USA Underground transport accident in Kentucky mine A female lorry driver has died in an accident at the Sterling Materials limestone mine at Verona, North Kentucky. The accident occurred almost a mile underground, it appears that the lorry struck a rock wall and, after the impact pitched her out, she was subsequently run over by the vehicle. 17th May 2012 Canada Panel falls from pallet jack and kills Alberta worker A crush accident has claimed the life of a Canpo Electric worker on an OML Construction Services Ltd site in Spruce Grove, 8 miles west of Edmonton, when an electric panel being moved by a pallet jack became unstable and fell. 17th May 2012 Turkey Wall collapse kills 4 at hydro dam site Four workers died and another was injured when an earth slippage caused a wall to collapse at a hydroelectric dam site in Direli, Giresun, melt water is being speculated as the cause of the accident, earth had been moved to prepare for pipe installation work.  16th May 2012 India Falling school wall flattens shed with sleeping workers The founds of a school wall became weakened by torrential rain and fell on a shed in which 4 tradesmen were asleep in Akshaya Nagar in Hulimavu, Bangalore, killing a plumber and injuring his 3 colleagues. 16th May 2012 Japan 7 die in Hiroshima hotel fire Seven people died and 3 others are listed in critical condition following a fire at the Hotel Prince in Fukuyama, Hiroshima. There were 13 guests staying at the 4-storey hotel which lacked a sprinkler system. The locus of the blaze appears to have been on the 2nd or 3rd floor. 15th May 2012 Poland Roof collapse kills Silesian miner Despite a major rescue effort it proved impossible to save the life of a Silesian miner who died in a roof collapse some 850 metres underground in the Sosnica-Makoszowy mine in Zabrze. 15th May 2012 Italy Sicilian worker dies in fall from scaffold A construction worker died in Umberto Hospital in Catania, Sicily, yesterday from injuries sustained in an 8-metre fall from scaffolding on a site in Catania while positioning formwork. 14th May 2012 Egypt Waiter pronounced dead was alive A 28-year old waiter from Naga El-Simman sustained a heart attack and was pronounced dead. However, as the family was preparing for his funeral a second doctor felt that the man's body was still manifesting some warmth and he was found to be in fact alive. 14th May 2012 Australia Roads worker killed on Tasmanian highway site A Tasmanian roads site worker has been killed in a crush accident after becoming pinned between 2 vehicles while operating water-blasting equipment to clean the surface of Ringarooma Main Road in Legerwood. 11th May 2012 New Zealand Lockout system and gate could have prevented machine accident At Napier District Court Pan Pac Forest Products were fined $39K(£18,972) plus $7,500(£3,649) costs over an accident in which a worker's ankle was crushed while clearing a blockage from machinery which was accidentally activated. Department of Labour investigation found that the company failed to isolate hazards with the machinery and that the installation of a robust isolation and lockout system and a high gate restricting access to the hazard area could have prevented the accident. 11th May 2012 Indonesia Russian promotional flight aircraft missing in West Java A Sukhoi Superjet-100 aircraft participating in the "Welcome Asia" promotional campaign was reported missing in West Java, the flight had left Jakarta's Halim Perdonakusuna International Airport for a 50-minute flight with 46 people on board. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft which had lost altitude from 10K to 6K feet, bad weather in the mountainous area was hampering the search and rescue effort. 10th May 2012 USA Wyoming refinery flash fire leaves workers critically burned Three workers are listed in critical condition in a burns unit following a flash fire in a gas recovery unit at the Sinclair Oil Corporation refinery in Sinclair, south Wyoming. 10th May 2012 Austria Look-out man killed by train A look-out man was killed yesterday when he was struck by a train pulling 6 wagons at Matrei am Brenner station during track maintenance work at an OBB(Austrian Rail) site, the victim was an employee of a private company. 9th May 2012 USA Falling beam kills Colorado site worker A steel beam fell some 6 metres and killed a worker at ground level at the Wyatt Construction site at the Boulder Community Foothills Hospital project in Colorado yesterday. 9th May 2012 USA Roofer critically burned in fall into nitric acid tank A roofer of Gar Con Enterprises was listed in critical condition last night following an accident on Monday morning at the Swepco Tube plant in Clifton, New Jersey, where he fell 13 metres and was submerged in a tank with a 40%-70% nitric acid solution. A colleague close to the tank immediately went to his rescue, immersing himself to waist level. 