Worker Dies in Chalmette Refinery Repairing Gas Leak
Worker At Chalmette Refining LLC Facility Died. A contractor at the Chalmette Refining LLC facility in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana died yesterday while attempting to fix a hydrogen sulfide gas leak there. Chalmette Refining, which is partly owned by Exxon Mobile, is the same refinery that released 19 tons of spent catalyst powder … [Read more...] about Worker Dies in Chalmette Refinery Repairing Gas Leak
4th Person Dies After Receiving Flu Shot
Flu Shot Death Risk. The Health Ministry has temporarily halted vaccination of the population against influenza after the deaths of four people all heart patients from cardiac causes between one and five days after they received their shots. Health Minister Ya'acov Ben-Yizri, who briefed the press in an urgent meeting after the … [Read more...] about 4th Person Dies After Receiving Flu Shot
Teenager Dies From Burn Injuries
A Student Died After Suffering Burn Injuries In A Garage Explosion. A McGuffey High School student died Tuesday in a Pittsburgh hospital, four days after suffering injuries in a garage explosion. The student, died from burns that covered 90 percent of his body, a spokesman with the Allegheny County coroner's office … [Read more...] about Teenager Dies From Burn Injuries
Bowie Show Canceled After Stagehand Dies
A Worker Fell Off A Wire Ladder Above The Stage. Rock star David Bowie's Reality Tour was cut short by a jolt of real drama Thursday night after a worker fell off a wire ladder above the stage at the James L. Knight Center, plunging about 50 feet to his death. The worker, identified by a fellow stagehand as Wally Thomas, fell on … [Read more...] about Bowie Show Canceled After Stagehand Dies
Worker Dies In Ocean City Accident
Workers Fell From Scaffolding In Ocean City. One of two workers who fell Friday morning from scaffolding inside the Princess Royale Hotel in Ocean City, Md., died of injuries sustained in the 34-foot fall. Ocean City police said Michael Koch, 46, of Georgetown, was hanging Christmas decorations inside the hotel's atrium with Ivan … [Read more...] about Worker Dies In Ocean City Accident
Man Dies Doing What He Loved: Working
A Man Dies From An Accident Climbing A Ladder. Wallace Foxwell turned 65 and called it quits at the job he had held for more than three decades. But like other retirees wanting to stay active, he went back to work. Foxwell, the oldest employee for the City of Fruitland, died last week from an accident doing what he knew and … [Read more...] about Man Dies Doing What He Loved: Working
