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Safety

Collapse near Texas A&M campus injures 4 construction workers

The collapse of an equestrian complex currently under construction about a mile from the Texas A&M University main campus in College Station left four construction workers injured, one critically, reports CBS News. The collapse happened around 11 a.m. Saturday with between 25 and 30 workers at the scene. According to College Station news station KBTX, […]

June 24, 2013

Safety

Scaffolding failure sends Louisiana construction workers dangling 100 feet in the air before rescued

Three construction workers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana likely have a whole new appreciation for life ropes after a scary incident during an expansion project at a hospital there. While working on the exterior of Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center, the scaffolding the construction workers were on snapped, according to WAFB, sending the men […]

May 6, 2013

Construction Equipment

Runaway pipelayer heads down a mountain

Here’s a hump day video that should cheer you up. If your week has been bad, there’s a very good chance it wasn’t as bad as this crew’s. It’s obvious that a pipelayer has fallen over and these poor guys are trying to fix their problem. But in the end they only make it worse. […]

April 3, 2013

Safety

Alan Newey’s Chat Safety gets personal with safety

Although Australian Alan Newey is obviously touting his safety presentations, he has a message that’s visually arresting. Alan’s started Chat Safety, which has a potent message: If you want to emphasize how important safety is, use the viewpoint of an injured worker. Alan lost his right arm to a conveyor belt in an industrial accident, […]

January 20, 2013

Safety

Crane collapses in NYC, injures 7

In the second crane collapse in as little as three months in the city, a 200-foot crane came toppling down onto a building being built in the Queens borough near the East River waterfront in New York City Wednesday. Thankfully, no one was killed. But seven people were hurt, three of whom needed to be […]

January 10, 2013

Home

Japanese tunnel collapses, kills 9

Aging bolts are a possible culprit behind the collapse of concrete ceiling slabs that fell from the roof of a highway tunnel in Japan Monday, crushing three moving vehicles, killing nine people and injuring at least two others, USA Today reported. The Sasago Tunnel is 3 miles long and links the capital to central Japan. […]

December 4, 2012

Safety

Jib collapses on Australian jobsite after crane catches fire

How no one was injured in this accident is an absolute miracle, but somehow everyone walked away without a scratch as a jib collapsed on an Australian jobsite in Sydney after the crane caught fire, according to the Brisbane Times. The jib collapsed on a jobsite at the University of Technology, Sydney, and was captured […]

November 28, 2012