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Pelican Island Crane Collapse Investigated by OSHA Officials identified one of the individuals killed in the recent Galveston crane collapse. 20-year old Blake Carlisle lost his life in the Pelican Island crane collapse in Galveston. Carlisle was a highly-regarded Dickinson high school football player. Indeed, Blake Carlisle has been described as being a “star of the field” and even a better individual off if the field. The death of Carlisle has stunned the community and those who knew and admired…

Gene Peterson, an 81-year-old Fort Dodge, Iowa man, died when he lost control of his pickup truck and hit the back of a parked excavator in a construction zone in Fort Dodge, reports say. Peterson was killed when his truck left the road and hit the unoccupied excavator about 5:15 p.m. on Monday. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The Doan Law Firm P.C., can provide information and guidance for some of the toughest questions of personal injury…

As they tried to escape a deep, water-filled hole at a Queens, NY waste transfer plant, three workers were killed as they were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes. The victims, including a father and son who worked for S. Dahan Sewer Specialists, were at the scene working with a vacuum truck to suck water from a dry well that was meant to collect water runoff. Harel Dahan, 23, of Brooklyn, somehow fell into the well and his father, Shlomo Dahan,…

Last week a demolition worker suffered fatal injuries after being trapped underneath a 1,000 pound section of concrete slab during a demolition. The building being demolished was the historic 1965 Flagship Hotel at 2501 Seawall Boulevard in Galveston, Texas. An autopsy of the 65 year old, Tauelangi Angilau, is ordered for later this week. After suffering a crushing injury, firefighters and other rescue crews used hydraulic tools and prying bars to free Angilau, who was taken to the University of…