Workplace Injuries

• Fork lift fatality??

  Tom Hastings | November 16, 2011 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A fall from a skid atop a forklift, at Tri County Converters and Scrap Metal Recycling, claimed the life of a 38-year-old man on November 2, according to Edinburg Fire Chief Allen Smith....

• Worker Dies In Construction Accident At Power Plant

  Chrissie Cole | May 27, 2010 10:14 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  One person is dead following a construction accident, according to officials. The accident happened at the power plant Duke Energy is building in Edwardsport. John Garrett, 52, was painting...

• Boy Critically Injured On Tea Cup Ride In Indianapolis

  Chrissie Cole | March 30, 2010 9:16 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A six-year-old boy was seriously injury Friday night after hitting his head and falling out of a teacup ride at the Xscape Party Center – an indoor amusement park in Indianapolis. He...

• Disney Stunt Performer Dies From Head Injury

  Chrissie Cole | August 22, 2009 3:42 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  The accidental death of a Walt Disney World stuntman has prompted a federal investigation by Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigatiors. It was the third fatal incident at the...

• Construction Worker Falls 50 Feet To His Death

  Chrissie Cole | June 18, 2009 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A construction worker fell to his death at site of the new Convention Center in Downtown Indianapolis on Wednesday. Stanley Roberts, 55, was operating a boom lift, a mobile basket crane, when it...

• Man Dies in Workplace Crane Accident

  Fred Schultz | June 12, 2009 12:22 PM | 1 CommentBloomington, IN

  I was sorry to read about another workplace death involving a crane accident last week. According to the report, a worker fell over ninety feet to his death from a crane up in Gary. A coroner...

• Construction Worker Dies in Drowning

  Chrissie Cole | January 29, 2009 2:22 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A Hartford City man, 51, died in a construction accident when he became stuck in a work hole full of water. Indiana American Water Co. subcontracted Environmental Contractors Inc., where the man...

• Jury Awards $24 Million to Man Paralyzed in Workplace Accident

  Fred Schultz | December 15, 2008 4:32 PM | 6 CommentsBloomington, IN

  A Lake County, Indiana jury recently found against a contractor in a workplace injury case and awarded a severely injured worker $24 million. The injured worker fell from a ladder that had not been...

• Jury Awards $48 Million To Worker Paralyzed In Mill Accident

  Chrissie Cole | December 12, 2008 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  An Indiana jury awarded $48 million in damages to a Westville man who was severely injured in a worksite injury at a region steel mill. Anthony Arciniega, 42, fell from a ladder at ISG Burns...

• Another Workplace Death Reported

  Fred Schultz | November 11, 2008 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsBloomington, IN

  It was sad to see in today's paper that another person was killed at their workplace. Accordng to the Bloomington Herald Times, a Hendricks County man was killed while doing construction work....