A civilian employee, 64, of the NYPD was killed by a loose tire that came off a private sanitation vehicle and shuttered his Toyota RAV 4 vehicle windshield causing him to crash on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn

Tire flies off truck, kills NYPD employee on Gowanus Expressway


Traffic camera view of scene on Gowanus Expressway where a tire killed a NYPD worker



BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A driver was killed when a tire struck his car on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn Wednesday morning.

The 64-year-old driver's vehicle was struck in the eastbound Gowanus Expressway, near exit 3, just after 6:40 a.m.

He was traveling in the HOV lane along the eastbound Gowanus Expressway when a tire came loose from a private sanitation vehicle, traveling westbound.

The tire struck and shattered the windshield of the Toyota RAV 4m, which then crashed into the divider.

The driver sustained severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.

The operator of the private sanitation vehicle truck remained at the scene. No charges were initially filed.

The victim was a civilian employee of the NYPD who works in building maintenance at Police Headquarters.

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A 64-year-old NYPD employee died when a tire flew off a truck on the Gowanus Expressway and smashed into his windshield as he drove in the HOV lane, authorities said Wednesday.

The unidentified NYPD worker, a civilian member of the service, was traveling east near exit 3 around 6:30 a.m. when the tire somehow became unhinged from a westbound truck and flew to the opposite side of the highway, hitting the victim's RAV 4. The sudden impact drove the NYPD employee, whose exact role within the department wasn't immediately clear, into a barrier.

He sustained massive head trauma and was unresponsive when authorities arrived at the scene. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The RAV 4 also sustained heavy damage, authorities said.

The truck driver stayed at the scene. It's not clear if any charges were expected to be filed. The NYPD's District Collision Team is investigating.

The roadway was shut down in the area for a time as authorities investigated.

It's the second flying tire freak accident that killed someone in New York in less than a month. In early July, a man was driving on Sunrise Highway in East Babylon when a tire flew off another vehicle and hit him. That truck driver later came forward and was said to be cooperating with police.

Two workers were badly burned and seriously injured in explosion and fire at the Grand Compressor Station near Cisco, UT natural gas collection and compression facility near the San Arroyo Gas Plant north of I-70 in Grand County, Utah

Medical personnel load an injured man onto a helicopter Saturday to be airlifted to the University of Utah Hospital at exit 214 on Interstate 70 in Utah, after a natural gas explosion at a nearby collection facility. Two people suffered significant injuries, according to Lt. Beau Edic with the Lower Valley Fire Protection District.
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Utah Gas Compressor Explosion Injures Two

Richard Nemec
July 31, 2018

An investigation is continuing into an explosion last Saturday that ripped through a natural gas compression facility in eastern Utah, injuring two workers and shutting down the plant.

The Grand Compressor Station near Cisco, UT, about 50 miles west of Grand Junction, CO, feeds supplies to the San Arroyo Gas Processing Plant.

As of late Monday an investigation was continuing into the incident, which included a fire at the station. Local fire protection district personnel and the Grand County, UT, Sheriff’s Department responded to the incident, which was about two miles north of Interstate Highway 70 and 12 miles west of the Utah-Colorado border.

According to Utah oil and gas records, the current owner/operator of the compressor station is Rockies Standard Oil Co. (Cisco Dome Right-of-Way), said a spokesperson in the Bureau of Land Management's Moab, UT, office.

The two male victims, whose identities were not released, were described as sustaining "significant injuries," and they were taken to a nearby hospital. 

 Running Foxes Petroleum, Incorporated (Running Foxes Petroleum), owner and
operator of the natural gas processing plant near Cisco, Grand County has
requested permission to add equipment. A pneumatic methanol pump will be
installed. The glycol dehydrator has been resized to 2,500,000 cubic feet per day
capacity and the attached re-boiler capacity is lower, 125,000 Btu/hr. The
composition of the supplied well gas has changed and PTE values have been
recalculated accordingly.

This remote Grand County compressor station consists of one 420 hp
compressor engine, one 245 hp compressor engine, one 57 hp power generator
engine, one gas dehydration unit, an inlet separation unit, two storage tanks, heat
exchange equipment including a pneumatic pump device, a thermal expansion
unit, a nitrogen rejection unit, and a flare device. The plant will process as much
as 2,500,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day to produce natural gas and natural
gas liquids. 


Running Foxes Petroleum Inc. engages in the drilling and development of natural gas and oil projects in the continental United States. The company primarily focuses on shallow conventional oil and gas, and unconventional shale oil and gas plays in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions. Its operations include the Cisco project located in Grand County, Utah; the Nemaha project consisting of the Livengood and Kizler fields located on the western side of the Forest City Basin; the Leavenworth project located in Leavenworth County, Kansas; and the Bourbon Arch project consisting of heavy to medium oil gravity and unconventional gas fields in Bourbon, Linn, and Vernon counties. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Centennial, Colorado.

