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After four days of testimony, a Monroe County Jury awarded Greg Beavers $750,000 for injuries he received at the Pace Industries factory in Monroe City, Missouri. The plaintiff was severely burned on his neck, arm, chest and stomach, when molten aluminum exploded onto his body, although he was wearing a shirt that was supposed to protect him from burns.

The shirt, manufactured by Cintas, was provided to the Pace employee by Leggett and Platte, the corporate owner of the subsidiary corporation, Pace Industries. There was testimony during the trial that the shirt was never designed to provide primary protection to employees working around the molten metal, but the workers were never provided that warning. The jury assessed 90% fault to Leggett and Platte, 5% to Cintas and 5% to the Plaintiff.

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Recent studies show that only about half of the equipment requiring Arc Flash warnings are in compliance with the National Electric Code. The video below by ITU on understanding OSHA Arc Flash Regulations should be viewed and followed by anyone comming under these regulations. Arc flashes seriously injury and kill eletrical workers every day. Compliance with OSHA and the National Electric Code, NFPA 70E arc flash warnings can prevent these horriable events from taking place.

Unfortunately electrical injuries result in approximately a thousand deaths per year and more than 3,000 admissions to specialized burn centers per year. Only a small percentage of these are accounted for by lightning, and the remainder involved man made electrical injuries. Twenty percent of electrical injuries occur in children with most of these occurring in the home.

The remaining accidents are primarily work place accidents. These injuries can happen to electricians or others who work with electricity or around electricity. Many of these injuries occur when workers come into contact with over head or underground power lines. Most of these tragic accidents could have been prevented. These accidents often result from the careless and negligent acts of employers, supervisors, operators, and utility companies.

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On January 28th, the Moberly Fire Department responded to a fire call for a residence located at 115 South Fifth Street in Moberly, Missouri. At approximately 1:15 a.m., the fire broke out in the home's kitchen. Neighbors reported hearing explosions, which were believed to be caused by therapeutic oxygen tanks inside the home.

At the time of the fire, three people were in the home. Britney Tessman, 18 of Mexico, Missouri, Rebecca Jackson Skinner, 56 of Moberly, Missouri and an unnamed 26 year old man. The man escaped with minor injuries, but the two women perished in the fire.

The bodies were taken to the Boone County Medical Examiner for autopsies. Gerald Luntsford, Randolph County Coroner, named the cause of death for the two women as smoke inhalation and their deaths were ruled as accidental.

To read more about this story, visit the Moberly Monitor Index website.