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Saturday, 04 Apr 2009 07:26am

Detectives are examining the cause of a fatal industrial accident at a Hunter Valley coal mine this morning.
About 3am today, a 34-year-old Maitland man was working underground in the mine on Stoneycreek Road at Glennies Creek near Singleton.
Inquiries into the incident continue, however it appears that the man may have been struck by a piece of machinery while working underground.
The man suffered head injuries and died at the scene.

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Latest Media Releases – NSW Police Force

By The Tribune-Review
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

A construction worker injured himself with a saw this morning at the site of a hotel being built across from PNC Park on the North Shore.

Industrial accident injures worker on North Shore – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Wednesday, April 01, 2009, 07:27

A 37-year-old Plymouth man has been killed in an industrial accident in Crapstone, Yelverton.

Police attended a report of an industrial incident at Yelverton Business Park at approximately 1.20pm yesterday.

Pallets full of dry plaster powder were being unloaded from a lorry at the time of the accident.

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Plymouth man Phil Ring killed in industrial accident at Yelverton Business Park, Crapstone

Times-News Online

Published: Monday, March 30, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 30, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

A demolition worker was flown to Mission Hospitals in Asheville after an accident at the old Ecusta site in Brevard Monday morning.

At 10:44 a.m. the Brevard Fire Department received a call that a person was pinned in an industrial trackhoe, according to Assistant Fire Chief Bradley Elmore.

“Upon arrival rescue workers found a 35 foot, 12 inch steel pipe that has fallen from the third floor of a building under demolition,” Elmore said in a press release issued Monday afternoon.

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Man flown to Mission Hospitals after industrial accident | BlueRidgeNow.com | Times-News Online | Hendersonville, NC

Staff Report
Published: March 29, 2009

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office reports that a man was accidentally killed in an industrial accident Thursday.
Rufus Dudley, 48, was struck by a 12-foot two-by-four Thursday at 3 p.m. after it was ejected from a planer machine at Spanish Trail Lumber in Cypress.
Dudley was struck in the upper torso and died at the scene, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

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Man killed in industrial accident | Jackson County Floridan

03/27/09 – 02:13 PM

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office

Jackson County, Fla:

On March 26, 2009 at approximately 3:00 a.m. Deputies responded to Spanish Trail Lumber in Cypress in reference to an industrial accidental death.  It was learned the victim, Rufus Dudley, 48 years of age was struck by a 12 foot 2×4, after it was ejected from a planer machine.  Dudley was struck in the upper torso and as a result died on the scene.

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wmbb.com – Industrial Accidental Death at Spanish Trail Lumber

Updated: March 25, 2009 11:20 PM

Information from CCPD Briefing

Officers responded, accompanied with EMS, in reference to an industrial accident. A 54-year-old man sustained severe injuries when he was struck in the pelvic area by a pipe he was testing. The man was conducting hydrostatic tests on the pipe when it apparently exploded. He was rushed to Spohn Memorial Hospital, where he later died.

Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.COM |Man Dies After Unintentional Explosion

Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009 05:23am

Detectives are conducting inquiries after a railway worker was killed and four others were badly hurt in an industrial accident near Telarah, in the Hunter Valley, overnight.
Just after 11pm yesterday (Tuesday 24 March), a number of workmen were upgrading a section of the coal rail line south of the Telarah township when four lengths of steel – that were being moved by a crane – came away and trapped them.
One man sustained multiple injuries and died at the scene. 

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Latest Media Releases – NSW Police Force

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

March 13

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An employee of the State Garden produce market in Chelsea was killed Friday when an elevator fell on him.

The 35-year-old was working in the elevator shaft when rigging meant to keep the elevator in place apparently gave way and crushed him at about 4 p.m.  

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Blast – Worker killed in elevator accident – The Online Magazine

Staff Reports
The Tonawanda News

A 21-year-old Ransomville man was flown to Erie County Medical Center by Mercy Flight after an iron plate fell on him while he was working at Globe Metallurgical on Highland Avenue Tuesday morning.

Tonawanda News – INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT: 21-year-old critically injured In Falls