Richmond, Virginia-based coal mining company Massey Mines lost another coal miner in a tragic accident. An electrician working in the Pocahontas Mine in Greenbrier County, West Virginia (WV) was hit and killed by a shuttle car, according to the Register-Herald. This was the 40th coal miner killed in an accident this year and 31 of…
Two companies found responsible for the faulty construction of an industrial oil heater at a Texas (TX) natural gas plant have been ordered to pay $85 million to survivors of a worker killed after the heater exploded. According to a report in the June 14, 2010, Mineral Wells (TX) Index, a jury determined that Exterran…
James W. Boice of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (WV) was enjoying an early morning ride on his Suzuki motorcycle when his life came to an abrupt end. He was hit from behind by a Jeep Cherokee at the intersection of East Market Street and Battlefield Parkway in Leesburg, Virginia (VA). View Larger Map After the…
An Arizona (AZ) family who had rented a houseboat for a vacation on Lake Powell is claiming that a range of onboard generator, maintenance and gas detector problems led to the carbon monoxide poisoning death of the 62-year-old father. According to a report in the Deseret News, the Howeth family has filed suit against “Aramark…
A Hagerstown, Maryland (MD), woman lost her life last Thursday when a man in a pickup truck apparently crossed over the center line of rural U.S. 11 in Martinsburg, West Virginia (WV), and hit her small car head on. The local paper, the Herald-Mail, reported that the pickup’s driver failed three field sobriety tests after…