MEC&F Expert Engineers : 06/15/15

Monday, June 15, 2015

Excessive heat has caused more deaths than all other weather events, including floods. Here are some heat advisory safety tips

 



 
JUNE 15, 2015

 In recent years, excessive heat has caused more deaths than all other weather events, including floods.  Many states are facing a heat advisory with the rising temperatures. 
A heat advisory is defined as heat index values forecasted to meet locally defined advisory criteria for 1 to 2 days (daytime highs=100-105° Fahrenheit).

Stay cool, stay hydrated and stay safe with these tips:

· Slow down: reduce, eliminate or reschedule strenuous activities until the coolest time of the day. Children, seniors and anyone with health problems should stay in the coolest available place, not necessarily indoors.


· Dress for summer. Wear lightweight, loose lifting, light-colored clothing to reflect heat and sunlight.

· Eat light, cool, easy-to-digest foods such as fruit or salads.

· Drink plenty of water (not very cold), non-alcoholic and decaffeinated fluids, even if you don't feel thirsty. If you on a fluid restrictive diet or have a problem with fluid retention, consult a physician before increasing consumption of fluids.

· Use air conditioners or spend time in air-conditioned locations such as malls and libraries.

· Use portable electric fans to exhaust hot air from rooms or draw in cooler air.

· Do not direct the flow of portable electric fans toward yourself when room temperature is hotter than 90°F. The dry blowing air will dehydrate you faster, endangering your health.

· Minimize direct exposure to the sun. Sunburn reduces your body's ability to dissipate heat.

· Take a cool bath or shower.

· Do not take salt tablets unless specified by a physician.

· Check on older, sick, or frail people who may need help responding to the heat. Each year, dozens of children and untold numbers of pets left in parked vehicles die from hyperthermia. Keep your children, disabled adults, and pets safe during tumultuous heat waves.

Charleston Coast Guard crew rescues injured man after his jet ski ran into rocks off Cape Island in SC


JUNE 15, 2015
 
 
CHARLESTON, SC
 On Sunday afternoon (June 14, 2015), a Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a recreational boater near Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.

The boater, a 50-year-old man, was reported to have suffered injuries to his neck and arm.

The Charleston Consolidated Dispatch says that the call came in around 1:00 P.M. on Sunday. A husband and wife were riding a jet ski and ran into rocks off of Cape Island, ejecting them both. The man was injured from being ejected, but his wife wasn't hurt and was able to call for help.

The Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston crew responded and hoisted the injured boater. He was transported to MUSC for further evaluation. The SC DNR took his wife to MUSC to be with her husband.

For more information contact the Coast Guard 7th District Public Affairs Detachment Jacksonville at 305-318-1864.
Source: http://www.counton2.com

Moped Accidents are on the Rise: Moped driver killed after he was hit from behind by sheriff's deputy in Greenville County, SC. He was not wearing a helmet.


JUNE 15, 2015

GREENVILLE, SC
 The Greenville County Coroner's office says that a moped driver was killed after he was struck by a Greenville County sheriff's deputy.

Coroner Parks Evans says that 47 year old Alan Craig Williams of Travelers Rest died of blunt force trauma after a deputy hit him from behind.

The deputy was passing another vehicle went the accident happened.

Lance Cpl. Tony Keller of the South Carolina Highway Patrol says the moped driver wasn't wearing a helmet and was tossed from the vehicle.

The crash is being investigated by the Highway Patrol.

USING A BAZOOKA TO CAPTURE A MOSQUITO IN NEW JERSEY: 20-MEMBER SWAT TEAM BREAKS INTO A HOME OVER ALLEGATIONS OF WELFARE FRAUD. THE COST OF THE RAID IS MORE THAN THE ALLEGED FRAUD MONEY





JUNE 15, 2015

SOMERTON (WPVI) 

SWAT teams raided a home in Philadelphia's Somerton section and it was all reportedly related to a case of welfare fraud in New Jersey.
It happened Sunday afternoon in the 800 block of Edison Avenue.

Police were assisting the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, who was serving a warrant on the occupant of the rental home.

They eventually broke down the front door, gaining entrance to the home and made at least one arrest.

A witness, who did not want to be identified, spoke to Action News.

"All of a sudden I saw a couple vans and all, maybe about 20 or 15 SWAT team came out and they ran up the driveway. I parked to the side and all of a sudden they said, 'Open the door,' and there was nothing - and they hit it with the battering ram, they went in and they proceeded to come out within five or ten minutes," he said.