8th May 2012 China 4 killed during mine renovation work Mechanical equipment collapsed during renovation work at the Zhongtian Hechuang Hulusu coal mine in Uxin Banner, Ordos, killing 4 workers engaged in reconstruction work. 8th May 2012 Italy Tractor rollover fatality A 21-year old agricultural worker died in a crush accident yesterday when a tractor overturned on property at Pianopoli, Catanzaro. 4th May 2012 Italy Worker sustains burns cleaning furnace A 44-year old worker was admitted to the burns unit of the Cardarelli hospital in Naples after sustaining burns to his arms and legs while cleaning a furnace at a car parts plant in Irpinia, Avellino. 4th May 2012 Russia Expired ordnance explosion kills 5 workers Five workers were killed and 3 were badly injured when an explosion occurred during the unloading of expired ordnance yesterday at the Mulino barracks in Nizhny Novogorod. 3rd May 2012 USA Hydraulic press explosion injures Michigan worker A Michigan worker was hospitalised in Detroit with severe burns after a hydraulic press exploded at MSP Industries in Oxford Township. 3rd May 2012 USA Fall from scaffold fatality on Pennsylvanian site A construction worker died in an accident after apparently contacting a live power source while working on scaffolding at 3rd floor level on newbuild site in Fairmount, Philadelphia. It was unclear whether he died from electrocution or multiple injuries sustained in the fall from the scaffold. 2nd May 2012 England Worker lost eye in Derbyshire farm quad bike accident A quad bike crash during the rounding up of sheep on land at Lodge Hill farm, Barton Blount, Derbyshire, led to a worker losing the sight of an eye, fracturing his jaw and sustaining pelvic and abdominal injuries. HSE inspectors found the bike to be in poor riding condition, with incorrectly inflated tyres, steering wear and poor braking. At Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court JD & RL Spalton admitted that the bike was poorly maintained and a failure to supply a crash helmet which could have mitigated the injuries. A fine of £2K was given plus £2K costs for breaching Reg 4(1) of the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regs 1992 and Reg 5 of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regs 1998. 2nd May 2012 India 4 workers burned alive in chemical plant fire Four workers were burned alive yesterday following an explosion at Dashmesh Medicare, a chemical plant some 25 miles from Chandigarh. Fifteen others were injured and 8 are believed to have 50% burns. Initially it was speculated that a static charge had caused the blast but further investigation suggested that a reactor safety valve may have malfunctioned. Police are expected to lay charges under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code( causing death by negligence) against the factory owner and management. 1st May 2012 Bangladesh Falling steel plate kills port worker A heavy steel plate fell during hoisting by crane at Jetty 8 in Chittagong, killing a worker at the site of the unloading. 1st May 2012

Italy Tractor rollover kills Verona farmer A 75-year old farmer died yesterday in a tractor rollover accident in a field in Marano di Valpolicella, Verona, after losing control of the vehicle on a gradient. 17th May 2012 Canada Montreal pedestrian critically injured by falling masonry An investigation was ongoing into an accident in Montreal yesterday when a pedestrian was injured by masonry falling from a building on rue de Bleury in the Ville-Marie district of the city. He is understood to be listed in critical condition with head and pelvic injuries. 17th May 2012 USA Falling banana crate crushes Florida stevedore A stevedore of Logistec USA Inc has died in a crush accident at Port Manatee when a 2-tonne crate of bananas fell during unloading by crane from a boat. 16th May 2012 Germany Pensioner lay dead at home for 5 years The corpse of a 66-year old female pensioner has been found in her home in Hagen, North Rhine Westphalia, where she apparently died in 2007. She was found slumped in a chair in front of her television set. The discovery was made by an intruder breaking into her home. During the intervening 5 years all her bills had been settled by automatic debits from her bank account. 15th May 2012 New Zealand Fisherman dies in fall through hatch A 33-year old fisherman died in a 15-metre fall through a hatch and down 2 deck levels on the tuna fishing boat, MJ Souza, at Talley's wharf, Port Nelson. 