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A large explosion erupted at the Kerr Dam in Oklahoma, killing two people. Officials with the Grand River Dam Authority have not yet released specific information about how the deadly Kerr Dam explosion accident occurred. Investigators have only now begun their work at identifying what went wrong at the dam, resulting in the tragic death of two people. The Kerr Dam explosion accident occurred at about 6:00 p.m. Oklahoma time on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Three men were at work…

A Florida woman was convicted in 2016 to serve five years in prison for DUI manslaughter arising from her killing of person while driving drunk in the Sunshine State. As unbelievable as it might seem, this same person killed yet another person while driving drunk this past week. In the most recent incident, the driver (identified as Jennifer Carvajal, age 24) also seriously injured two other people. Carvajal was bulleting down Interstate 4 in Hillsborough County at around 1:30 a.m….

Bowling Green State University freshman Stone Foltz died in a fraternity hazing drinking ritual in which he was forced to participate. The fraternity pledge exchanged texts with his mother directly before leaving for an off-campus Pi Kappa Alpha pledge party, an event that would result in the tragic death of the 20-year-old. He told his mother that he didn’t want to participate in the event because he knew it revolved around a drinking ritual. With that said, he added that…

As warner months become a reality across the United States, and as more Americans become vaccinated against COVID-19, construction projects of all types are expected to accelerate. As a consequence, a companion increase in the construction accident rate will occur as well. With that in mind, there is no better time than the present to consider some important construction accident statistics. Fatal Construction Accident Facts Statistics associated with fatal construction accidents in the United States are grim. 20 percent of…

The multi-day Seacor accident search and rescue effort by the U.S. Coast Guard and others will come to a solemn end on Monday at sunset, with eight of the 19 original crew members left unaccounted for and presumed dead. Six of the Seacor Power crew members were rescued directly following with capsizing of the oil rig lift boat. The remains of five crew members were retrieved from the waters of the Gulf but not from inside the overturned watercraft. As…