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Safety

Dozer operator survives being run over by his own machine on Florida jobsite

Just two weeks after another Florida man miraculously survived being impaled through the chest on a construction site, a bulldozer operator has survived being run over by his machine. According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel, 70-year-old Tullie R. Jones fell out of the dozer after driving over a mound of dirt on a jobsite […]

December 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

Fatal crash in Alabama work zone prompts state troopers to caution safety

The death of a teenage girl in a construction zone on an Alabama interstate has caised state troopers to warn of the dangers of not being cautious near road work. According to WIAT, a 15-year-old girl died Dec. 5 and became the second fatality in a construction zone on Interstate 59 in Tuscaloosa County following a crash that killed her […]

December 9, 2015

Safety

OSHA opens investigation after Missouri contractor fails to report roofer’s death

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration last month opened an investigation into an unreported fall that killed a worker on a Missouri jobsite. According to a report from the Leader, 36-year-old roofer Nathan Scott Hemmen died after he fell while installing roof trusses. Hemmen suffered a 10-foot fall onto a concrete floor Oct. 21 […]

December 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

Following increase of alcohol related deaths last holiday season, TxDOT urging drivers to ‘Plan While You Can’

The Texas Department of Transportation wants to make sure that a reindeer is the only thing grandma has to worry about while walking home on Christmas Eve. TxDOT is trying to deter drunk driving during the holiday season with the “Plan While You Can” campaign to urge those enjoying the holidays with a drink to plan […]

December 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

AOTA, NHTSA, others partner on website, podcast for Older Driver Safety Awareness Week

The American Occupational Therapy Association and other organizations are taking the first full week of December to raise awareness on ways to keep older drivers safe on the roads. AOTA has partnered with AAA, AARP, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other organizations in order to raise awareness with Older Driver Safety Awareness Week […]

December 8, 2015

Home

NYC construction deaths surging due to “overwhelmed” regulators, Times investigative report finds

An investigative report from the New York Times has found that the number of construction workers killed on the job in New York City has surged in the last two years, far outpacing the rate of the city’s new construction in that time. Calling safety conditions on NYC jobsites “woefully inadequate,” the Times report says many of the […]

December 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Motor grader operator killed when machine is hit by train in Oklahoma

A worker for Nowata County in Oklahoma died Wednesday after the motor grader he was operating was hit by a train. The Tulsa World reported that 71-year-old Cleo Standefield was driving his machine from one worksite to another when a 43-car train barreled into the grader at 41 mph. Standefield was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s […]

December 4, 2015

Safety

Worker dies following trench collapse in Michigan

A worker died due to injuries suffered in a trench collapse earlier this month on a Michigan jobsite. According to a report from The Macomb Daily, 47-year-old Alfredo Garcia was working inside a 6-foot-deep trench in Macomb Township when the walls collapsed on the morning of Nov. 11. The accident occurred four days before another worker was killed in a […]

December 1, 2015

Workforce

Worker survives being impaled through chest by rebar

The witnesses and others who helped save Casey Zawojski’s life after a terrifying accident on a Florida jobsite are crediting divine intervention, and it’s easy to see why. According to a report from the Ocala Star-Banner, Zawojski, a 20-year-old painter, was doing prep work from a ladder at a residential jobsite when the ladder fell. […]

November 25, 2015

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT calls for drivers to make a pledge to drive safely this holiday season

The roads always get a bit more busy this time of the year as people across the country travel to see family for the holidays. But busier roads often lead to more crashes, so the Georgia Department of Transportation is calling on drivers in the state to take a pledge for safety. And they’ve even enlisted a World […]

November 25, 2015

Safety

Worker dies after suffering fall on residential jobsite near Chicago

A construction worker was killed earlier this month in a fall on a residential jobsite near Chicago. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, the 68-year-old worker was working with a crew in Winnetka on a home when he fell about 12 feet before hitting a beam. The paper reports the man was “working on the […]

November 23, 2015

Workforce

Massive scaffolding collapse injures 6 workers in Houston

Much less catastrophic scaffolding collapses than the one captured in the footage below have proven deadly. And yet the workers involved in this collapse, which occurred last month at a luxury apartment building under construction in Houston, escaped without a single death. Houston’s KTRK obtained eyewitness footage of the collapse which shows scaffolding across one […]

November 23, 2015