15th May 2012 Malta Worker killed in hay baler An agricultural worker was killed yesterday in hay baling machinery while working in a field in tal-Fessej in Xewkija, Gozo. 14th May 2012 Mexico Worker's body recovered after 50m mine fall The body of a 46-year old  worker has been recovered after he fell 50 metres while working at the Leticia mine to the north of Inde. 14th May 2012 Italy Cable whiplash kills arborist An arborist felling a tree near the Agnerola mountain hut above Imer, Primiero, died in a whiplash accident yesterday when a taut cable between a tree and winch snapped prior to the felling. 11th May 2012 Italy Cable whiplash kills arborist An arborist felling a tree near the Agnerola mountain hut above Imer, Primiero, died in a whiplash accident yesterday when a taut cable between a tree and winch snapped prior to the felling. 11th May 2012 Austria Tar ignites on roof at Vienna university site A major fire broke out yesterday when hot tar ignited on the roof of a university building in Vienna during construction work, a worker was treated for smoke inhalation.11th May 2012 Italy Tractor rollover fatality in Pescara; Udine carpenter severs fingers. A 69-year old farmer died in a tractor rollover accident yesterday in the San Quirico district of Farindola, Pescara, when he lost control of the vehicle on uneven terrain. Also yesterday in a carpentry shop in Nespoledo di Lestizza, Udine, a joiner cut off 3 fingers of one hand while operating a table-mounted circular saw. 10th May 2012 Austria Worker falls ascending rotten utility pole A 37-year old municipal worker sustained unspecified injuries yesterday when a 6-metre high rotten utility pole failed to bear his weight and collapsed as he was climbing it in Murau. 10th May 2012 Belgium Lift engineer crushed in Brussels A 55-year old lift engineer has died in a crush accident while undertaking maintenance on a lift in an apartment building on Livornostraat in the Elsene district of Brussels. He was working alone when the lift apparently moved, he was discovered at 4th floor level where he had become crushed between the lift cage and a metal bar. 9th May 2012 Kenya Painter dies in building collapse A painter working in the basement of a 6-storey building undergoing renovation died when the edifice collapsed in Westlands, Nairobi. 9th May 2012 Germany Sheet-pile wall breaks worker's thigh A sheet-pile wall which workers were attempting to manoeuvre and position with the help of a digger became unstable and fell on a 49-year old worker at a site on Kaiserallee in Karlsruhe, leaving him with a broken thigh and head injuries. 8th May 2012 Canada Fatal crush accident at BC recyclers Investigation is ongoing into the death of a worker who became trapped in a conveyor belt system at Steel Pacific Recycling in Victoria, British Columbia, initial speculation was that he had fallen into a shredder but this equipment had been out of commission for almost a year. 8th May 2012 France Worker injured at luxury villa Metal framework weighing a tonne fell and inflicted head injuries to a 30-year old Sudanese worker at the Medy Roc luxury villa in Cap d'Antibes. He was admitted to the Fontonne hospital in an unconscious condition but regained consciousness yesterday and it is hoped that he can be interviewed today (Friday) to ascertain details of the accident. 4th May 2012 Austria Man slips on to motor saw A man has been hospitalised in Feldkirch with a severe leg injury after he fell into a motor saw while cutting wood on sloping ground. The saw cut deeply into his leg just below the knee, virtually half-severing it and causing a major loss of blood.  4th May 2012 Turkey Worker killed in boiler explosion at unlicensed foundry A boiler explosion at the Ozbir Metal Stainless Steel Company foundry in the Bayrampasa district of Istanbul has killed a 24-year old worker who was struck on the head by a flying lid section. A 28-year old colleague was also injured. It was alleged that paint thinner was being introduced to help fire the boiler when the accident occurred. It is believed that the foundry was operating illegally, its licence having been withdrawn 2 years ago following a safety inspection and never re-issued. 3rd May 2012 Bangladesh Ship breaker dies in fall A 32-year old foreman worker has died in a fall from the engine room area of a ship being scrapped at the Sima ship breaking yard in Sitakunda, Chittagong. 3rd May 2012 Liechtenstein Worker jumps for his life from falling vehicle cab A driver had to jump from the cabin of his vehicle to save his life yesterday in Amden when his vehicle which was pulling an excavator on a trailer became unstable during a reversing manoeuvre and subsequently rolled 120 metres down a steep embankment. 2nd May 2012 Argentina Patagonian utility worker succumbs to severe burns A utility worker of  EPEN(Ente Provincial de Energia del Neuquen) has died in the burns unit of a Buenos Aires hospital where he was admitted with 90% burns after sustaining an electrical shock while working in the Plaza Huincul substation in Neuquen. 1st May 2012 Canada Chain whiplash kills worker A 29-year old worker of Hammerstone Corporation has been killed in a whiplash accident when he was struck by a chain which snapped under tension while doing maintenance work on a gravel sorter at a site north of Fort McMurray. 1st May 2012

