Scaffold Collapse Kills Two at Mountaineer Plant
Investigators from Union Boiler Co and OSHA seek cause after a scaffold cable fail plunges Jimmy Pauley and his son Jimmy Pauley Jr. about 100 feet to their deaths at American Electric Power Co. Mountaineer Power Plant construction site along the Ohio River in Mason County. Witness accounts describe a sudden noise before the fall.
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Charleston
W.va
Joe Larkin
Union Boiler Co
Nitro
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
American Electric Power Co
Mountaineer
Ohio River
Mason County
Jimmy Pauley
Jimmy Pauley Jr
Larkin
Pleasants
Willow Island
New Haven
South Charleston
OSHA
WV Boilermaker Job Site Probes Face Turnover and Safety Claims
Larkin said safety inspections by all groups are ongoing as meetings between workers and foremen continue. About 2,000 to 3,000 people are employed at the site with high turnover, attributed to workers seeking nearer or higher paying jobs rather than unsafe conditions. OSHA could not be reached for comment. one worker claimed some fitters lacked safety belts. OSHA Charleston said last year’s inspection found several violations not related to boilermaker work.
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Pauley
Stanley Lawrence
Larkin
West Virginia
OSHA
Gene Waugh
Pauleys
Air Passengers Rise Despite United Strike Briefs
Multiple short news items report on a 15.7 percent rise in U S air passengers in April 1979, a 220 million space budget request, a fraud hotline yielding 4500 tips, a world sea turtle conference, a $1 million lawsuit over a finger in a hamburger, an anti-busing rally with Klan leader David Duke, a denial of a new trial for Frank Wallis, and a mysterious infant death after twin separation.
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Washington
United Airlines
U.S
Industry
Trade Association
Air Transport Association
ATA
Dan Henkin
Congress
Space Agency
Senate Subcommittee On Science, Technology and Space
Robert A. Frosch
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
State Department
World Wildlife Fund
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Agency For International Development
Nicaragua
Reads
Mexico
Europe
United States
San Francisco
Sears, Roebuck and Co
San Francisco Superior Court
Barbara
Joe Barnes
Sears
Luchetti Meat Co
Louisville
David Duke
Robert Kirchdorfer
Sun Valley
Duke
New Orleans
Kentucky Civil Liberties Union
Kirchdorfer
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Sea Turtle Conference
Chicago
Frank Wallis
Julius Hoffman
Hoffman
Wallis
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Poland
Philadelphia
Jefferson County
Ranson
W. Va
Southern States Building
Rawson Fruit Company
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Dade County
Liberty City
Miami
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Ivory
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