Architect killed in fall from sky scraper
New York City, USA
A 52-year-old architect died last Thursday afternoon after falling from the 42nd floor of a high rise building under construction in Midtown Manhattan. According to witness reports, the man had been taking measurements near the ledge of a unit when the incident occurred. As he stood up from taking measurements, he tripped and fell over a 45cm (18 inch) high barrier. According to local officials, the man was wearing a safety harness at the time of the incident, but it was not attached to an anchor. The man was declared dead at the scene.
34 Confirmed dead in Bangladesh factory fire
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Authorities have so far confirmed the death of 34 workers who were killed in a factory fire on Saturday in an industrial estate north of Dhaka. With a further six workers still unaccounted for, it is believed that the death toll will rise as firefighters sift through the site.
Preliminary findings suggest that the fire was sparked by a boiler exploding in the early hours of Saturday morning as more than 100 workers were preparing to change shifts. The subsequent fire spread rapidly through the multi-storey building.
This latest incident is the country’s worst factory fire since a fire tore through a textile factory fire in November 2012 killing 112 people, although both incidents pale in comparison to the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in 2013 in which 1,129 textile workers were killed.
Worker crushed in forklift incident
Idaho, USA
A 41-year-old worker was killed in an incident last Thursday at a dairy factory in Nampa, west of Boise. The man sustained traumatic crush injuries after he was pinned between a forklift and a shelving unit. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident have yet to be released pending an investigation by government authorities, although it is understood that the man was operating a stock-picking forklift at the time of the incident.
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