England Cumbrian injured in fall through roof A man is listed in critical condition in Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary after falling through a fragile roof at premises in Langrigg, 20 miles southwest of Carlisle. 17th May 2012 France Fall from scaffold in Toulouse A construction worker has been hospitalised in Toulouse with severe head injuries and a considerable loss of blood after falling from a scaffold at the Empalot premises on rue des Saules in Toulouse. 17th May 2012 Germany Unloading crush accident at Düsseldorf fair site A worker was listed in life-threatening condition with severe chest injuries in hospital in Duisburg last night following an accident earlier on Tuesday in the Oberkassel park in Düsseldorf when he was struck by a pay booth being unloaded at the site of a fairground. 16th May 2012 England Gas fitter sentenced over boiler accident At Ipswich Crown Court a Norwich gas fitter received an 8-month suspended prison sentence over an accident in which an explosion occurred at a home in Wrentham, Suffolk, where he had been installing a boiler. A connection between an emergency control valve on the boiler and a pipe was improperly secured, causing gas to leak through the property, and when the resident ignited a kettle an explosion occurred, inflicting burns to her and a child. The gas fitter admitted breaching Regs 6(1) and 7(1) of the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regs 1998. He was also required to pay £10K costs and carry out 250 hours community service. 16th May 2012 Canada Arrest over murder of Alberta carer A 61-year old carer at the Marler Supported Independent Living Program in Camrose, Edmonton, was found dead at the premises, police are understood to be charging a 17-year old male with second degree murder. An autopsy of the carer is scheduled for today(Tuesday). 15th May 2012 Uruguay Worker killed guiding lorry in Montevideo A construction worker has died in a transport accident on a site in the port area of Montevideo where a lorry he was guiding skidded out of control. 14th May 2012 Panama Joiner died in fall at Hydro site Mitradel( Ministerio de Trabajo y Desarrollo Laboral) has issued a temporary suspension of work on the Baitun Bajo Mimo hydrolectric project of CILSA Panama in Renacimiento, Chiriqui, where a subcontract joiner died in a fall of several metres in an accident involving a concrete pump in the lower section of the dam. 14th May 2012 Rep Ireland Discarded syringe in bedding pricked hotel guest At the Circuit Civil Court in Dublin a young woman was awarded €17,500 (£14,023) in respect of an accident at the Castleknock Travel Lodge in Dublin on June 6th 2009 when she was pricked in the arm by a syringe needle discarded in bedding. She was treated at the hotel for her injury, subsequent blood tests for hepatitis and HIV proved negative. 11th May 2012 Sri Lanka Fitter electrocuted at steel plant A fitter has been electrocuted in an accident at the Comfab steel plant in Muddaragama. 11th May 2012 USA Pittsburgh arborist electrocuted during tree felling An arborist of DLS Tree Service died in an electrocution accident during the felling of a mature tree in Edgeworth, northwest Pittsburgh, where the tree and its canopy brought down an adjacent high power line. 10th May 2012 Germany Ship repair explosion in Bremerhaven Eleven workers were injured, 1 listed in serious condition, following an accident yesterday during repair work inside a vessel in the Lloyd yard in Bremerhaven. It is speculated that an explosion and fire occurred during hot metal work. 9th May 2012 Nigeria Utility contractors ambushed Two employees of Mother Cat Construction Company were killed by armed assailants when their vehicle transporting them to work was ambushed in Kakeyi, in the northern region of Kaduna, where they were engaged in water pipeline work. A third worker is believed to have been kidnapped. 9th May 2012 France Falling material injures Basque rail bridge workers Two workers standing at a work site on the bank of the Adour river in Bayonne were injured, one sustained a broken thigh, when some column sections fell from a railway bridge which is being replaced there. 