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A pair of workers at the Owens Corning Plant in Kansas City, Kansas was injured last month as a result of an equipment malfunction while the men unloaded asphalt.   Emergency services from Kansas City, Kansas were called out to address the situation at 8 a.m. to attend to the two employees, who had suffered critical burn injuries from the hot asphalt and were transported to a hospital. Hot asphalt can be as high as 450 degrees, and reports said…

The City of New York and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are looking into the cause of death of a 25-year-old worker who was installing windows at an apartment under construction on East 67th Street, when he fell to his death from the 23rd floor. Worker Kevin Kelly apparently fell because a safety strap failed, spilling him 200 feet to the ground. Emergency services were called, and he was transported to the hospital. He was reportedly dead at…

A Bucks County, New Jersey man died after a ladder he had been using for a roofing and siding job hit power lines last month. Pawel Pieklo, 52, of Trenton, had just about finished his job at a Delran, Burlington County apartment complex on Route 130, when a ladder on which he was working touched overhead wires about 4:30 p.m., arcing electrical current through his body Another worker, and Jiri Niederle, 41, of Morrisville, Pa. tried to assist Pieklo. Niederle…