Indianapolis Personal Injury Blog

Indiana Company Faces Fines after Radio Tower Worker Death

ERI Inc. is facing worker safety violations fines following the death of two construction workers at a radio tower fall accident near Colburn, Indiana.

Police And INDOT Working Together To Prevent Construction Zone Accidents

The Indiana State Patrol and INDOT are teaming up troopers and INDOT pickup trucks to keep drivers under the speed limit and aware in road work zones.

Construction Worker Death On Indiana 63 Is A Reminder To Stop Distracted Driving

Did you know that 12 road construction workers died last year alone? Learn how you as a driver can make road construction sites safer places for workers.

Two Construction Workers Die In Fall From Indiana Radio Tower

Two workers have died during the construction of a radio tower in Indiana. Both died in a fall from the tower although they were wearing safety harnesses.

Floor collapse kills employee at Royal Foods

A tragic accident at the Royal Foods manufacturing plant has claimed the life of an unidentified worker early Wednesday morning.

Investigators have not completed their inquiry into the official cause of the accident, but they were able to tell sources that the worker had been operating a forklift prior to the accident and had entered onto an area of the floor that was apparently not fully supported.  The excess weight caused the machine to crash through the floor and fall approximately 15 feet onto a basement floor.  The fall, accompanied by debris that toppled down with the forklift, left the operator of the machine with fatal injuries.

Additional information regarding the identity of the worker was being withheld pending notification of family.

Royal Foods Products (formerly known as the Mutual Milk Company) has been in operations for approximately 100 years and positions itself in the market as a leader in the 'liquid food' products industry.

Indiana Worker Dies In Fall At Kokomo Chrysler Plant

An Indiana worker has died at a car factory after suffering a serious fall. The on-the-job accident, which occurred at the Kokomo Chrysler Plant, is under investigation.

Worker Killed By Tree Limb After Storm In Granger, Indiana

A worker helping with tree cleanup after a severe storm in Granger, Indiana, was killed when a tree branch fell onto the woman.

According to WSBT local news, 34-year-old Shannon Magezi of Granger was fatally injured as she stood under a tree where co-workers were removing a broken limb The branch split as the crew was cutting it and fell onto the woman. Magezi, an employee of Tree Are Us, suffered a traumatic head injury and was rushed to Memorial Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead. An autopsy will take place next week to confirm the cause of death.

The owner of Trees Are Us, Magezi’s stepfather, who was not present at the time of the deadly worker accident, is under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Magezi was not wearing a hard hat at the time of the Indiana on-the-job accident. 

Indiana Construction Worker Injured In Fall Through Hole

An Indiana construction worker suffered an arm injury when he fell on the job while renovating Mackey Arena in West Lafayette. The man fell one story through a hole while moving metal decking onto the fourth floor.

Indiana Utility Worker Killed In Construction Zone By Coal Truck

Indiana State Police report that a utility worker was killed by a coal truck on Route 22 in Armstrong Township, Indiana.

Reports say that 48-year-old Robert Conner of Warsaw Township in Jefferson County, IN, was struck by the coal truck while locating a utility line near a construction zone. Conncer was standing next to his utility truck on the east side of the highway where the road narrows from two lanes to one. Allegedly, 59-year-old Carl White of Avonmore, Indiana was driving a coal truck eastbound past this point when he hit and killed Conner.

Police, firefighters, and EMS responded to the scene and rushed Conner to Indiana Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The Indiana construction site accident is still under investigation. The Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown will perform an autopsy on Conner this week.

Iron worker Stanley Roberts, 55, involved in fatal fall at Indianapolis Convention Center construction site

INDIANAPOLIS-- June 17, 2009

Iron worker Stanley Roberts, 55, was fatally injured Wednesday after falling more than 50 feet from his metal construction lift that toppled over for reasons that remain unknown.  There has been speculation that Mr. Roberts' was strapped in a faulty harness, which contributed to his fatal injuries.

The construction site accident occurred at the downtown Convention Center expansion project at approximately 3:15 on Wednesday afternoon.  IMPD and OSHA continue to investigate to help determine the exact cause of Mr. Roberts' fall.

There are approximately 150,000 construction site accident injuries each year according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Unfortunately, it has also been found that falls account for the majority of construction site accidents.

Approximately 250 construction workers are working on the Convention Center expansion project.  Mr. Roberts was a iron worker contractor with Indianapolis-based Harmon Steel, Inc., who refused to comment on the accident.

Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority Executive Director, John Klipsch said, "It's an unfortunate accident. It's rare. All the companies that work on these large projects have a strict safety protocol and usually when something like this happens, it's a freak accident."