Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant construction site in Georgia. “The risks …
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state regulators fined a Pennsylvania wireless company $12,000 for safety violations after the death of a cellphone tower worker near Arlington last year. Michael Vasquez was working on a Crown Castle cell tower on Dec. …
NEW YORK (AP) — A 3-year-old boy died after falling from a 29th floor balcony of a New York City apartment building on Saturday morning, police said a preliminary investigation shows. Officers found the injured toddler lying on a 3rd …
The death of a young Connecticut woman who fell down stairs at a Manhattan subway station with her 1-year-old daughter appears to be related to a pre-existing medical condition, the city’s chief medical examiner said Wednesday. Malaysia Goodson, 22, of …
Police say a man’s fatal fall from the 10th floor of a St. Louis, Mo., hotel was accidental. They identified the man on Monday as 23-year-old William Brown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Police found Brown dead Saturday night on …
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has cited three companies for safety violations related to the death of a construction worker in downtown Seattle in January. The man died after falling 72 feet from a scaffold at a …
Authorities believe a person has died after falling from a building on the Texas A&M University campus. Texas A&M police say officers were called to the scene of an unknown medical emergency at 6:01 a.m. Saturday next to the Mitchell …
An Alpha Natural Resources subsidiary has been issued safety citations in a mechanic’s fatal fall at a West Virginia coal processing plant. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration cited Independence Coal Co. in the May 17 death of 57-year-old …
A 20-year-old fan from Tennessee had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit before he fell to his death in the Georgia Dome and struck another man, who was injured. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office said Friday that …
Authorities say a roofing worker fell 20 feet to his death while working at a Columbus, Ga., warehouse. Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Freeman Worley tells The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that the worker was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour …