Wayne GraysonWayne Grayson is the former Executive Video Producer for Randall-Reilly; in previous positions, he served as the Executive Editor and Online Editor for Equipment World.SafetyWorker killed in fall from Minnesota jobsite was retiredA worker who came out of retirement to lend a contractor a hand was killed by a fall last week in Minnesota. According to a report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, 69-year-old John A. Dickerman fell while working as part of a crew installing trussing for a roof at Accu-rite Powder Coating and Surface Prep July 10 in Jordan, Minnesota. […]July 17, 2015TechnologyMore than 250 companies (and counting) have received FAA drone exemptions for construction and surveyingAs late as last month, the full number of just how many companies had been granted permission to operate drones for commercial purposes by the Federal Aviation Administration was an unknown. The only way to really know when a company had been granted an exemption from the agency’s current rules, which bar any use of […]July 16, 2015SafetyWorker killed after being trapped inside burning tractor trailerA tragic accidental fire claimed the life of a construction worker in North Carolina recently as he unloaded a truck. According to to a report from WGHP TV, an unidentified worker in Forsyth County was unloading a tractor-trailer full of pine straw on the afternoon of July 9 when the trailer suddenly caught ablaze. The station reports […]July 16, 2015Construction Equipment200 pounds of TNT quickly crumbles Detroit hotel in sweeping drone implosion footageJust a week after the thunder and pop of July 4th fireworks filled the air, residents of Detroit gathered for an explosion of a different type. According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, crews with Adamo Demolition packed the Park Avenue Hotel, located in the city’s Cass Corridor, with 200 pounds of dynamite for […]July 15, 2015SafetyWorker killed in 100-foot fall from scaffolding in PennsylvaniaA worker on a crew performing a brick restoration job in Pennsylvania was killed last week after falling from scaffolding nearly 100 feet in the air. According to a report from The Daily Item, 48-year-old Stephen Kuchka was working from scaffolding about 9 1/2 stories up at the Foss Clinic at Geisinger Medical Center with two other workers July 8 […]July 15, 2015RoadbuildingEmbankment collapse kills worker in trench on PennDOT bridge projectA man working on a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation bridge rehabilitation project was killed last week when an embankment collapsed. According to a report from WBRE TV, 37-year-old Richard Gold III was working the morning of July 7 inside of a trench as part of a crew performing rehab work on a bridge off of Route 42 […]July 14, 2015RoadbuildingWorker run over by SUV inside cemetery work zone after telling driver to turn aroundA construction worker on a resurfacing project in Iowa said he was intentionally hit by a motorist recently when he told the driver to turn around upon nearing the work zone. According to a report from KCCI TV, 49-year-old Andrew Robinette was working on a road resurfacing project the afternoon of June 29 inside a Des […]July 13, 2015SafetyWorker killed in boom lift accident in Winston-SalemA worker in Winston-Salem was killed last week in an accident involving a boom lift. According to a report from the Winston-Salem Journal, 65-year-old Dennis Michael Laney was found unresponsive atop elevated train tracks running through his jobsite. Police tell the paper the cherry picker was sitting nearby. Laney and co-workers with Bonitz Contracting were performing […]July 13, 2015Construction EquipmentFight between excavator and a charging ram ends in a respectful drawDonk. Today We Learned: Rams are very perturbed by excavators.July 10, 2015Construction EquipmentCrane tips, crashes into University of Pittsburgh buildingA crane accident ended in the best way possible in Pittsburgh recently—with no injuries and little damage. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a crane owned by masonry contractor Franco Associates was lifting a load of scaffolding when it tipped and fell over onto Langley Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus July 3. The crane […]July 10, 2015Previous PagePage 199 of 434Next PageTop StoriesVintage EquipmentThe 1950s Cat “Twin D8” – 2 Joined Dozers, 1 Big Blade, Double the PowerIn the late 1940s, Buster Peterson decided two Cats were better than one and created the “Twin D8” – a great idea until the D9 debuted in 1954.Compact equipmentNew Polaris Ranger 500: Work-Ready UTV Priced at $10K, Can Tow 1,500 Lbs.Construction EquipmentExtreme Machine: Prinoth’s Massive Panther XL Crawlers Traverse AntarcticaCompact ExcavatorsA Closer Look: Yanmar’s ViO35-7 Mini Excavator Packs Power, Zero Tail SwingAttachmentsRodradar Intros Ground Penetrating Radar Buckets for Large Excavators