Police sources say the case involves hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare fraud.

That's also what SWAT team members told the witness.

"Insurance fraud and welfare fraud - that's what I heard," he said.

Action News reached out to relatives of the woman arrested but they declined to comment.

A spokesperson was the New Jersey Attorney General has not released any details on the raid.

This may turn out to be a case of using a bazooka to capture a mosquito in New Jersey.  The cost of the raid is more than the alleged fraud money.  We would not be surprised if several of these raiders claim that they were injured or suffered from stress so that they claim worker’s compensation and that way they double dip.  This is a very significant problem with cops:  they fake injuries.

We do know that New Jersey has a significant number of overpaid and overly aggressive cops and swat teams.  These people and the teacher’s have bankrupt the state:  very few businesses are moving in the state, there is a net outflow of residents and businesses and the debt rating of the state is one of the lowest in all of the United States.  Enjoy!

South Korea MERS death toll rises to 16; Saudi Arabia reports 5 cases. South Korea's economy takes a hit



Workers outside Seoul Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea test for suspected MERS symptoms on June 10, 2015. At the facility's door, workers take people's temperature and give them hand sanitizer.
Workers outside Seoul Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea test for suspected MERS symptoms on June 10, 2015. At the facility's door, workers take people's temperature and give them hand sanitizer.

SEOUL, South Korea– In one sign of a possible return to normalcy, thousands of schools across South Korea re-opened on Monday after closures due to the deadly MERS outbreak.

But it came with heightened awareness; children’s temperatures were monitored in classrooms and teachers warned students to practice personal hygiene and frequently wash their hands.

Not all schools have reopened; 440 remain shut as officials seek to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

The World Health Organization had recommended re-opening institutions last week because transmission of the virus had not been linked to schools.


16 now dead in South Korea

Nearly four weeks into the South Korean outbreak, cases and deaths continued to mount on Monday.

Five new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome have been confirmed in South Korea, bringing the total to 150. Another person also died from the virus, raising the MERS death toll to 16, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.

The outbreak has sparked international concern, stalled the nation’s economy and resulted in over 100,000 canceled tourist visits to the country. Korea’s department store sales tumbled 16.5% compared with the same period last year and retail shops also decreased 3.4%, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.

The ongoing situation has put Korean authorities under scrutiny for their inability to contain MERS cases and President Park Geun-hye has seen her approval ratings plummet.

Team sent to Busan 

In a news conference Monday, the Ministry of Health announced that a special task force had been sent to South Korea’s second largest city, Busan, after learning that one of the most recently diagnosed MERS patient had visited several hospitals and clinics in the area.

“We are doing our best to stop the spread of MERS,” said the Korean minister of health. “We are analyzing the CCTV with the help of Busan police,” referring to tracking down who had been at the hospitals.

On Sunday, a 61-year-old man died in a Busan hospital with MERS.

South Korean health officials along with a WHO team said this weekend, that the outbreak was slowing, but additional cases were expected.

Saudi Arabia connection

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia has recorded five cases of MERS in the past week, the official state-run Saudi press agency said Sunday, citing a weekly Ministry of Health statement. It included one death of a 73-year-old man who died in the city of Turaba and had a pre-existing condition.

The strain of coronavirus that causes MERS was first identified in 2012 in Saudi Arabia, according to the WHO.

The man believed to be “patient zero” in the current outbreak in South Korea visited Saudi Arabia in May, along with three other Middle Eastern countries. That 68-year-old patient went from facility-to-facility near or around Seoul before getting properly diagnosed. It triggered the hospital-based transmission of MERS in South Korea.

The South Korean outbreak is the largest outside of Saudi Arabia — over 5,000 people remain in quarantine.

Gangnam hospital focal point in MERS outbreak

In Seoul, Samsung Medical Center — one of the city’s hospitals that has counted many of the nation’s MERS cases among its patients and visitors — announced Sunday that it will suspend all surgical procedures except for emergency surgery “to fully focus on responding to MERS.”

More than 50 confirmed MERS cases have been traced back to the medical center, according to the center’s website.

The medical center, located in Seoul’s glitzy Gangnam district and considered one of the most prominent hospitals in the capital, issued an apology for its handling of MERS.

“We sincerely apologize with our heads bent to the people for causing great concern as Samsung Medical Center became the center (of) the spread of MERS,” hospital President Song Jae-hoon said.

