Worker electrocuted and falls 30 feet from construction site in North Philadelphia

A construction worker is in the hospital after he was shocked, then fell three stories today at a work site.

Updated 1 hr 4 mins ago

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --

First responders have converged on a work site in North Philadelphia after a worker was shocked.

It happened at 11:45 a.m. Monday near 16th and Oxford Street.

Officials tell Action News the worker fell three stories after suffering some kind of electrical shock.

The worker has been taken to Temple University Hospital.

There was no immediate word on his condition.

Stay with Action News and 6abc.com for more information as it becomes available.

Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania firefighter struck by car while responding to call

A firefighter was struck by a vehicle while responding to a call in Montgomery County on Monday.

Monday, August 17, 2015

 

GILBERTSVILLE, Pa. (WPVI) -- 

 

A firefighter was struck by a vehicle while responding to a call in Montgomery County on Monday.

It happened around 11:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of Swamp Pike in Gilbertsville.

Officials say the firefighter was responding to an elevator rescue when he was struck by a car.

The firefighter was transported by ground to Lehigh Valley Hospital.

His condition is not yet clear.

Images from Chopper 6 over the scene show a vehicle with front-end damage stopped at the scene.

Officials say the elevator rescue the firefighter was responding to was placed under control.

The probable cause of the collision between the offshore supply vessel Gloria May and the fishing vessel Capt Le was the failure of both vessels’ operators to maintain a proper lookout.

 

 

Collision of Offshore Supply Vessel Gloria May and Fishing Vessel Capt Le

Executive Summary

The offshore supply vessel  Gloria May collided with the uninspected fishing vessel Capt Le in the Gulf of Mexico about 2040 on the evening of August 24, 2014. As a result of the collision, the hull of the Capt Le was breached and the vessel flooded and sank; the bow of the Gloria May suffered minor damage. 

 

Three crewmembers from the Capt Le abandoned their sinking vessel into a liferaft and were recovered by the crew of the Gloria May. No injuries resulted from the accident. Total damage was estimated at $225,000.

Probable Cause

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the collision between the offshore supply vessel Gloria May and the fishing vessel Capt Le was the failure of both vessels’ operators to maintain a proper lookout.

1 crewmember of Curnard’s Queen Mary 2 cruise liner fell overboard and has not been found off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador

Search Abandoned After Queen Mary 2 Crew Member Falls Overboard

August 17, 2015 by Mike Schuler


QM2 file photo: Targn Pleiades / Shutterstock.com



A search was launched and later suspended this weekend for a crewmember of Curnard’s Queen Mary 2 cruise liner who fell overboard Saturday off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Canada’s Joint Task Force Atlantic confirmed Saturday that it received a report from the Queen Mary 2 reporting that 26-year-old male crew member had fallen overboard sometime after midnight Saturday roughly 780 km (484 miles) east of St. John’s, NL, prompting a search involving the cruise ship itself and the nearby containership Milan Express. Foggy conditions however prevented an aerial search.

The cruise ship reportedly retraced its course and solicited the help of its passengers to keep look for the man overboard, but the search turned up empty.

The search was called off later Saturday after careful consideration by the JTF Atlantic that any chance of survival in the North Atlantic was exhausted.

According to Canadian media reports, the Queen Mary 2, the flagship of Cunard Line, was traveling from Southampton to New York when the man fell overboard. The ship was due to stop in Halifax on Monday.

THE M/V OM EL-KHEIR SHIP BURSTS INTO FLAMES ON SUEZ CANAL

By MarEx 2015-08-17 11:39:51

In the first incident since the Suez Canal’s August 6th expansion inauguration, the M/V Om el-Kheir caught fire at berth at Port Tawfik, which is at the canal’s southern entrance.

The Suez Canal Port Authority (SCA) and Red Sea Ports Authority (RSPA) rescue teams extinguished the fire and rescued the cargo vessel’s 13 crewmembers. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. Traffic at the southern entrance was unaffected by the incident.

The Om el-Kheir was enroute to Cambodia.

President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi inaugurated the newly expanded parallel canal to facilitate and accelerate ship transits through the system.