Three Lincoln men have been injured in falls after a subfloor collapsed during a concrete pour in Omaha, Neb. Police say the three were working on a hotel project on the south side of downtown a little before 5 a.m. …
France’s electricity utility says that two people have suffered slight hand burns in a blast of steam at the country’s oldest nuclear reactor. Electricite de France, or EDF, denied reports of a fire at the Fessenheim plant in eastern France. …
A tube of fireworks ignited prematurely during a Fourth of July display in southeastern Iowa, creating sparks that detonated other fireworks waiting to be lit and injuring four event employees, authorities said Thursday. The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. …
Officials with a fireworks company in eastern Missouri say a flash fire apparently injured three workers, one of them seriously. The fire was reported Tuesday at Global Pyrotechnic Solutions near Dittmer in Jefferson County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that …
Officials say four workers suffered minor injuries in a flash fire that led to the evacuation of about 350 people at an engine company in West Des Moines, Iowa. Fire crews were called Wednesday morning to Goodrich Engine Components after …