Latest News in Commercial Glass

  • 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.

  • Man impaled on glass after row
    August 11, 2009
    A man died when he fell on a large shard of glass after throwing a woman through a shop window in a street row.The 30-year-old victim was seen arguing with the woman in the Regent Street area of London's West End shortly after 2 a.m. this morning. Witnesses told police he hurled the woman against the window of a branch of Banana Republic, after several blows the glass shattered and the couple...

  • Eight-year-old survives 30-foot skylight fall
    May 18, 2009
    An 8-year-old girl fell 30 feet through a skylight of a Brooklyn rooftop playground, but miraculously suffered only a broken arm and leg, authorities said.The accident happened as the girl, who attends Beis Ruchel D'Satmar Girls School at 1415 54th St. in Borough Park, was heading to a staircase. She wanted to go down to the street to retrieve a ball that had fallen off the roof at 3:30 p.m.,...

  • Ohio man sues after falling through skylight
    April 22, 2009
    An Ironton, Ohio, man is suing his employer after he fell 20 feet through a skylight and landed on his head.Paul Arthur filed a lawsuit in Cabell Circuit Court April 1 against Boggs Roofing Inc.According to his complaint, Arthur was employed as a laborer for Boggs on a roofing job at Salt Rock Elementary School on July 23, 2008, according to an April 20 report in The West Virginia Record. 

  • Man falls through skylight, dies
    April 7, 2009
    A 46-year-old Chino Hills man died yesterday after he fell through a skylight while working on the roof of a Chino warehouse, according to San Bernardino County [Calif.] coroner's officials. James Bean died at the scene of the 2:02 p.m. accident Monday along the 14000 block of Yorba Court, according to an April 7 PE.com report.

  • Firm faces fine for rooftop fall
    April 6, 2009
    A car auction firm is facing a fine of up to £50,000 [$74,227] after an employee fell 25 feet through a skylight–which was painted over. British Car Auctions, at the Walton Summit Industrial Estate, pleaded guilty to seven breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act. 

  • Teenager injured after roof jump
    April 6, 2009
    A girl has seriously injured her arm after falling through a skylight while jumping over roof tops in St Andrews [U.K.].The 16-year-old was taken to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, where her condition was described as stable, according to an April 6 BBC report.
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