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Safety

Tape measure falls 50 stories, kills worker on New Jersey construction site

A freak accident claimed the life of a construction worker in New Jersey earlier this week, illustrating the dangers of the jobsite and providing a stark reminder to all workers on the importance of always wearing a hard hat. According to a report from the Associated Press, a 1-pound tape measure fell from the belt […]

November 6, 2014

Roadbuilding

DOL and the aggregates industry talk roads, jobs, and safety

Collaboration with the aggregates industry regarding challenges facing it and the nation was the focus of an Oct. 20 roundtable convened by Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, with input from Assistant Secretary of Labor Joe Main. The roundtable included members of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA), eight state association executives, and eight […]

November 5, 2014

Safety

Concrete worker run over and killed by pickup on Delaware jobsite

A construction worker in Delaware was killed last week after he was hit by a pickup truck on the jobsite. The 61-year-old worker was employed by a concrete contractor and was working on the driveway of a home being built near Lewes, Delaware, according to the Delmarva Daily Times. The Delaware State Police told the paper […]

November 4, 2014

Safety

Brick facade collapses, kills worker, injures 2 others employed by unlicensed contractor in Chicago

One worker is dead and two others were injured in Chicago last week when the brick facade of a building they were working on collapsed. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, the workers “were making changes to the building’s facade” when it suddenly collapsed on top of them. A 44-year-old worker and a 30-year-old […]

November 2, 2014

Safety

Contractor killed in tragic double utility trench collapse in Michigan

Police near Detroit were nearly able to save a contractor from a collapsed trench before the trench collapsed again, killing him. Leland Rumph, 59, was the owner of Rumph Construction Inc. He and a crew were using a backhoe to dig a 20-foot-deep trench down to a sewer line in an empty lot in Gross […]

October 31, 2014

Safety

Backhoe operator killed by his machine in odd accident

A backhoe operator in Phoenix was found dead earlier this week in an accident with little in the way of explanation. According to a report from azfamily.com, the operator’s co-workers went looking for him and found him dead, somehow becoming “tangled up” in the hydraulic arms in either the backhoe’s stick or boom. His co-workers […]

October 30, 2014

Safety

Death of road construction worker in hit and run leads South Carolina law enforcement to beef up patrols near work zones

Sheriff’s deputies and the South Carolina Highway Patrol have decided to increase their presence near road construction work zones in the wake of a hit-and-run that took the life of a worker last week. Barry Asbury, 53, was killed while working on a repaving project on South Carolina Highway 170 in Okatie, according to a […]

October 28, 2014

Workforce

Excavator tumbles 60 feet from Georgia overpass, operator survives

A machine rollover is one of the scariest things an operator in the construction industry can face. In northwest Georgia recently, an excavator operator has lived to tell about one of the more extreme examples you can think of. While working on the construction of a new overpass on Highway 136, off exit 320 of […]

October 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

ASCC releases concrete safety orientation video in Spanish

The American Society of Concrete Contractors has released a Spanish version of the Concrete Employee Safety Orientation DVD. Designed for concrete contractors, the training tool was developed by members of the society’s Safety and Risk Management Council and introduced at the ASCC annual conference in September. The 40-minute DVD covers the basics of concrete construction […]

October 23, 2014

Workforce

Flagman caught drinking, buying booze on the job at Michigan road construction site

Road construction zones are already unsafe enough without bringing alcohol into the mix. Yet that’s exactly what the flagman of a crew near Omena, Michigan, was recently caught doing. According to a report from UpNorthLive.com, a truck driver passing by a road work zone on North West Bay Shore Drive on Monday called the Leelanau […]

October 15, 2014

Safety

Construction worker killed following semi truck crash into Ohio work zone

A construction worker who was badly injured in a work zone crash has died nearly a month after the accident. According to a report from WTVG, Bradley Friffitt, 40, died Monday night from injuries sustained after he was struck by a semi truck on September 19. The driver of the semi truck fell asleep and […]

October 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

Building a better highway construction jobsite

The brave men and women who don their steel-toed boots and neon green safety T-shirts to build the nation’s highways and byways put their lives on the line every day to create the road systems that motorists may take for granted. It’s not easy work when all of the variables of working in such a […]

October 9, 2014