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Roadbuilding

Illinois DOT workers rescue bald eagle injured along I-55

If not for a crew of road workers, one of America’s most iconic symbols could have been left for dead on the side of an Illinois interstate. ABC 7 in Chicago reported that an Illinois Department of Transportation crew was working along Interstate 55 in Darien when they saw what they thought was a blown out tire […]

October 5, 2015

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Worker crushed in equipment accident on Nashville jobsite

A worker near Nashville was killed recently when he was crushed in an equipment accident. According to a report from WSMV TV, 44-year-old Arnold Russell was killed September 21 while operating “a piece of equipment that sorts block” on a jobsite in Antioch. Police tell the station Russell was apparently leaning over a “danger zone,” and […]

September 28, 2015

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Fed up with noise, man shoots construction worker with a pellet gun in New York

A New York man was arrested earlier this month after shooting a construction worker with a pellet gun. According to NBC New York, 26-year-old Timothy Burzynski became so annoyed by the noise of ongoing construction across the street from his Long Island home that on September 1 he aimed a pellet gun from his window […]

September 25, 2015

Safety

Worker dies after suffering possible electrocution in San Antonio

A construction worker who died last week in San Antonio after co-workers found him unconscious on the job is believed to have been electrocuted. According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, on September 17 workers at the construction site of a new high school in the area realized they had not seen the man […]

September 25, 2015

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts highway worker saves stranded snapping turtle

Most highway workers might have more experience with hardhats than with hard shells, but that didn’t stop one Massachusetts man from halting his work to save a stranded snapping turtle. According to the Lowell Sun, Fred Baker was simply going about his day as a heavy equipment operator for the Billerica Highway Department when he […]

September 24, 2015

Safety

Steel worker killed in 40-foot fall in Massachusetts

A steel worker was killed after suffering a high fall from a Massachusetts jobsite earlier this month. According to a report from WPRI TV, 24-year-old Nicholas Dumont fell about 40 feet while performing steel work September 4 at a future beverage processing plant located at the Myles Standish Industrial Complex in Taunton. Suffolk Construction, the general […]

September 23, 2015

Safety

Construction worker found dead beneath home in Austin

Two days after a construction worker was discovered beneath a home in Texas, authorities determined his death was due to electrocution. According to a report from the Austin American-Statesman, workers at a home on Grayson Lane in East Austin, where it appears renovations were taking place, noticed that their co-worker, 51-year-old Rafael Torres-Leyva, was missing on September […]

September 17, 2015

Workforce

Construction worker claims Cubs jinx, says he buried White Sox hat at Wrigley Field during renovations

It’s been a big year for the Chicago Cubs. First, they got a new manager when Joe Maddon decided to walk away from the Tampa Bay Rays. It worked out. Maddon and players like Kris Bryant and pitcher Jake Arrieta have pushed the Cubbies into a pennant race with the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis […]

September 15, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in retaining wall collapse in New York City

One worker was killed and two others injured in a retaining wall collapse in New York City earlier this month. According to a report from the New York Times, 19-year-old Fernando Vanegas was working on a Brooklyn jobsite where crews were converting a one-story commercial building into a five-story building with residential units. On September 4, a […]

September 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker hit by car while striping the center line on Colorado road

A road worker for the Colorado city of Alamosa was out painting a new centerline on a street when he was hit by a car and seriously injured. According to The Pueblo Chieftain, James Lopez, 31, was using a motorized hand cart to stripe the line at about 10 a.m. when he was hit by […]

September 15, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in fall from scaffolding on NYC jobsite

A construction worker on New York City’s Upper East side was killed last week after suffering a fall. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 30-year-old Juan Cerezo was working as part of a crew performing renovations to the Sherman Towers on East 76th Street. Cerezo was working on the building’s facade from scaffolding about […]

September 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Road worker injured while placing cones on highway in Hawaii

A road worker in Oahu, Hawaii, was injured last week after he fell while placing orange safety cones along a highway. According to Hawaii News Now, the road worker was seriously injured September 4 at about 5:40 a.m. when he fell from a road crew truck that had been contracted to do work on Kalanianaole Highway. The […]

September 10, 2015