Jay, ME- Malfunctioning machinery sent wood fiber and other debris shooting into the sky after a massive explosion at a paper mill in Jay, Maine, Wednesday afternoon, officials said. All employees at the mill have since been accounted for and no injuries were reported. At 12:06 p.m., Jay police and fire officials received reports of…
Read MoreGary, IN- A worker was seriously injured in an industrial accident at Gary Works Wednesday. The steelworker suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus in downtown Gary. Information on his condition was not immediately available but he is expected to survive. “We had a worker that got seriously hurt with several…
Read MoreAthol, ID – An accident is under investigation at the northern Idaho lumber mill where a worker died in an industrial accident last Friday. A 45-year-old man was fatally injured while trying to clear a broken piece of wood from a machine at the Merritt Brothers Lumber Company. Emergency workers were called to the mill just after 6a.m., and…
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