JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) –
Company officials have identified a worker who died after an accident at a metal finishing plant in Jeffersonville.
According to Scott Schook, corporate director of safety and health for Valmont Coatings Gateway Galvanizing, the deceased worker is 49-year-old Marion Fletcher.
Jeffersonville Fire Marshal Mike McCutcheon confirmed Fletcher was injured in the accident at the Valmont Coatings Gateway Galvanizing facility around 11 a.m. Wednesday.
McCutcheon says Fletcher was taken to University Hospital in Louisville, where he died.
According to Shook, Fletcher has worked at the facility for a total of nine months: four as a temporary worker, and five as a full-time Valmont employee.
Kirk Knisely, who regularly drops off and picks up shipments from Valmont as a truck driver for Lennox out of Indianapolis, said he's never seen red flags.
"Everybody — where I pull up out here — all fork lift drivers had all their safety gear on, and everything seemed normal," he said. "I just feel it, because I come from a shop that deals with steel, and it's a dangerous, dangerous job, and you can get hurt. Everybody's got to be careful. It's not an easy job."
The company was closed on Thursday, with inspectors from Indiana OSHA as well as the company's head of health and safety on site.
Details about the nature of the accident or exactly how it happened are not yet available.
The galvanizing plant, located at 1117 Brown Forman Drive off Utica Pike, uses different processes to add coatings to metal products and equipment to prevent rust and corrosion, according to its website.
Valmont Industries is a nationwide company based in Nebraska, with plants in several states including Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Virginia. State and federal safety records indicate there have been no serious violations at the Jeffersonville plant in at least 10 years.
Until all of the victim's family members have been notified, company officials have little to say, but Shook did release this statement Thursday morning:
"Unfortunately we have had a very, very serious incident that occurred at our galvanizing plant in Jeffersonville. We are currently cooperating with all authorities including Indiana OSHA."
We are working to gather more details and we'll bring them to you as soon as they're available.
"It's not one of the easier investigations that I've done," Shook said.
SANTA ANA, CA (CBSLA) —
A worker was killed at John Wayne Airport late Tuesday night when the 4-foot-tall tire he was working on exploded.
The bizarre accident happened in a workshop under Gate 3 at the airport at about 11:30 a.m. as two people were repairing the giant tire on a jet bridge, the walkway that connects the terminal to the plane.
One worker was on top of the tire, and the other on the bottom, when it exploded. One of the workers was killed instantly, while the other walked away without injuries.
The force of the explosion caused a pipe to burst and set off the sprinklers in the workshop, but otherwise did not affect the operations of the airport.
The worker who died has not been identified. The two workers were not employees of the airport, but of a contractor called JBT, which said they are fully cooperating with the investigation into the accident.
“We are deeply saddened by this event, and are focused on providing support and assistance to our employees and their families,” the company said in a statement.
Cal OSHA is expected at the airport Wednesday morning to launch an investigation, which could examine whether the tire was faulty or there was an issue with the repair.
JBT Corporation is an American food processing machinery and airport equipment company. JBT Corporation was incorporated in 2008 when FMC Technologies divested its non-energy businesses. JBT Corporation is based in Chicago, Illinois. Its Airport Equipment Division manufactures and services the Jetway brand of airport passenger loading bridges and other Ground Support Equipment such as Cargo Loaders, Deicers and pushback tractors.
O’HARA TOWNSHIP, PA (KDKA) —
A tree service employee was struck and killed by a falling tree in O’Hara Township late Monday morning.
It happened around 10:45 a.m. on Marberry Drive near Bradberry Drive.
Police and paramedics were sent to the scene for a report of 33-year-old Adam Hursen being hit by a falling tree.
At the scene, responders found Hursen, who had been struck by a falling tree and pinned underneath it.
Hursen was extracted from under the tree and pronounced dead at the scene.
Allegheny County Police say crews from the Tree Masters tree service had been contracted to remove trees at a home on Marberry Drive.
While they were removing one of the trees, it fell unexpectedly and struck another tree, which in turn fell and struck Hursen, who was standing about 40 feet away. Hursen was trapped under the tree for a time before he was able to be freed.
Hursen was a Tree Masters employee.
The investigation is ongoing.
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) –
The Scott County Coroner’s Office has identified a contract worker who was killed earlier this week at the Toyota Manufacturing plant in Georgetown.
The coroner says 33-year-old Antwian Brifford, of Pikeville, died of blunt force trauma to his upper chest.
Brifford, who was an employee of Ryder Trucking, was killed Tuesday when he became pinned between his truck and a trailer.
The coroner says the preliminary investigation reveals Brifford didn’t put on the air brake when he exited the truck.
Brifford leaves behind three children, according to the coroner.
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SCOTT COUNTY, KY. (THECOUNT) —
Antwian Brifford, of Pikeville, Kentucky, has been identified as the victim killed Tuesday in an accident at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky earlier in the week.
Brifford, 32, was working for Ryder Trucking when he exited his work vehicle without engaging the air brakes, according to reporting by EKBTV.
The vehicle began to move and he was crushed between the tractor and trailer where he would remain for over an hour before he was discovered by a coworker, according to the Scott County Coroner.
Brifford was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
Family and friends took to Facebook to remember the beloved father of three.
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Man Killed In Accident At Toyota Identified As Pikeville Man
Posted by laythan hopkins on February 7, 2019 in Latest News
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18)–
The man killed in an accident at Toyota earlier in the week has been identified.
The Scott County Coroner confirms that 33-year-old Antwian Brifford, of Pikeville, died from blunt force trauma to the body.
Brifford, an employee of Ryder Trucking, was killed Tuesday when he exited his truck and did not put on the air brake. He was crushed between the tractor and trailer.
The coroner said he was there for at least an hour before he was found by a coworker.
Funeral arrangements are pending, but they will be held in Alabama. He will be buried there as well.
Brifford leaves behind three children.
Norfolk Southern railroad employee fatally struck by train in Baltimore
Colin Campbell The Baltimore Sun
A Norfolk Southern employee was fatally struck by a train at the railroad’s Bayview rail yard in East Baltimore Thursday morning, officials said.
It’s unclear what time the incident happened, and the employee’s name is being withheld until his family has been notified of his death.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is sending investigators to review the incident, which it said was an accident.
A Baltimore Police spokesman confirmed that a man was struck but referred further questions to the Norfolk Southern Railway Police Department, which is leading the investigation.
“We are cooperating with investigating officials,” Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Susan Terpay said in an email.
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BALTIMORE (WBFF)--
A Norfolk Southern employee was killed Thursday after an accident at a rail yard in East Baltimore.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the worker was involved in switching cars around 7 a.m. at the Bayview Rail Yard when they were killed.
NTSB officials are headed to Baltimore to investigate the death.
A spokesperson for the NTSB said they don't know the circumstances surrounding the accident.
A statement from the rail company said: A Norfolk Southern employee died on Thursday after sustaining injuries while working at Norfolk Southern’s Bayview rail yard in Baltimore.
At this time, we are not releasing the employee’s name until his family has been notified.
We are cooperating with local officials and the NTSB to investigate the incident.
