll free at 1.866.705.7584.
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