OSHA inspectors to watch contractors for fall hazards
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Southeast regional offices of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will increase enforcement efforts aimed at reducing an upward trend...
View ArticleFall at Capitol may have saved lawmaker’s life
CARTHAGE — Mississippi Rep. Bennett Malone was in surgery yesterday for a pelvic aneurysm. Malone, a 69-year-old Democrat from Carthage, was hospitalized last week after he fell down stairs at the...
View ArticleInvestigastors looking into cause of fall that killed two workers
COPIAH COUNTY — Federal and local investigators are trying to determine the cause of an accident in which two workers fell to their deaths from a cellphone tower in Copiah County. The accident happened...
View ArticleLegislator in critical condition after falling at home
MERIDIAN — State Sen. Videt Carmichael is hospitalized in Jackson for a head injury after falling at his apartment. Carmichael, a Republican from Meridian, has served 14 years in the Senate from...
View ArticleWorker dies after falling from roof of ‘Al Capone home’
OCEAN SPRINGS — A construction worker critically injured when he fell while working on the second-story roof of an Ocean Springs home has died. Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus said Gerald Moran,...
View ArticleMan survives grain bin fall after five-hour rescue
WATERFORD — A man has been rescued after falling in a soybean bin in rural north Mississippi. Authorities say 57-year-old Larry Mitchell was brought out of the bin late yesterday after nearly five...
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