8th May 2012 Italy Worker's arm almost severed at Genoa container port A 47-year old maintenance worker was admitted to the San Martino Hospital in Genoa yesterday for surgery to prevent amputation of his arm which became crushed in the coupling system of a crane during maintenance work at the Voltri container terminal. 8th May 2012 Mexico Workers' bus in level crossing collision A bus carrying workers of the Bachoco and Acros-Whirlpool companies was struck a by a train on the Paso al Aeropuerto level crossing in El Puente, Celaya, killing one person and injuring 11 others, 3 of whom are listed in critical condition. It is alleged that the driver of the Fecha Amarilla coach was negligent in attempt to get over the crossing. 4th May 2012 Canada Accident during unloading from lorry to forklift The Ministry of Labour in Ontario is investigating an accident yesterday in which a worker sustained a serious foot injury when large metal tables became unstable and fell during unloading from a lorry trailer on to a forklift at a site in Barrie. 4th May 2012 Oman 3 road workers killed by car at work site Three road workers were killed at a highway work site in Al Aliya village in Al Sharqiyah when a vehicle travelling from Al Jardaa to Mehlah failed to take a bend on the road. It was unclear if the road site had adequate signage warning of a traffic hazard. 3rd May 2012 Australia Lorry driver crushed in scissors lift accident A crush accident has claimed the life of a lorry driver during the unloading of material at a site in Preston, North Melbourne. It appears that he became pinned between a scissors lift and a forklift and may have been on the scissors lift at the time of the accident. 3rd May 2012 England Machinery crush fatality in Essex A fatal accident occurred yesterday in a building at Dengie Crops in Asheldham, Essex, where a worker died from injuries sustained after becoming trapped in machinery. 2nd May 2012 Poland Lodz microlight training flight crash A 67-year old pilot instructor and his 36-year old student have died when their microlight aircraft crashed during a training flight on Kamiensk Hill in Belchatow, Lodz, it has yet to be ascertained whether mechanical failure or human error caused the crash. 1st May 2012 Romania 5 killed in helicopter crash Police in Tulcea in southeast Romania are investigating the crash of a K-26c helicopter, an accident which has claimed 5 lives when the flight from Moldova to Turkey crashed near Ostrov. 1st May 2012

Scotland Part-blocked chimney led to CO death At Haddington Sheriff Court an East Lothian builder was fined £15K over a carbon monoxide accident at a house in Gifford where a 60-year old woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning after he had rebuilt a chimney. A failure to clear debris from the chimney led to a CO build-up in the house from the fire, he pleaded guilty to breaching Sections 3 & 33(1) of the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974. 17th May 2012 England Woman crushed under tractor trailer in Lincs field The HSE has been advised of a fatal accident which occurred in a field in Leverton, Lincolnshire, yesterday morning where a female farm worker in her 40's died when she became trapped under a trailer being drawn by a tractor. 16th May 2012 Italy Fall from scaffold at demolition site A 56-year old Albanian worker was knocked unconscious in a fall from a scaffold on Monday morning in Forli. He was using a pneumatic drill during the demolition of a wall and he apparently lost his balance as he was handing the drill to a colleague. His condition is listed as not life-threatening. 15th May 2012 Scotland 2 dead in Ben More microlight crash Two people died when a microlight aircraft crashed on the slopes of Ben More on Saturday, an investigation into the accident is ongoing. 14th May 2012 Northern Ireland Unstable raised pallet led to teen's fall At Omagh Crown Court Reid Engineering (Cookstown) Ltd was fined £17,500 over an accident in which a 17-year old worker was injured when he fell 8 metres from a raised pallet used for access at premises in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. Four workers were on the pallet which lacked handrails and protective edging and had no means of being secured to the telescopic materials handler. The company pleaded guilty to breaching Article 4 of the Health & Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and Regulation 6 of the Work at Height Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005. 