Monday, October 11, 2010

Globe In the Valley: Heavy Machinery Causes Heavy Hearts in Deerfield

Maybe they can burn one of their candles for him.

"Mass. worker at Yankee Candle Co. dies after fall

A 24-year-old worker at a Yankee Candle Co. warehouse in Deerfield has died after falling from a forklift. The Northwestern District Attorney's office says Richard Tyson, of Springfield, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the accident, which happened shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Thursday. Authorities said he fell about 30 feet from the forklift and suffered serious trauma.  

:-(

The district attorney's office and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating.

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Wow, they have really fallen on hard times since I left. 

Related:  Yankee Candle Blown Out

Yankee Candle Flame Flickers

On it's way out. Wick must be all used up.  

Here is how they receive the stuff:

"NH man dies working at Mass. rail yard

Authorities say a New Hampshire man has died in an accident at a Deerfield rail yard. Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel says 35-year-old Kurt Ward of North Conway, N.H., was working with others on uncoupling a pair of freight cars at about 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday when he suffered a severe leg injury. He was taken to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield where he was pronounced dead....

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