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The Cisco Project, Grand County, Utah.

Production is from the Dakota, Cedar Mountain, Brushy Basin and Salt Wash interbedded channel sandstone reservoirs of Cretaceous Age from 1,000 to 2,000 feet. There are approximately 60 wells of which 15 are producing oil.
The Company recently re-perforated all 15 wells and saw production increase from 5 to 7 to 20 to 25 BOPD. The project was originally gas focused but since 2009 low prices have made it uneconomic. The reservoirs have up to darcy permeability, 20% to 28% porosity and are both structure and stratigraphically controlled. The Company is beginning the permitting to inject gas into several wells adjacent to producers. This secondary recovery method was attempted in the 1980s with limited success because of price but production increased about 15% over a 30 day period. The project is cash flow positive and the Company has identified up to 20 development locations.

 

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CISCO, Utah — 

Two men were badly injured Saturday when an explosion occurred about 10 a.m. at a natural gas collection facility near a gas processing plant about 50 miles west of Grand Junction.


The two men, whose identities were not released, were "badly burned" and suffered "significant injuries" in the explosion at a natural gas compression station on the north side of Interstate 70.


The reason behind the explosion was still under investigation Saturday, local authorities said.


"We got called for a building that had exploded with multiple injuries," said Lower Valley Fire Protection District Lt. Beau Edic, whose department was first on the scene. "The parties actually removed themselves and drove to I-70, and we LifeFlighted both of them. They did have very significant injuries from the blast."


Three helicopters were dispatched to the Cisco exit on Interstate 70, where the two men were flown to St. Mary's Medical Center and the University of Utah Hospital. Utah Highway 128 was closed for several hours as the two men were transported out of the area.


The fire was still burning when Lower Valley personnel left the scene about noon, leaving the fire under the control of the Moab Valley Fire Protection District.


"It's a dangerous situation up there with everything they've got going," Edic said. "They've got air monitoring and everything, but they have to let it burn down before they can do any kind of suppression, so it's a lengthy process."


Grand County Sheriff's Deputy Jamison Wiggins said little is known about how the explosion occurred, but he said it was at a collection facility at or near the San Arroyo Gas Plant, which provides compression for natural gas from regional pipelines.


Compression is needed to keep natural gas flowing through pipelines.


He said an emergency valve to the facility was immediately shut off to prevent the fire from burning more gas or spreading to other parts of the plant.


An analysis of oil and gas infrastructure conducted by the Bureau of Land Management's Moab field office in 2005, the most recent report on the San Arroyo plant available, said pipelines there had been in place for 30 to 40 years, but that "it is likely that the equipment would need to be repaired or replaced during the next 15 years."


It is unknown if such repairs or replacements have taken place since that report was issued.


The majority of natural gas produced from fields in the nearby Book Cliffs is processed through the plant, according to the Bureau of Land Management.


The primary function of the plant is to provide gas compression, but it also strips some butane and methane from the natural gas that goes through it.


At the time of the 2005 analysis, the plant was operating at or near capacity.

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July 28, 2018
Explosion near gas plant in Cisco, Utah seriously injures two

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Two people were injured in an explosion near a natural gas processing plant in Cisco, Utah, near Interstate 70 in the area of the Colorado-Utah state line.

Authorities with the Grand County (Utah) Sheriff's Office said two men were "badly burned" and suffered "significant injuries" as a result of an explosion this morning at a natural gas collection facility near a gas processing plant in the area.

A fire is still burning at the site of the explosion. The Lower Valley Fire Department was among those to first respond to the scene, and their crew continues to try to contain the fire along with other firefighting resources. The flow of natural gas in area pipelines has been shut off.

According to the Bureau of Land Management, the San Arroyo Gas Plant operates near Cisco, providing compression for gathering gas from regional pipelines.

Pipeline systems in the area of the explosion have been in place for 30 to 40 years, but "it is likely that the equipment would need to be repaired or replaced during the next 15 years," according to a 2005 BLM analysis.

Utah Highway 128 is closed near the exit to I-70.
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GRAND COUNTY, Utah (News4Utah) – 

Two people were injured in fire at a gas facility around 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning says the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.

Officials say a call was received about an explosion at a gas facility at approximately 2 miles north of I-70 off the 214 Exit.

Lower Valley Emergency Services, Grand County Emergency Services, Moab Fire Department and Thompson Fire responded to the scene.


Two victims were transported by medical helicopters to hospitals in Utah and Colorado with unknown injuries authorities say.

