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Safety

Worker crushed, killed in Las Vegas trenching accident

A construction worker was killed in a trenching accident involving a piece of equipment late last month. According to a report from News 3 Las Vegas, the unidentified worker was “in a trench with a trenching machine” on the afternoon of Oct. 21 when he “was apparently crushed by the machine in the trench,” said Clark […]

November 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Dump truck electrocutes, kills worker on Oklahoma paving job

A construction worker in Oklahoma was killed recently in a bizarre electrocution accident involving a dump truck. According to a report from The Oklahoman, 34-year-old Victor M. Rameriez Baltazar was killed October 21 while working as part of a crew carrying out a paving job on a highway near Clinton. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol tells the paper Baltazar […]

November 2, 2015

Workforce

Construction deaths up 10% in preliminary 2014 report; total leads all industries

Nearly 4,700 people were killed on the job in 2014, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the construction industry accounting for nearly one-fifth of those deaths. The number of construction workers killed on the job increased by 10 percent in 2014 to 874, once again making the industry accountable for […]

November 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Road workers hurt after driving truck into giant hole

Three Indiana road workers were injured last week when the truck they were riding in fell into a large hole. According to the Indiana State Police, a construction worker with Milestone Paving Company was driving down Interstate 70 in Wayne County with two coworkers when the truck fell into a three-foot deep hole that was about 12-feet wide The crash […]

November 1, 2015

Safety

Falls claim the lives of 3 construction workers in one weekend

According to reports from across the U.S., three construction workers were killed in one weekend earlier this month, each of them in a fall. One of two deadly accidents on Oct. 17 occurred when a 53-year-old worker fell 50 feet while working inside a smokestack on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. According to a […]

October 29, 2015

Safety

Compactor operator killed in machine rollover on Mississippi jobsite

A worker was killed earlier this month in an equipment rollover in Mississippi. WHBQ TV reports 35-year-old Antonio Thompson was working on a residential jobsite at a new subdivision in Southaven when the accident occurred around noon on October 13. According to a report form WMC TV, co-workers say Thompson was operating a soil compactor near the […]

October 28, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in excavator accident on San Jose jobsite

A construction worker on a residential jobsite near San Jose was killed earlier this month when he was hit by an excavator. According to a report from the San Jose Mercury News, 24-year-old Andres Alvarez Esquivel was working as part of a crew building a home in Almaden Valley when he was hit by the bucket of […]

October 22, 2015

Home

Roofer killed by fall on Florida jobsite

A short fall proved deadly recently for a roofer in Florida. According to a report from Naples News, 32-year-old Selvin Velasquez Nuñez was killed after falling from the roof of a home under construction in North Naples. The Collier County Sheriff’s Department tells the paper Nuñez fell from about 10 feet. He was airlifted to […]

October 16, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in building collapse during demolition in New Jersey

A worker part of a crew carrying out the demolition of a strip mall in New Jersey was killed recently when a section of roof collapsed on top of him. According to a report from the Asbury Park Press, 52-year-old Raymond Crosby was killed September 25 in the collapse, which occurred as an excavator was being used […]

October 14, 2015

Safety

Worker saved by co-workers from 2nd jobsite cardiac arrest shows importance of CPR training

A 55-year-old construction worker who has twice gone into sudden cardiac arrest while on the job was saved both times by co-workers with CPR training. According to Colorado’s 9 News, the first episode occurred in August 2012, when the man, who asked that he not be identified, collapsed and was found by co-workers unresponsive and […]

October 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Construction worker killed during crack sealing on Michigan Interstate

One road worker was killed and another was in serious condition Sunday after a vehicle hit them while they performed crack sealing in Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, the two Michigan Department of Transportation contract workers were performing maintenance on Interstate 94 when a vehicle entered a construction lane where the workers were doing crack sealing. The […]

October 13, 2015

Safety

Wall collapse kills worker on unpermitted Chicago jobsite

A wall collapse that recently killed a worker on a Chicago jobsite has building and law enforcement officials looking for answers. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, 46-year-old Daniel Miller was killed by injuries he sustained when a brick wall collapsed on top of him in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood September 24. Miller was pulled from […]

October 8, 2015