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Roadbuilding

Road worker killed following dump truck electrocution in S. Carolina

A road worker in South Carolina died after he was electrocuted while loading asphalt into a paver. According to The State, Javier Lopez-Lira was working with a crew on Shadow Wood Drive in Richland County when the incident occurred. Lopez-Lira was loading asphalt into the paving machine from a dump truck when the bed of […]

March 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Project engineer struck and killed by dump truck after just 2 days on the job

A 26-year-old project engineer in Texas was only on the job for two days before he was hit and killed by a dump truck Tuesday. KHOU reported that the man had recently started working with OHL Construction as an engineer. The man was walking back from lunch with some of his fellow engineers at about 12:30 p.m. […]

January 29, 2016

Construction Equipment

2 excavators upright tipped end dumper that forgot one vital step

Looks like someone forgot to open their tailgate… Thankfully, there were two excavator operators who had some time on their hands and could dig this guy out of the situation. But probably not out of his embarrassment. If you have any trouble playing here, you can view this video on Facebook.

January 28, 2016

Safety

Worker dies after being backed over by dump truck on Minnesota jobsite

A construction worker was killed last month in a back over accident involving a dump truck. According to a report from KTSP TV, the incident occurred at Royalton High School in Minnesota the morning of Dec. 4. A dump truck being driven by 57-year-old Rodney Stanoch backed over  60-year-old Vernon Barthel. The station reports the […]

January 8, 2016

Construction Equipment

Thief steals dump truck, backhoe from Wash. asphalt contractor in Christmas heist

Police in Lakewood are searching for a thief responsible for what AA Asphalting owner John Alcorn called “the biggest hit we’ve ever had in 38 years.” According to a report from King 5 TV, an unidentified man “broke through the gates of a secure lot where the company’s equipment is kept,” and left with 20 […]

January 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

INDOT workers rescue elderly couple and pets after dump truck mangles minivan

An Indiana Department of Transportation road crew is being celebrated for its heroic actions after they helped save an elderly couple, as well as a dog and cat, from a minivan that was struck by a dump truck. WSBT-TV reported that the crew was at work crack sealing U.S. 35 in Knox, Indiana, when a minivan stopped for […]

December 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

South Carolina DOT worker dies after being backed over by dump truck

A South Carolina Department of Transportation worker died Tuesday after he was struck by a coworker-driven dump truck. According to WBTW, 51-year-old Henry Norris was walking to a piece of equipment on a jobsite when his coworker began to back up a dump truck. Norris was hit as his coworker was trying to back onto Mayberry Road in Darlington […]

October 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker struck and killed by dump truck in Tampa work zone

A construction worker doing pavement work died last week after he was hit by a dump truck. According to WFLA, 26-year-old Kimbrough Haines III was working on Veterans Expressway in Tampa late Wednesday night when the dump truck he was standing behind began to back up. Haines was hit by the truck and stuck underneath. […]

September 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

PennDOT worker injured after being run over by a dump truck in work zone

A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation worker was hospitalized Tuesday after a dump truck ran over his legs in a construction zone in Hanover. The PennDOT employee was in a work zone on State Route 29 at around 2 p.m. when the dump truck ran him over and pinned him to the ground, according to the Wilkes Barre Times-Leader.  The […]

August 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Watch action from North Carolina DOT Division 4’s win at the annual Equipment Operator’s Roadeo

Division 4 of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) won the department’s recent Equipment Operator’s Roadeo held at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The division, representing Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnson, Nash, Wayne and Wilson counties, accumulated the highest point tally. Eighty-four NCDOT employees vied for the titles in six categories—single-axle dump truck, tandem-axle […]

August 3, 2015

Roadbuilding

Two dump trucks rear ended in same Kansas DOT work zone 2 days in a row (PHOTOS)

A construction zone on Interstate 470 has been unlucky for Kansas Department of Transportation dump trucks this week. Two KDOT dump trucks were crashed into two days in a row. The latest of the coinciding collisions came on Wednesday afternoon when a KDOT dump truck with a large arrow display board and crash attenuator was rear […]

July 27, 2015

Construction Equipment

Loader uprights dump truck, gravity quickly ruins everything

As we’ve seen before, rural roads in tropical climates are very unforgiving when it comes to flopping a piece of heavy equipment back onto its wheels. This loader is able to quickly upright a flipped Mack truck, but once the tires hit the pavement, gravity takes over in full effect. Hope they brought a machete. […]

June 12, 2015