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Safety

Worker dies after 11-foot fall in Arkansas

A construction worker was killed Tuesday afternoon in Little Rock, Arkansas, following a fall from only 11 feet. According to a report from Arkansas Online, 29-year-old Erik Rivera Pontilla fell from a beam he was bolting into place. The Little Rock Police Department told the site that Pontilla lost his footing and fell directly onto a slab below. No […]

March 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker dies after 60-foot fall from Seattle’s Highway 520 bridge replacement project

While working high above Lake Washington Thursday afternoon, a worker on Seattle’s Highway 520 bridge replacement project fell some 60 feet and died later from his injuries. According to a report from the Seattle Times, Washington State Department of Transportation spokesman Ian Sterling said the unidentified worker was positioned atop the new floating bridge’s east highrise […]

March 13, 2015

Safety

Worker survives being impaled on rebar after 15-foot fall on Massachusetts jobsite

It took rescue workers and firefighters more than an hour to free a construction worker in southeast Massachusetts who had fallen onto rebar. According to a report from the Sippican Week, the worker is part of a crew building a new waste services complex in Rochester. The unidentified man fell 15 feet onto the section of […]

March 9, 2015

Safety

OSHA rejects Arizona’s fall safety standards

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has rejected fall safety standards crafted by the Arizona state legislature. Residential construction sites must now adhere to federal fall safety standards instead. According to a report from the Phoenix Business Journal, OSHA rejected the state’s own standards on February 6. The site reports the state set its own […]

March 2, 2015

Workforce

OSHA extends annual fall prevention Safety Stand-Down to 2 weeks, announces 2015 dates

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced the dates of its second annual Safety Stand-Down for construction fall prevention. Citing widespread participation in last year’s event, OSHA has increased the stand-down from one week to two, setting the dates for May 4-15. During the two-week period, employers and workers pause during the workday to discuss safety topics […]

February 22, 2015

Safety

Worker killed after lift pins him to roof beam in Illinois

A construction worker was killed in an odd accident in Wilmington, Illinois, last week when he was pinned to a roof beam. According to a report from The Hearld-News, the unidentified man was working atop a lift or aerial work platform Friday morning. The lift inexplicably extended, pinning him to a steel roof beam. The man’s co-workers brought the […]

February 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Excavator operator survives nasty rollover off of bridge

An excavator operator escaped a serious machine rollover while working alongside a bridge in Connecticut recently. According to a report from the Record-Journal, Tom Bryda, was operating the excavator January 14 when it rolled over and slid down an embankment, settling below the Columbs Avenue bridge in Meriden. A report from the Meriden Fire Department said Bryda […]

January 27, 2015

Roadbuilding

Parents file $10M lawsuit against construction company over son’s death

Two parents in Florida have filed a $10 million lawsuit against a Miami-based construction company following the death of their 18-year-old son. As reported by the Tallahassee Democrat, Drew Kimberl, a Wakulla High School senior, was killed when a nearly one-ton group of panels fell on top of him during construction of the Aucilla River […]

January 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker has leg amputated following freak accident

A worker who slipped and fell into an auger at a highway construction site in November was forced to have his leg amputated and remained in the hospital, according to the latest update from Patch. The accident occurred on Highway 4 in Antioch, California. Emergency crews were called to the site to help the worker […]

December 29, 2014

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

Roadbuilding

One killed, four injured after bridge collapses at college

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating what caused an unfinished pedestrian bridge to collapse at a Wake Technical Community College campus last week. The collapse killed one worker and injured four others. The accident happened while crews were pouring concrete for the bridge at Wake Tech’s northern campus off Louisburg Road, officials said. […]

November 17, 2014

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed by compact roller

A construction worker in Sparks, Maryland has been killed in an accident that caused a compact roller to roll over and crush the victim. Michael Ray Mathews, 64, was using the compact roller to flatten a dirt pile when part of the dirt pile collapsed. The collapse caused the compact roller to roll over and […]

October 6, 2014