The Coast Guard announced Monday that the El Faro, a cargo ship that left Jacksonville on September 29 for a routine trip to Puerto Rico, likely sank in the Atlantic while caught in the powerful Category 4 Hurricane Joaquin. On board were 33 crew members. Crews have found items from…
A man fell about three stories at a construction site on International Drive Thursday afternoon. According to an Orange County spokeswoman, the man was conscious when firefighters reached him. The man, in his 40s, was taken by helicopter to Orlando Regional Medical Center, according to reports. The construction site is…
A semi driver killed Wednesday after he was crushed when his load shifted while yielding to a fire truck near St. Cloud was identified by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office this week. The 32-year-old Orlando driver stopped his semi abruptly to yield to an Osceola County fire truck turning onto…
A Wet ‘n Wild worker remains in critical condition after he was trapped under water while cleaning one of the pools at the theme park Tuesday morning, according to officials. Orlando police responded to the scene at 10:07 a.m. where an “industrial accident” was reported at the Universal Orlando park.…
At least nine employees of the Blue Rhino gas plant in Tavares were injured late Monday night in a series of propane explosions. At this time, no fatalities have been reported. There were nearly 53,000 propane tanks where the blasts took place. Residents of the area say the explosions were…
The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue has confirmed that four people were injured in a gasoline-tank explosion Tuesday afternoon at a machine shop in Medley, Florida. Workers were supposedly cutting into an empty fuel tank that apparently was not cleaned properly on the inside and had fumes built up. According to the…
The National Transportation Safety Board released a 14-page report on Monday citing a pair of employee errors as the main causes of a July, 5, 2009 monorail accident that killed a 21-year-old resort employee at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The federal investigation has taken nearly two-and-a-half years to…
A 56-year-old Marion County father of three was killed Friday after a front-end loader fell on him while working at Construction Tire & Industrial Supply in Ocala, Florida. The Ocala Police Department and Ocala Fire Rescue Officials were on the scene shortly before 9:30 a.m. According to the Ocala Star…
Hillsborough County Fire rescue responded to a construction scene in Lutz, Florida Monday where a worker fell into a cement hopper that trapped his arm and shoulder. He was transported to Tampa General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Fourteen firefighters responded to the scene at 2:37 p.m. According to MSNBC,…