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Safety

Worker killed in second-story fall from California casino jobsite

A worker was killed Wednesday afternoon after falling two stories at a casino construction site in Santa Ynez, California. According to a report from the Lompoc Record, 45-year-old steelworker Dave Goldsberry fell from scaffolding on the second story of a tower under construction at the Chumash Casino Resort. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Goldsberry was employed […]

April 30, 2015

Workforce

Construction crew finds body while excavating site near Detroit

A construction crew working a site in a rural Michigan town near Detroit discovered a body last week. According to a report from WDIV TV, the workers were doing excavation work at a site in Carleton being prepped for the construction of a home. The workers discovered the body in a wooded area near train […]

April 28, 2015

Safety

Boom failure crushes and kills crane truck operator in NYC

A hydraulic failure on a truck crane took the life of a construction worker in New York City Friday. According to a report from NBC New York, the worker was having trouble operating his knuckle boom crane on a midtown Manhattan hotel construction site Friday morning. The New York Times reports 40-year-old Trevor Loftus noticed […]

April 27, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in cinder block wall collapse in New Jersey

A worker involved in the installation of a garage door at a New Jersey auto business was killed Wednesday when a wall collapsed on top of him. According to a report from NorthJersey.com, 56-year-old David Lewis was killed when a 9-by-12-foot section of a cinder block wall collapsed as he and others were working to remove […]

April 24, 2015

Workforce

Discovered on Instagram, construction worker leaps from jobsite to runway in new career as a model

It’s not very often we realize just how far-reaching the Internet is. Matthew Noszka certainly wasn’t thinking about it when he posted a picture of himself to his Instagram taken while working on building a deck. But thanks to that picture, he’s now a highly-sought-after fashion model. According to ABC News, Noszka, 22, posted the […]

April 23, 2015

Workforce

Crew saves co-worker’s life using CPR on Missouri construction site

When Curtis Todd’s co-workers saw him lying flat on the ground as the crew worked on a residential jobsite in Columbia, Missouri, they thought he had simply slipped when hooking a chute to the back of a concrete truck. Co-worker Bill Parsons said the crew even joked about it. That was before they saw the blood. […]

April 22, 2015

Safety

Carpenter killed in 80-foot fall on Philadelphia jobsite

While working on a high-rise project in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood, a worker fell to his death Friday According to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer, the unidentified man was a carpenter working from 80 feet up on the tower project at Cira Centre. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead soon after […]

April 20, 2015

Safety

Worker dies after being electrocuted on jobsite near Philadelphia

Two days after suffering a massive electric shock while on the job near Philadelphia, a construction worker died from his injuries Wednesday. According to a report from WPVI TV, 36-year-old Joseph Iacovino and another worker were working Monday morning from a scissor lift at King of Prussia Mall as part of an expansion project. The men were […]

April 17, 2015

Workforce

Family of Houston worker shot on jobsite offers large reward for capture of his killer

The family of a 19-year-old construction worker killed on a Houston jobsite is offering a large reward for the capture of his killer. Frank Medrano was working alone inside a house under construction in February when a man walked onto the jobsite and attempted to rob him. The encounter ended with the suspect shooting and killed Medrano […]

April 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker killed in work zone backover accident in Pennsylvania

A construction worker installing guardrail along a Pennsylvania highway was killed last week when a vehicle or piece of equipment backed over him. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 43-year-old Legrant Blackwell was in the blind spot of an unidentified “construction vehicle” inside a work zone on Route 22 in Washington County. The vehicle […]

April 13, 2015

Workforce

Concrete workers save 2 children from burning home in Iowa

After seeing signs of fire at a home near their Iowa jobsite, two concrete workers braved the blaze Monday afternoon to save two children. According to a report from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Travis Moen and Ryan Siems were working on a driveway installation in Evansdale when they noticed a nearby duplex was burning. After attempting to […]

April 8, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in fall on Florida jobsite

A construction worker on a jobsite for an assisted living facility being built in Florida was killed in a fall Friday. According to a report from WWSB TV, 45-year-old Emerterio Moreno Ramirez was working on the fourth floor of the structure in Bradenton when he fell to the ground. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office told […]

April 7, 2015