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Worker Killed After Rocks Crush Excavator At Central Mass Quarry
A worker at a Worcester County rock quarry was killed on Thursday, Aug. 22, when a rock ledge collapsed on his excavator, authorities said. The incident happened just before 8 a.m. at a Stone Crest Way quarry in Sterling, the Worcester County District Attorney's Office said. The man's name was not released. The man's body remained trapped beneath the rubble Thursday afternoon. State, local, and federal responders were working to retrieve it. Firefighters determined there were no signs of life using video equipment. Sterling authorities ordered that workers stop all…
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28-Year-Old ID'd As Man Crushed To Death In Westborough Industrial Accident: DA
A 28-year-old Worcester man has been identified as the person crushed to death after a truck's trailer fell on him in Westborough, authorities said. Pablo Franciso Otano Aponte died on Wednesday, Dec. 27, when a 53-foot-long box trailer fell on him as he worked on it off of Computer Drive, the Worcester County District Attorney said. Paramedics were called to the site around 9:30 a.m. "Initial investigation suggests it appears to be a tragic accident," a spokesperson for the district attorney's office said. Westborough Fire Chief Patrick Purcell told WHDH that&n…
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Worcester High School Building Under Construction Catches On Fire (
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One person is hospitalized after a 3-alarm fire broke out at the new Doherty High School in Worcester, which is still under construction, Boston25 reports. The fire started on the roof of the building just after 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, the outlet reports citing Deputy Fire Chief Adam Roche. Heavy smoke was seen coming from the five-story building, located at 299 Highland Street, all across the city. New high school building on fire #Worcester pic.twitter.com/1OQ2UTKSqU — Craig Semon (@CraigSemon) September 12, 2022 The worker's injuries were said to be non-life threatening, acc…
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CT Employee Seriously Injured After Becoming Impaled In Pasta Machine
An employee at a Connecticut food plant was seriously injured after becoming impaled on a pasta machine. The incident took place around 3:30 a.m., Monday, March 21 at Carla's Pasta, 50 Talbot Lane, in South Windsor, in Hartford County. The South Windsor Fire Department responded to the restaurant for a report of an employee with his armed trapped in a pasta roller machine. Car 19 responded first, and while en route, was updated the man was trapped up to his elbow. The patient was both entangled and impaled by the machine, which was in a tight location both above and under conveyor b…
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Driver For Taconic Biosciences Killed In Crash At Loading Dock
A driver for Taconic Biosciences was killed by an errant tractor-trailer at the company's loading dock, according to New York State Police. When police were dispatched in Columbia County to Taconic Biosciences in Germantown at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, fire crews were already attempting to assist the victim at the scene. Matthew T. Austin, 25, of Milbury, Massachusetts, succumbed to the injuries he sustained when the tractor-trailer rolled back onto him for "unknown reasons," pinning him between the trailer and the loading dock, state police said. An investiga…
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