A Southern California man has been electrocuted by a power line that fell on him outside his home. The Los Angeles Times says 24-old Joel Ramirez died Saturday night. The San Gabriel Valley Union-Tribune says the man was inside his …
PG&E Corp. has agreed to pay a $38 million fine for a 2008 gas pipe explosion that killed a Rancho Cordova homeowner. It’s the largest safety-related fine ever levied by the California Public Utilities Commission. PG&E and state regulators initially …
A foreman has been killed at an underground mine in eastern Kentucky, the third mine-related fatality in the state in 10 days. State officials said in a statement that due to the recent deaths, analysts from the Office of Mine …
A worker died at a manufacturing plant in the southeast South Dakota city of Canton when he became caught in a machine. Officials at Adams Thermal Systems Inc. did not immediately identify the man who died Monday morning or go …
Jurors found a New Jersey pub was not negligent in the death of a patron who was struck and killed while walking on the Garden State Parkway. The jury decided not to award money to the parents of Robert Barbiero …
A Charleston nursing home is challenging a $91 million damage award in a lawsuit stemming from the death of an elderly woman hours after she left the facility. Lawyers for Heartland of Charleston claim in a recent court filing that …
The death last month of a bicycle rider in a traffic accident has led city leaders in Oxford, Miss., to take a stronger look at bicycle safety. City Planner Tim Akers told the Oxford Board of Aldermen last week that …
A new report says safety lapses and equipment failures contributed to the death of a Norfolk, Va., sanitation worker. Fifty-one-year-old Jerry Holton was crushed inside a recycling truck in February. The report by city safety officer Craig Watkins cites a …
A motorcycle stunt rider has died from injuries suffered during practice for an exhibition at Texas Motor Speedway. Jim McNeil was taken by helicopter to Fort Worth hospital, where he was pronounced dead, track spokesman Mike Zizzo said. The 32-year-old …
Police say a North Carolina teenager has died of injuries he sustained after falling from a fourth-floor dormitory window at a Connecticut university. West Haven police say 19-year-old Samuel Milano of Cary, N.C., died of his injuries at a local …