MISSISSIPPI—An explosion tore through a paper mill after a boiler was inspected, killing a contract worker and injuring 17 others, the company said. The explosion occurred as a boiler at the International Paper mill was being started after an annual maintenance shut down. L.A. Times, 5/4/08
The AP reports that an Ohio man was locked out of his apartment tried to climb through a window, got stuck and suffocated. Jack Kasler was found with his legs dangling from the window of his apartment in Columbus. Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis said Kasler was lying in a position where his diaphragm was
A construction worker was killed when a backhoe loader tipped over and struck him with its scoop at the Platinum Triangle urban village in Anaheim. Arturo Gonzalez, 34, was part of a six-man crew putting stucco on a condominium project when the machine crushed him. —L.A. Times, 7-12-08
A young man who died when he slipped and fell off the South Rim of the Grand Canyon was identified as a Canadian citizen. National Park Service spokeswoman Maureen Oltrogge says 19-year-old Mian Zhang died after falling 250 feet. Zhang was visiting the canyon with a friend and was standing on a rocky outcropping when
GUATEMALA—At least four people died and about 20 were missing when a mountain of trash collapsed on people foraging in it, emergency workers said. Heavy rain forced hundreds of police officers and bystanders to call off the search for the missing under an avalanche of old tires, broken glass, rotting food and human remains. Scores