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Safety

Worker crushed, killed while servicing bulldozer in Florida

A worker for a Florida construction company was killed late last month while performing maintenance on a bulldozer. According to a report from the NBC 2, 21-year-old Joshua Caleb Alain was killed Oct. 27 when the dozer fell on top of him at EHC Inc. in North Naples. Police say Alain was working beneath the dozer, […]

November 18, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in equipment explosion on Chicago jobsite

A construction worker was killed near the end of last month in an equipment accident while working on a jobsite in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, 38-year-old Joseph Middona was killed when a piece of equipment “blew apart in his face” the morning of Oct. 21. The Chicago Fire […]

November 11, 2015

Safety

Excavator operator killed after machine tumbles down Virginia mountainside

An excavator operator part of a crew on a highway job in Virginia was killed late last month when his machine overturned. According to a report from WSLS TV, 64-year-old John T. Ferguson was moving the excavator from a work zone on North Fork Road in Elliston Oct. 22 when the ground gave way beneath the machine, causing […]

November 10, 2015

Workforce

Construction worker thwarts knife attack on University of California campus

A construction worker is being hailed as a hero in the wake of a knife attack last week that could have become much worse at a University of California campus. Byron Price was working on a remodeling project at the University of California Merced Nov. 4 when he heard a commotion in a nearby classroom […]

November 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

Widow of Wisconsin road worker calls for drivers to be more careful in work zones

Karen Burkhalter’s husband was working on a Wisconsin highway back in April when he was struck by a driver. It marked Calumet County’s first highway department death. Burkhalter’s husband Derrick was recently honored at a ceremony announcing there would be a memorial set up in the worker’s honor, according to WBAY. The fallen DOT worker was […]

November 4, 2015

Safety

Retaining wall collapse kills worker near San Diego

A retaining wall collapse claimed the life of a construction worker earlier this month near San Diego. According to reports from Fox 5, 56-year-old Kenneth Schultz was killed while compacting dirt in a drainage channel at the site for a future FedEx distribution center in Oceanside the morning of October 13. As Schultz worked, a […]

October 27, 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

Workforce

Construction worker lifts porta-potty lid, finds wanted woman below

A construction worker who stepped into a porta-potty in Oregon recently was shocked to find Treasure down below. According to a report from The Register Guard, the worker lifted the lid of a porta-potty toilet in Eugene, Oregon, on October 3 and found 27-year-old Treasure Dawn Shockey looking back at him. The paper reports Shockey had two […]

October 14, 2015

Safety

Worker saved by co-workers from 2nd jobsite cardiac arrest shows importance of CPR training

A 55-year-old construction worker who has twice gone into sudden cardiac arrest while on the job was saved both times by co-workers with CPR training. According to Colorado’s 9 News, the first episode occurred in August 2012, when the man, who asked that he not be identified, collapsed and was found by co-workers unresponsive and […]

October 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed during crack sealing on Michigan Interstate

One road worker was killed and another was in serious condition Sunday after a vehicle hit them while they performed crack sealing in Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, the two Michigan Department of Transportation contract workers were performing maintenance on Interstate 94 when a vehicle entered a construction lane where the workers were doing crack sealing. The […]

October 13, 2015

Safety

Worker dies following accident on UNLV campus

A man who had just begun his construction career was killed on a Las Vegas jobsite recently. According to a report from the Las Vegas Sun, 27-year-old Joshua Meade was critically injured in a jobsite accident on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus on the morning of September 23. Authorities have not released the specifics on […]

October 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

FDNY rescues construction worker who passed out on Kosciusko Bridge pillar

A construction worker at the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge in New York City passed out on top of a pillar nearly 100 feet in the air and had to be rescued by firefighters. According to Gothamist, the New York Fire Department brought out a 95-foot ladder to the Queens construction site September 29 to rescue the worker. Officials haven’t […]

October 6, 2015