Winches are essential equipment on shrimp boats, but they are also among the most dangerous pieces of machinery on deck. A shrimp boat winch may be used to retrieve heavy trawl gear, wind cable, handle nets, and support repeated fishing operations in difficult...
Data centers depend on massive electrical infrastructure. These facilities use high-capacity power feeds, switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, battery banks, generators, electrical panels, busways, power distribution units, and temporary power during construction....
Liquefied natural gas facilities contain enormous quantities of combustible material, complex processing equipment, pressurized piping, electrical systems, and potential ignition sources. When natural gas escapes containment and reaches the right conditions, a...
Flash fires are one of the most serious hazards in oilfield work. They can occur when flammable vapors ignite suddenly, creating intense heat, flames, and life-threatening burn injuries. In oilfield operations, crude oil vapors may be present around flow lines, tank...
A construction worker was killed on September 24, 2026, after falling from scaffolding while performing exterior work at a building on Weld Hill Street near Hyde Park Avenue in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood. According to the Boston Fire Department, firefighters...
A road construction worker was killed on September 24, 2026, after being struck by a vehicle on Pflaum Road near Alder Road in Madison, Wisconsin. According to the Madison Police Department, the crash occurred around 1:12 p.m. in front of Sennett Middle School while...
A construction worker was killed on September 22, 2026, after being struck by a backing semi-truck at a road construction site near Pearl Street NW and Front Avenue NW in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to the Grand Rapids Police Department, the worker was...
Four people survived with non-life-threatening injuries on September 27, 2026, after a Beechcraft 35-A33 Debonair made a forced landing in a cornfield south of East Troy Municipal Airport in Wisconsin. The aircraft, registration N1288Z, had departed from East Troy...
A pilot was killed on September 26, 2026, when a Rockwell Commander 112 crashed in a field near Brown Bridge Road in Murray County, Georgia. The aircraft, registration N1102J, had departed from Martin Campbell Field in Tennessee and was headed to Dalton Municipal...
A Lancair Evolution, registration N6RU, veered off Runway 28 at Albany International Airport in New York on September 26, 2026, after its nose landing gear collapsed following touchdown. The single-engine propeller aircraft had landed shortly before 9:30 a.m. when the...