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Industrial Accident
Police & Fire
Electrocuted Worker, 30, Dies After Falling 3 Stories In Philadelphia Industrial Accident
A 30-year-old worker was killed in a Philadelphia industrial accident, authorities said. The unidentified Hispanic man was working at a home on the 2200 block of East Cambria Street when he was electrocuted around 8:20 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, city police said. He then fell three stories from a scaffolding. PFD-Medic Unit pronounced the male dead on the scene at 8:26 a.m.
Police & Fire
Dow Chemical Building Catches Fire In Bristol
Crews responded to a blaze at the Dow Research & Development facility in Bristol on Friday morning, July 26, according to a statement from the company. The fire broke out at the 310 George Patterson Boulevard site around 10:30 a.m., a Dow spokesperson said. Onsite emergency management personnel and firefighters responded and brought the flames under control by 1:20 p.m., according to the company. The fire was contained to an industrial oven and no one was injured, said Bristol Township Fire Rescue Chief Kevin Dippolito. People near the site were evacuated as a pre…
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'Explosion' Injures 3 Workers At Plant In Waynesboro: Authorities (
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Multiple people were injured in an explosion-like event at a manufacturing plant in South Central Pennsylvania. Emergency crews were called to the "fire department incident" at Johnson Controls located at 100 Cumberland Valley Avenue in Waynesboro at 7:23 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers in Franklin County. "An air chamber rupture," was also reported to the police. They added that the incident is contained to the facility. Three people were injured, two of whom were airlifted to hospitals, according to dispatchers and witnesses. The extent of their injuries is unknown. Daily …
Police & Fire
MD Helicopter MedEvacs Man Wedged Between Rail Car, Conveyor Track In PA
A man with his legs caught between a rail car and a heavy-duty conveyor track in Pennsylvania was rescued, thanks in part to emergency crews from Maryland. The call to the industrial accident happened at TB Woods located at 440 Fifth Avenue in Chambersburg at 10:52 a.m. on Monday, July 23, 2023, according to a release by the Franklin Fire Company. According to his family, 20-year-old Colby Taylor was found trapped at the scene. The fire company's Squad 41 "utilized the HyperTherm cutter, airbags, rams and cribbing" to free the man's legs. "The complex incident required multiple torch…
Police & Fire
Man Hospitalized After Being Pinned Under Forklift In MontCo: Officials
A man was injured in an industrial accident in Montgomery County on Monday, March 7, sources confirmed. First responders were called to the 600 block of North Lewis Road in Limerick Township for a technical rescue just before 2:25 p.m., said Montgomery County Public Affairs Coordinator Todd Stieritz. A man was pinned underneath a forklift and had to be rescued by firefighters, he said. He was then taken by ambulance to an area hospital, Stieritz said. Officials were unable to confirm whether the victim worked for a manufacturing company with an address on that street. Fur…
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