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  • State investigating death at Trulite plant in Youngsville, N.C.
    August 9, 2011
    The North Carolina State Department of Labor is investigating a Friday death at a Trulite glass plant in Youngsville, N.C., according to an Aug. 8 WRAL.com report.DOL spokesman Neal O'Briant told WRAL.com that an electrician with Act Electric of Wake Forest was working on a lift inside the glass plant when a crane moving a pane of glass collided with the lift. The electrician fell to the...

  • UK glass factory fined $18,000 for accident
    July 22, 2011
    UK glass manufacturer Nicholls and Clarke Glass has been fined more than £11,000 (about $18,000) after a Dunstable man's arm was cut to the bone when a glass lite shattered in his hand. According to a July 22 Dunstable Today report, the man picked up a large glass lite that cracked and shattered without warning. One of the shards lacerated his right forearm above his wrist guard,...

  • Update on glass removal at W Austin
    June 30, 2011
    Workers remove glass panels from the balconies at the W Austin after fallouts and breakages. Officials from developer Stratus Properties provided an update June 29 on the removal of almost 1,000 panes of glass from the W Austin Hotel and Residences following several instances of fallout and breakage.According to Beau Armstrong, CEO, Stratus Properties, as of 4 p.m. on June 29, about 600 glass...

  • Major glass removal begins at W Austin Hotel after spontaneous breakages
    June 30, 2011
    Crews are removing almost 1,000 panes of balcony glass from the W Austin Hotel and Residences following several instances of spontaneous breakage, according to a June 29 article in the Austin American-Statesman. The first instance of breakage at the 37-story hotel occurred June 10, when two glass panes crashed to the W's pool area, injuring four people. Three additional panels fell June 27, and...

  • The case of the exploding glass table
    June 22, 2011
    During a Father's Day dinner this June, Arvada, Colo., resident Nancy Passarella and her family found themselves picking up the pieces after their Martha Stewart Living glass patio table suddenly exploded, sending flying glass and food everywhere.Her son and his girlfriend were cut by the flying glass, according to a June 21 Fox 31 Denver report. FOX31 Denver learned that hundreds of people have...

  • Falling glass in container truck kills Florida worker
    May 5, 2011
    A construction worker in Key Biscayne, Fla., died May 4 after some hurricane glass fell on him inside a container truck. Rescuers were forced to cut a hole in the side of the container to reach the trapped worker; however, it was too late, according to a same-day gantdaily.com report.

  • Worker crushed by falling glass
    December 20, 2010
    A firm has been fined £80,000 [approximately $184,000] after a worker was crushed to death by falling glass his first day on the job.Workmates tried unsuccessfully to smash the glass – which weighed 242 pounds per lite – with a hammer to free Vitalijus Orlovas at Arken POP's site in St Neots, England. 

  • New glass furniture law may be coming
    November 24, 2009
    Lamination process can help prevent shatteringThey are popular items found in homes across the country, but glass tables in your living room or on your patio could be a safety hazard. Team 5's Susan Wornick, however, reported that things may be changing.

  • Glass roof panel hits man at pool
    November 6, 2009
    A Victorian swimming pool in Edinburgh has been closed after a glass panel fell from its roof, leaving a man with large cut on his arm.The 25-year-old man was struck at about 1500 GMT on Thursday [Nov. 5] at Warrender Swim Centre in Thirlestane Road, according to a Nov. 6 BBC report.

  • Worker killed by sheet of glass
    August 20, 2009
    A man has died after a sheet of glass fell on him while he was working at a building supplies warehouse in Derby. Emergency services were called to the Build Center on Ascot Drive in the city after the glass fell on the man.
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