Injured Great Dane factory worker dies in Brazil, Indiana






Sunday, June 14, 2015
 
An assembly line worker who was injured at a Brazil factory over a week ago has died.
Levi Snyder, 23, of Harmony, was seriously injured in an accident at Great Dane’s Brazil plant on June 4 while moving a trailer within the plant, according to information previously released by the company.
He was treated at the scene by company medical staff before the Brazil Fire Department arrived after 7 p.m. on the day of the accident. Snyder was taken by local paramedics to St. Vincent Clay Hospital in Brazil before being flown to an Indianapolis hospital.
On Friday, June 12, Snyder "succumbed to death" at "7:15 p.m. at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis following injuries sustained at work at Great Dane," according to an obituary received by the Tribune-Star.
Visitation is scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday and the funeral is at 1 p.m. Friday at Lawson-Miller Chapel, 1702 E. National Ave. in Brazil. Burial will be at Clearview Cemetery.
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been notified by Great Dane about the incident. The agency has previously said it will open a safety investigation into the case.

ANOTHER PIPER HITS THE DUST: 1 MAN WAS KILLED WHEN A PIPER PA-32-300 CHEROKEE SIX PLANE CRASHED NEAR THE CUBA, MO. AIRPORT ON SUNDAY MORNING.




JUNE 14, 2015

CUBA, MO. (AP) 

The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms one man is dead after a plane crash in northwestern Crawford County Sunday morning.

According to Sgt. Cody Fulkerson, the single engine Piper PA-32 crashed less than a mile north of the Cuba Municipal Airport around 7:45 a.m. after the aircraft disappeared from radar.

The pilot was identified as 54-year-old Jeffrey Hansen of St. Charles. Hansen and a dog were the only two on the plane when it crash and both were killed.
State Troopers indicated the plane crashed in a heavily wooded area and took out a large area of trees. Troopers said there was catastrophic damage to the plane and that the plane was in numerous pieces. One of the aircraft’s wings was found a quarter of a mile away from the crash site.

Eye witnesses said they heard what they believed to be engine trouble and saw the plane breaking up in the air.

According to a family spokesperson, Hansen sent a text message indicating he was flying through turbulence just before the crash.

State Troopers said they have secured the crash site so investigators from the FAA can investigate the crash.

Members from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are en-route from Dallas, Texas. They are expected to arrive sometime Sunday afternoon or evening.

According to the family, the man routinely flies from St. Louis to the Lake of the Ozarks where he has a lake home. Hansen was reportedly flying from Branson to St. Louis on Sunday.

Hansen was the owner of Hansen’s Tree Service and Environmental Wood Resources Inc.


Date:
14-JUN-2015
Time:
07:45
Type:
Owner/operator:
Limb-A-Nator LLC
Registration:
N2966X
C/n / msn:
42-7940233
Fatalities:
Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:
0
Airplane damage:
Substantial
Location:
Cuba Municipal Airport (KUBX), Cuba, MO - http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/flags_15/N.gif  United States of America
Phase:
Approach
Nature:
Private
Departure airport:
Branson (KBBG)
Destination airport:
Creve Couer (1H0)

Narrative:

The aircraft experienced an inflight breakup and subsequent impact with wooded terrain north of Cuba Municipal Airport (KUBX), Cuba, Missouri. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries. 

Weather may have been a factor to the accident.

Sources:

1 KILLED, 1 INJURED AFTER GRUMMAN MODEL PLANE CRASH IN GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS




JUNE 14, 2015

FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS (KXAN)

One man is dead and another is hospitalized at University Hospital in San Antonio with unknown conditions after a plane crash in Fredericksburg earlier Sunday afternoon.

According to the DPS the plane lost power while trying to land and crashed before reaching the runway.

The single-engine Grumman model plane was attempting to land at the Gillespie County Airport in Fredericksburg.


Date:
14-JUN-2015
Time:
12:45
Type:
Grumman
Owner/operator:

Registration:

C/n / msn:

Fatalities:
Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:
0
Airplane damage:
Substantial
Location:
Near Gillespie County Airport (T82), Fredericksburg, TX - http://aviation-safety.net/database/country/flags_15/N.gif  United States of America
Phase:
Approach
Nature:
Unknown
Departure airport:

Destination airport:
Gillespie Co (T82)

Narrative:

The aircraft impacted open field terrain while on approach to Gillespie County Airport (T82), Fredericksburg, Texas. The airplane sustained substantial damage and one of two occupants onboard received fatal injuries. One occupant onboard the aircraft was seriously injured.

Sources: