Mississippi Business Journal » workplace fatality http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Worker dies of head injury at Mississippi Phosphates plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/22/worker-dies-of-head-injury-at-mississippi-phosphates-plant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worker-dies-of-head-injury-at-mississippi-phosphates-plant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/22/worker-dies-of-head-injury-at-mississippi-phosphates-plant/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:08:16 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57486 PASCAGOULA — Authorities say a 39-year-old Pascagoula man died after sustaining a head injury at Mississippi Phosphates Corp. Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus tells The Mississippi Press Jeffrey Simpson was pronounced dead around 1:30 p.m. yesterday. Sheriff Mike Byrd said it appeared that a piece of equipment exploded and killed the worker. Broadus said an [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/22/worker-dies-of-head-injury-at-mississippi-phosphates-plant/feed/ 1 NTSB: Faulty weld caused fatal explosion http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/10/15/ntsb-faulty-weld-causes-fatal-explosion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ntsb-faulty-weld-causes-fatal-explosion http://msbusiness.com/blog/2009/10/15/ntsb-faulty-weld-causes-fatal-explosion/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:21:30 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=13664 CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the probable cause of the 2007 pipeline rupture near Carmichael was the failure of a weld that caused the pipe to fracture along the longitudinal seam weld, a portion of the upstream girth weld and portions of the adjacent pipe joints. On Nov. [...]

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