A crane operator reportedly became injured when the utility vehicle collapsed on County Highway 8 and 180th Street near Grand Meadow at about 7 a.m. on Aug. 8. Authorities said the crane tipped over on one end, and the impact crushed the cabin. According to officials,...
On July 28, a 911 call came into the Renville County Sheriff's Office reporting that two workers had been electrocuted northeast of Fairfax at 8:43 a.m. They were working on the CapX2020 power line at the time of the accident. One of the two men was from Wisconsin and...
Minnesota electric utility workers may be interested to know more about new safety rules put into place by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The regulations are meant to curb the commonly used practice of "free climbing." Up until now, electric...
Two men entered the Pawn America in Roseville early in the evening of July 21. One man immediately opened fire and shot a 27-year-old clerk in the leg. The wound was not life-threatening, and the clerk was transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. The shooter...
Minnesota readers might be interested in a recent article that suggests that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may face a number of limitations when enforcing workplace-safety standards. Because of employee turnover, underfunding and government...
Minnesota workers might be interested in a recent worksite incident in Indiana that inflicted serious damage upon at least nine individuals working there. On July 1, an explosion at a domestic automaker's metal-stamping plant near Fort Wayne reportedly left one worker...
A tree trimmer was working on a tree in Minnesota when a branch hit a hot power line and electrocuted him. The workplace accident happened in Minnetonka at about 1 p.m. on June 25. The man worked for a Little Falls-based company. The tree that the 21-year-old man was...
On June 22, an accident in Burnsville left one Department of Transportation worker with critical injuries and another with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities reported. The two workers were reportedly demarcating a lane on Interstate 35 with traffic cones when...
Minnesota workers may be interested to learn that representatives of several of the nation's occupational safety organizations met at the plenary session of Safety 2014 on June 10. The director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health was on hand...
Anyone in Minnesota who has worked an office job is likely familiar with the period after lunch when it is easy to feel tired and perhaps even to accidentally fall asleep. For construction workers, this dip carries an even greater hazard as it can lead to serious...
