The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in 2020 that there were 41 deaths in sewers, manholes, or storm drains between 2011 and 2018, all related to the inhalation of a harmful substance.
A state judge dismissed all charges against five defendants in connection with injuries to two women and the death of 10-year-old Caleb Schwab on a waterslide in Kansas City, Kan., in 2016.
Probes are ongoing into the Ohio powerplant site accident that killed CEO John T. Adamo Jr. on Dec. 2, when he was struck by a steel cable from a cable-suspension bridge that collapsed prematurely while being prepared for implosion.