The scene is still under investigation officials say. Gas has been shut off and the fire has been put out.

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GRAND COUNTY, Utah — 

Two people were injured Saturday in an explosion at a gas collecting facility near the town of Cisco in Grand County.

According to a news release from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, the explosion happened at 10:13 a.m. at the facility off Interstate 70, about midway between Green River, Utah and Grand Junction, Colo.

Two victims were transported by medical helicopters to hospitals in Salt Lake City and Grand Junction.

Details on the severity of the injuries had not been released Saturday afternoon.

Gas has been shut off at the facility and the fire is out.

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office will investigate the explosion and fire, but were waiting to get access to the facility Saturday afternoon.

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Monday, July 30, 201
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Two people suffered injuries in fire at a Grand County, Utah, natural gas collection facility Saturday morning, officials said.

Grand County Sheriff’s Office got the call there was an explosion at a gas facility at approximately 2 miles north of I-70 off the 214 Exit in Grand County.


Two victims were transported by medical helicopters to hospitals in Utah and Colorado with unknown injuries, officials said.

“We had a report of two individuals that were hurt, we had three helicopters respond to the location,” said Grand County Sheriff’s Deputy Jamison Wiggins.

The condition of the injured is unknown, Wiggins said. One was transported by a medical helicopter to a hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado. The other was flown to University Hospital in Salt Lake City.

“It’s an ongoing investigation at the plant right now as to what caused the explosion,” Wiggins said. “But it is a collection facility.”

Police have not released the name of the facility.

“It’s not a pumping station,” Wiggins said. “Usually the gas lines go to the station and then they collect gas.”


Wiggins said workers turned off the gas line shortly after the explosion at 10:15 a.m., but they have yet to go inside.

“There’s no visible flame anymore because they shut off the emergency valve,” he said.

A worker has been killed in a fall in from a tower of a building that is being demolished at Hanson Pipe and Precast at 2930 East Crescentville Road in West Chester Twp., Ohio

WEST CHESTER TWP. —

UPDATE @ 1:04 p.m. Aug. 1

The Butler County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who fell from a tower Tuesday morning and died as Terry L. Wogenstahl.


The 64-year-old Hamilton man was working on an East Crescentville Road building that was being demolished.

 
UPDATE @ 2:35 p.m. July 31

There are still scant details in the OSHA investigation into the death of a worker who fell from a tower this morning.

Ken Montgomery, area director for OSHA, said his office has a compliance officer on site to interview officials there. He said he has not yet been briefed on those interviews and did not have any information to release other than a fatality occurred to an employee of a private company.



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Federal safety officials continues to investigate the death of a worker in the demolition of an industrial site Tuesday morning.

The incident occurred when a worker fell from a tower of a building that is being demolished at Hanson Pipe and Precast at 2930 East Crescentville Road, according to Barb Wilson, township spokeswoman.

Emergency units were dispatched to the site at around 9:45 a.m. A West Chester Fire Department ambulance was called to the scene but drove away. Instead the Butler County Coroner’s Office responded.


Other agencies responding to the scene were the West Chester Police Department and Butler County Sheriff’s Office.

Scant details into an investigation by the The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were available Tuesday afternoon. Ken Montgomery, area director for OSHA, told this news outlet his office had sent a compliance officer to the site to interview officials.

Montgomery said he had not yet been briefed on those interviews and did not have any information to release other than a fatality occurred to an employee of a private company.

Initial reports indicated the worker fell 80 feet but Montgomery and OSHA officials could not confirm how far the person fell.

This is third work-related death this month in Butler County.

On July 12, 60-year-old Ramon P. Rangel-Luna, of Cincinnati, was working as a rigger for a roofing project in the 300 block of Gates Road in Reily Twp. when he was electrocuted.

Rangel-Luna, who was working for Cincinnati-based Avendano Carpentry, had both hands on the load line and was electrocuted when the load line from the crane came in contact with an overhead power line, according to OSHA, which opened an investigation into the fatality.

On July 14, 67-year-old David E. Robertson, of Hamilton, was doing chimney work on a house in the 2300 block of Pleasant Avenue when he made contact with a power line, according to Hamilton police.

Robertson was found unresponsive and could not be revived by the Hamilton Fire Department.
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OSHA investigating fatal fall from West Chester tower

Published: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 @ 10:18 AM
Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 @ 2:35 PM
By: Lauren Pack, Nick Graham, Eric Schwartzberg - Staff Writer



Coroner on scene of industrial accident in West Chester




WEST CHESTER TWP., OHIO — UPDATE @ 2:35 p.m.

There are still scant details in the OSHA investigation into the death of a worker who fell from a tower this morning.

