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2:15pm Update: Only Minor Fuel Spill After Tanker Truck and Train Collide at West Edge of Boeing Plant

June 11, 2012

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No one was injured but firefighters are still slowing draining the last of a tanker loaded with fuel following a collision between the tanker and a freight train just after 10:00am this morning. Authorities still haven’t released the details of how the train and tanker collided as they’ve been dealing with containing a small fuel […]

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Worker Crushed Under 787 Wheels at Boeing Everett – “My Phone Was in My Pocket”

March 28, 2012

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The Seattle Times has an interview with Josh Divers, the Everett Boeing worker who lost both legs after falling under the wheels of a 787 last month. Here’s the story by Dominic Gates in today’s online version of The Seattle Times.

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Family Of Everett Boeing Worker Trapped Under 787 Wheels Thanks Rescuers

February 18, 2012

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In a “Letter to The Editor” in today’s Herald newspaper, the family of Josh Divers is thanking his co-workers, fire department personnel and medical teams who worked to free the 30-year-old after he was trapped under the wheels of a 787 moving along the flight line on February 3rd. On February 10th, The Seattle Times […]

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Everett Boeing Worker Has Legs Amputated – The Seattle Times

February 11, 2012

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Dominic Gates reports in The Seattle Times that the Boeing worker who ended up underneath the wheels of a 787 last week on the Everett flight line has had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Click here to read the full article from The Seattle Times.

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Boeing Releases Statement on “Industrial Accident” at Everett Boeing Plant

December 12, 2011

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Here’s the official statement from Elizabeth Fischtziur at Boeing on the accident at the Everett Plant… At approximately 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 12, an industrial accident occurred at the Everett site involving a contracted employee. Boeing’s emergency medical team responded and administered aid until the local municipal paramedics arrived. The individual was then transported to […]

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