Accident data

The following are headlines from reports of real accidents. Accidents do happen. Make sure it isn’t one of your colleagues.

WORKER DIES AFTER TRENCH ACCIDENT
A 24-year-old construction worker died after an accident in Purfleet on Tuesday morning.
The man was working in an 8ft deep trench fitting pipe work in London Road when a digger bucket fell on him at about 0900 BST.

MAN DIES AFTER DIGGER ACCIDENT
A 40-year-old man from Sutton Coldfield has died after being struck by an industrial digger. The victim was airlifted to hospital after the accident which happened while he was working at commercial premises in Water Orton, Warwickshire. The man, who has not been named, is understood to have suffered fatal head and chest injuries.

MAN CRUSHED IN WORKPLACE ACCIDENT
A man has suffered serious head, neck and spinal injuries after being crushed in a workplace accident. The steel fabrication worker, aged in his 50s, was carrying out maintenance on the steel bin of an excavator just before 3pm, when it fell on him.

STONY POINT
A 33-year-old worker died an hour after being struck by an excavator digging outside a house on Captain Faldermeyer Court. He was hit by the excavator's bucket and forced into the side of the house about 11 a.m

WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP
A man was killed late Wednesday when the excavator he was operating overturned authorities said today. He was found dead in the cab of the excavator about 11:30 p.m. Authorities found the excavator overturned on a hillside.