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Search Continues For Missing Oil Rig Worker
by Matthew D. Shaffer on November 20, 2012
Three more dive boats have joined the search for a contractor still missing after an explosion Friday on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana. The U.S. Coast Guard called off its search, but the company that owns the rig, Houston-based Black Elk Energy Company, continued to look for the missing worker. One worker has been confirmed dead after...
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2nd Worker Dies After Oil Rig Explosion In Gulf
by Matthew D. Shaffer on November 26, 2012
A Filipino oil worker died as a result of injuries sustained in the Nov. 16 explosion on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, the second fatality in the incident. One man is still missing and three remain in serious condition after suffering major burns in the blast. The U.S. Department of Interior has called on Black Elk Energy Offshore Ope...
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One Worker Still Missing After Oil Rig Explosion In Gulf
by Dennis M. McElwee on November 19, 2012
A body thought to be one of two workers missing after an explosion on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana was recovered late Saturday night, and the search for another missing worker was continuing. The two workers jumped off the platform into the Gulf of Mexico after the rig exploded Friday. The U.S. Coast Guard had suspended its search for ...
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Paul Young, BNSF Foreman, Loses Arm and Leg in Fort Worth Texas Railroad Accident
by Matthew D. Shaffer on May 24, 2011
A train in Fort Worth, Texas ran over railroad employee Paul Young, a 28 year-old BNSF Foreman, today. Mr. Young remains in serious condition at John Peter Smith Hospital after the train ran over him, amputating his legs and an arm, according to railroad officials. Young was working on the train Monday night when he was hit by it, say BNSF...
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Railroad Worker Killed In Accident
by Matthew D. Shaffer on January 10, 2012
A railroad worker was killed Monday after being hit by a maintenance car, Amarillo police said. The man was hit by a grinder machine and pulled beneath the car, Lt. Gary Trupe said. The victim worked from Burlington Norther Santa Fe Railway. An autopsy was ordered in the incident. Rail grinders are used to maintain railroad tracks, said a spo...
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Body Found In Gulf May Be Missing Worker
by Dennis M. McElwee on November 28, 2012
A body recovered in the Gulf of Mexico may be the worker missing since an explosion on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana on Nov. 16. The Jefferson Parish coroner’s office will use dental records and possibly DNA to determine whether the body is Jerome Malagapo, a Filipino contractor. The body was spotted Monday by crewmembers of a supply ve...
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Search For Missing Oil Rig Worker Called Off
by Dennis M. McElwee on November 21, 2012
The search has been halted for a contractor missing after an explosion on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana. The worker had been missing since Friday. Jerome Malagapo, of the Philippines, was an employee of Grand Isle Shipyard Inc. and was working as a contractor on the rig, owned by Houston-based Black Elk Energy. One worker was confirmed...
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Freight Trains Collide, Hundreds Stranded
by Matthew D. Shaffer on October 03, 2011
The collision of two freight trains in Arlington left hundreds of people stranded Saturday night. An eastbound freight train struck another train that was stopped on the tracks near the 400 block of West Division Street, Union Pacific spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza said. Both trains belong to Union Pacific. Espinoza said it would take several days...
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