MEADOWDALE, 29 November 2011, 12:00 A 35 year old man was fortunate to sustain moderate injuries only after he fell about 5 meters into a secluded area off a ladder earlier this afternoon. The man had allegedly lost consciousness,but was able to call for help once he regained consciousness. The man was allegedly laying at [...]
PIETERMARITZBURG 09 November 2011, 16:30 ER24 paramedics responded to a factory in Willowton this afternoon after a man sustained chemical burns. The cause of the incident is unknown, but the man later told paramedics that he was mixing two chemicals when a reaction occurred. The man told paramedics that the chemicals started to fizz before [...]
[Springs 06 November 2011 18:00] 5 young men, aged in their late 20′s to early 30′s, have been injured after a furnace is believed to have exploded at a factory on Industry Road in Springs. The details surrounding the alleged explosion are not clear, but the furnace was ripped apart throwing the 5 workers to [...]
KUILSRIVER 26 October 2011, 13:15 One man has sustained a severe injury to his hand in a factory earlier this afternoon. The worker aged 39 was allegedly cleaning a piece of machinery when he tried to collect something behind the machines rolling mechanism. The man’s hand was then caught in the rolling mechanism and crushed [...]
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No Comments »BRACKENFELL 19 October 2011, 15:30 A serious incident occurred this afternoon in which a construction worker died after falling into a trench. ER24 paramedics were dispatched to the construction site off Okovango road. At the building site they found a construction worker at the bottom of a 3 meter deep trench. According to witnesses the [...]
[Roodepoort 19 October 2011 07:30] A home in Helderkruin, Roodepoort at the corners of Dakota and Bankett Road, has been ripped apart this morning by an apparent explosion. The 31 year old man who was alone in the bedroom at the time and was extensively injured; he needed immediate treatment of burn injuries to his [...]
PETRUS STEYN 18 October 2011, 13:00 A serious incident occurred this afternoon on a farm a few kilometres from Petrus Stein. A group of workers were allegedly repairing a barn roof when the incident occured. The workers were working from 3 meter high scaffolding at the time. The events that followed are unknown, but 1 [...]
When we reflect on accidents and injury we tend to think of cuts, broken bones and blood. We however neglect the risk of other injury that might be less visible – such as that of hearing loss! Accidents or risks at the workplace that result in loss of hearing might be more threatening to the [...]
After this mornings incident where 4 men suffered extensive injury in a suspected chemical explosion, JHB North paramedics were called to an incident where a young man was again burnt by a suspected chemical substance explosion. This time the incident happened in Strydom Park in the Northern suburbs of Johannesburg. According to people at the [...]
One man has died and another is in a serious condition after an explosion occurred at a scrap yard in Mosselbay. Two men were allegedly busy cutting an unknown cylinder when an unknown gas ignited causing an explosion. The two men working on the cylinder were thrown off of their feet. When ER24 paramedics arrived [...]
