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Worker survives 30-foot fall, is rescued in special extraction by Colorado firefighters
A team of firefighters in northern Colorado engineered a “technical rescue” after a construction worker survived a 30-foot fall earlier this week. According to a report from the Denver Post, the worker fell around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning at a building jobsite in Greeley. When firefighters responded to the scene they found the man in […]
February 12, 2015
Safety
Eight days after fall from scaffolding, Mississippi construction worker dies
The deadliest accident in construction has claimed another victim. Gerald Moran, 42, died last week, eight days after suffering a 25-30 foot fall from scaffolding in Mississippi. Moran fell while working November 3 on the roof of a large house being built in Ocean Springs, according to a report from the Hattiesburg American. Moran went into […]
November 18, 2014
Safety
More than 1 million workers take part in OSHA’s National Fall Safety Stand Down week
More than 1 million workers from tens of thousands of businesses are estimated to be taking part in the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) National Fall Safety Stand Down this week. Throughout this week-long Stand-Down, employers have paused during their workday to focus on the hazards of falls and preventing them. Industry and business […]
June 5, 2014
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