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The 39-year-old worker in Illinois was killed on their ninth day of work, officials said. Worker ‘was immediately incinerated’ after falling into molten iron, feds say Skip to main content
One of the world’s biggest manufacturers of industrial vehicles and equipment has been cited and penalized for the death of a worker who fell into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron heated to ...
The report says Miller hit Iowa Department of Transportation worker Matthew Dickerson, 36, of Neola, who was doing road maintenance when Miller attempted to pass a semi. Dickerson died on the scene.
Mohawk skywalkers is a nickname for Mohawk ironworkers and other construction workers who have helped construct buildings and bridges in American and Canadian cities including New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.
[2] [3] Three Iron Workers Local 8 members, Jeffrey Wischer, William DeGrave, and Jerome Starr, were killed when the suspended personnel platform in which they were observing the lift was hit by the falling crane. [3] [4] A safety inspector was filming construction of the stadium on that day and captured the collapse on video as it occurred.
By 1970, through the Cold War buildup, iron worker wages peaked at $44.80 (2010) ($7.97). Then, following the 1965 new immigration policy and the start of the fourth great migration wave, [ 5 ] wages fell 10% to $40.38 (2010) by 1980 ($15.26), and fell another 20% to $29.90 (2010) per hour ($20.88) by 1990, comparable to the 1950s wage rate.
The 3M Company reported the May 2023 worker death at its facility in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, prompting the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to ...
In the years prior to the American Civil War existing organization of workers in the iron industry was established on the basis of independent local groups. The first local union of iron molders was formed in Philadelphia in 1833. [1] Similar unions were formed in Northeastern cities, although none of these unions lasted more than a few years. [1]