Ken Montgomery, area director for OSHA, said his office has a compliance officer on site to interview officials there. He said he has not yet been briefed on those interviews and did not have any information to release other than a fatality occurred to an employee of a private company.
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Initial reports indicated the worker fell 80 feet but Montgomery, nor OSHA officials, could not confirm how far the person fell.

UPDATE @10:30 a.m.

A person has been killed in a fall in from a tower of a building that is being demolished at Hanson Pipe and Precast at 2930 East Crescentville Road, according to Barb Wilson, township spokeswoman.


A man fell 80 feet from a tower Tuesday morning and died, according to West Chester Twp. police. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF(Staff Writer)

An ambulance was called to the scene but drove away. The Butler County Coroner’s Office is in route the scene.

Police and firefighters are also at the scene. 
INITIAL REPORT

Emergency units are responding this morning to a report of person who reportedly fell at a site in West Chester Twp. that is being demolished.

Units were dispatched at about 9:45 a.m. to the 2900 block of East Crescentville Road. The person reportedly fell 80 feet.

We have a reporter heading to the scene.

A man fell 80 feet from a tower Tuesday morning and died, according to West Chester Twp. police. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF(Staff Writer)

A man fell 80 feet from a tower Tuesday morning and died, according to West Chester Twp. police. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF(Staff Writer)

Benjamin D. Coblentz, a Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania forestry and logging company, will pay $26,985 in civil money penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found violations of child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

U.S. Department of Labor Investigation Results in Pennsylvania Logging Company Paying $26,985 in Penalties for Child Labor Violations


PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA - Benjamin D. Coblentz, a Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania forestry and logging company, will pay $26,985 in civil money penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found violations of child labor provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) during an investigation of a serious injury sustained by an employee under the age of 16.

WHD investigators found that Benjamin D. Coblentz - doing business as Coblentz Custom Sawing - employed two minors under the age of 16 in violation of the FLSA's child labor requirements, which, with very few exceptions, prohibit performance of all occupations in a sawmill by workers less than 18 years old. WHD also found the company willfully violated FLSA requirements when it employed one of the minors specifically to operate a wood saw. This minor suffered a deep cut on his arm while operating the saw, requiring hospitalization.

WHD also cited the company for its failure to maintain records of the dates of birth for the two minors and for failing to display a FLSA poster, as required.

"This injury didn't have to happen," said Wage and Hour Division District Office Director John DuMont, in Pittsburgh. "Child labor laws exist to strike a balance between providing meaningful work experience for young people, and keeping them safe on the job. The Wage and Hour Division remains committed to providing employers the tools they need to understand their responsibilities."

The FLSA prohibits minors from working in occupations declared hazardous by the U.S. Secretary of Labor, including, in most instances, all occupations in forestry service, logging and sawmilling operations.

Employees and employers can get more information about federal wage laws administered by the Division by calling the agency's toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Employees can also file complaints confidentially. More information also is available online at https://www.dol.gov/whd.

U.S. District Court Orders Macuil's Tire And Service Center LLC and owner Sergio Macuil to Pay $76,648 in Back Wages and Damages After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation

U.S. District Court Orders Little Rock Tire Shop to Pay $76,648 in Back Wages and Damages After U.S. Department of Labor Investigation

LITTLE ROCK, AR – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas has ordered Macuil's Tire And Service Center LLC and owner Sergio Macuil to pay $76,648 in back wages and liquidated damages to 12 employees for willful violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employer was also assessed a $14,160 civil penalty.

The action follows the company's failure to respond to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor after its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigated the company's pay practices. In its order, the court also found the company violated the FLSA's recordkeeping provisions, and granted a permanent injunction prohibiting future violations of the FLSA.

WHD investigators determined that the company and Macuil willfully failed to pay overtime to 12 technicians at its four Little Rock locations. When employees worked more than 40 hours in a workweek, the company failed to pay overtime and instead compensated them at their regular rates of pay. The company also failed to keep required records of hours worked and weekly earnings.

"All employees are entitled to receive the wages they have earned," said Little Rock Wage and Hour Division District Director Hanz Grünauer. "The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to stopping willful violations of the FLSA and to providing employers the tools they need to comply with the law."

The Department offers numerous resources to ensure employers have the tools they need to understand their responsibilities and to comply with federal law, such as online videos, confidential calls, or in-person visits to local WHD offices.

Employers who discover overtime or minimum wage violations may self-report and resolve those violations without litigation through the PAID program. For more information about the FLSA and other laws enforced by the Division, contact the toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Information is also available at www.dol.gov/whd including a search tool for workers who may be owed back wages collected by WHD.