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Tag: OSHA investigation
Death by Trench
Families of trench collapse victims find few answers to “Why?”
“I wanted to go to the site, and no one would take me.” But Cheryl Spencer insisted. She was there behind the police tape when first responders recovered her husband, Jimmy Dale Spencer, at 4:35 p.m. on March 21, 2016, she says. The 61-year-old died in an 8-foot trench in Alliance, Nebraska. The morning of […]
June 22, 2018
Safety
Construction worker killed after fall into river at Baylor football stadium site
A construction worker at the jobsite of Baylor University’s new football stadium was killed Tuesday after he and another worker fell into the near-freezing waters of the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. The man was identified as Jose Dario Suarez, 55, of Manor, Texas, according to a report from Waco TV station KWTX. Suarez and a […]
January 30, 2014
Safety
Safety Watch
Demolition dangers Know what you’re getting into before you begin By Equipment World Staff The accident: A construction crew was demolishing an addition to a school building when a roof collapsed, seriously injuring two workers. The bottom line: An OSHA investigation concluded the contractor failed to have written proof of an engineering survey assessing the […]
November 9, 2010
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