14th May 2012 Scotland Super Pumas suspended pending safety checks The Bond Aviation Group has temporarily grounded its fleet of EC225 Super Prima helicopters pending safety investigation following the controlled ditching of an aircraft into the North Sea 30 miles east of Aberdeen yesterday. All 14 people on board were safely rescued from their life raft, the flight from Aberdeen had been making for rigs in the Jasmine Field when a low oil pressure warning was indicated.  11th May 2012 Northern Ireland Woman and baby fall overboard from ferry A woman passenger was rescued from Belfast Lough yesterday evening after falling from the Stena Super Fast VII ferry as it approached Belfast Harbour. The woman was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in hypothermic condition. It was also believed that a 9-day old baby had fallen into the water and was missing, Bangor Lifeboat was attending the incident. 10th May 2012 Northern Ireland Record fine over piggery accident A record fine of £187,500 plus £13K in costs was levied against JMW Farms at Belfast Crown Court in respect of a fatal accident at its pig farm in Tynan, County Armagh, on 15th November 2010 when a 45-year old worker died when a 200kg bin fell from a forklift truck at a meal mixing plant. He had been cleaning the bin from an adjacent position on a bale compactor, and as the bin was moved he jumped on to the side of it, but instability caused the bin and worker to fall to the ground. Investigation found that the bin was inadequately attached, with the forks not fitting the bin's sleeves. The forklift was replacing another machine undergoing servicing. 9th May 2012 Australia Worker left partially disabled by fall Downer EDI Works was fined $187,500(£117,366) over an accident in May 2009 in which a worker was severely injured in a fall into a pit during cleaning work on a machine used in the preparation of asphalt. He became crushed between an incline conveyor belt and a drum roller, sustaining fractures and injuries which left him a partial tetraplegic. Investigation found that there was a lack of guard railing around the machinery. 9th May 2012 England Diver dies during training exercise The HSE has been advised of a fatal accident at Stoney Cove in Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire, where a diver taking instruction from an Essex diving team died following an accident during an advanced training exercise at the flooded quarry. 8th May 2012 Romania Boy drowns herding cattle A 10-year old boy has drowned while apparently herding cattle on a farm in Bistrita, Valcea County. Some of the herd had slipped into a swollen river and he himself fell in, losing his balance on wet rocks. 8th May 2012 Germany Driver pinned between lorry and wall A 48-year old lorry driver was hospitalised in Berlin yesterday with crush injuries after becoming pinned between his vehicle and a house wall in Neuzelle, Oder Spree. He had apparently alighted from the lorry which began to roll backwards and became pinned as he south to remount the vehicle. 4th May 2012 Azerbaijan Unstable timber load hits worker at Eurovision Song venue A 23-year old European worker has been hospitalised in Baku with unspecified injuries after being struck a by a pile of timber sections which became unstable at the Crystal Hall in the Eurovision Arena where the stage is being prepared for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. 3rd May 2012 England Inquest opens into woman's crush death at Cambridge works The HSE has been investigating a recent fatal accident at RGE Engineering in Cambridge where a woman died after machinery fell on her, an inquest into the accident opens today (Wednesday) in Huntingdon. 2nd May 2012 England Shipyard fined over apprentice's fall At Truro Magistrates' Court  Pendennis Shipyard of Falmouth was fined £6K plus £6,288 in costs over an accident in which an apprentice worker sustained knee injuries in a 2-metre fall from a scaffold. He had been removing plastic covering over a boat being painted when a scaffold board became unstable. Inspectors found an absence of a risk assessment and safe working method for workers, and a lack of information, training, instruction and supervision. 2nd May 2012 England Beds glider pilot killed The Air Accident Investigation Branch has been advised of a fatal accident in Bedfordshire yesterday after a glider pilot died in a crash in Eaton Bray. 1st May 2012 England Fire destroys Falmouth hotel Fire broke out on the 3rd floor of the 4-storey Falmouth Beach Hotel yesterday, completely destroying the 120-bed hotel in Gyllyngvase, Falmouth. Best Western has been operating the hotel for the last 12 years, no injuries were reported and it appeared that all staff and guests have been accounted for. 1st May 2012