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Real Time - roof-fall
News - roof-fall
OSHA fines brought to federal court
21 May 2012, 11:56 pm
Concord City contractor said to owe $100,000 The U.S. Department of Labor is asking a federal appeals court to enforce payment of more than $100,000 in safety violation fines owed by a Concord construction company owner. Walter Jensen, owner of Summer and Winter Construction LLC also owned Sharon and Walter Construction Inc., until it was dissolved in 2003. Both companies are facing fines for 16 ...
Contractor fined over roof fall
15 May 2012, 5:27 am
An Aberdeenshire roofing contractor is fined after one of his workers was badly hurt when he fell five metres from a flat roof.
Fall teenager in 2012 torch role
11 May 2012, 11:11 am
A teenager who suffered serious head injuries when he fell through a roof is to carry the Olympic torch in Stoke-on-Trent.
Worker who survived electric shock, roof fall: 'It's like really a miracle'
9 May 2012, 6:50 pm
With 220 volts of electricity paralyzing his body, Chris Quinlan thought he was going to die on the roof of a Rochester Hills home. But the 26-year-old construction worker survived both the electric shock and a fall from the roof after a coworker kicked him to save him during the freak accident. Today, he was back to finish the job on Simpson Drive that nearly took his life.
Vancouver teen saves tot from roof fall
30 April 2012, 2:35 pm
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 30 (UPI) -- One of two toddlers on a Vancouver, Wash., rooftop was injured in a fall to the ground but the second child was saved by an alert teenager, police said.
World - roof-fall
Miner Dies after Fall at Boone County Mine - WVNT-TV
25 May 2012, 1:20 pm
On Oct. 11, 2010, another coal miner died at the Kingston No. 1 mine due to a roof fall. Last year, six coal miners died in West Virginia. About 21 coal miners died on the job in work-related accidents in 2011.
Stanwell Tops: Teen injured in ladder fall - Illawara Mercury
23 May 2012, 6:44 pm
A teenager has escaped with minor injuries after he fell three metres off a ladder at Stanwell Tops this morning. An ambulance spokeswoman said paramedics were called to an Annesley Ave home about 9.15am and found the 14-year-old boy on the ground. It is ...
OSHA fines brought to federal court - Concord Monitor
21 May 2012, 11:26 pm
Jensen's "willful and repeat violations include such life-threatening violations as failure to provide adequate roof fall protection, fall protection training and a long-enough ladder for roof-top work," according to the petition. The Department of Labor ...
Church roof fall and NZ quake school gives thanks - CathNews
17 May 2012, 9:14 pm
A man is injured after falling off a church roof, an Anglican-Catholic covenant is signed in rural NSW and the principal of a New Zealand school (pictured) destroyed by the Christchurch earthquake has paid thanks to a Sydney school for its ...
The 50 Funniest Jokes Of All-Time - Ology
17 May 2012, 6:58 pm
They charged one - and let the other one off. 7. Two aerials meet on a roof - fall in love - get married. The ceremony was rubbish - but the reception was brilliant. 8. Another one was: Doc, I can't stop singing the 'Green Green Grass of Home'. He said ...
Aberdeenshire contractor fined over roof fall - BBC News
15 May 2012, 5:46 am
An Aberdeenshire roofing contractor has been fined £15,000 after one of his workers was seriously hurt when he fell five metres (16.4ft) from a flat roof. Alister McNeilly's right hip ball joint was severed from his thigh bone after he slipped or ...
Receptionist's roof fall puts dental firm in court - PR-USA.net
14 May 2012, 7:28 am
The operator of a Sheffield dental practice has been fined for safety failings after a receptionist fell more than three metres through a roof light while spending her lunch break on the flat roof of the surgery. The woman, then 40, went on to the roof of ...
London 2012: Roof fall teenager to carry torch in Stoke - BBC News
10 May 2012, 6:59 pm
A teenager who suffered serious head injures in a fall through a roof will carry the Olympic torch, almost exactly two years after the accident. Tom Buckett, now 18, was found in the grounds of Clayton Hall Business and Language College, Newcastle-under ...
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