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Safety

Steel beam collapses at Chicago jobsite, 3 workers survive 20-foot fall

Three construction workers in Chicago were in serious condition earlier this week after a steel beam they were working on top of collapsed. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, the workers had connected the beam they were standing on top of using a two-bolt connection system Monday morning. Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman Scott […]

December 31, 2014

Safety

This protective eyewear attaches directly to your hard hat, which means no more fumbling with glasses

Wearing safety glasses with a hard hat can sometimes be a pain. As soon as you’ve got the hard hat adjusted just right, adding a pair of glasses can start the adjustments all over again. Thankfully, 3M says it has the solution: incorporate the protective eyewear directly into the suspension of its hardhat. The 3M […]

December 29, 2014

Construction Equipment

Pile driving rig operators, contractors team up for certification program

The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators and the Pile Driving Contractors Association have teamed up to form a task force, with the ultimate goal a top-notch certification program for operators of dedicated pile driving rigs. Expected to be available in 2016, the program will be developed with the same strict standards as […]

December 19, 2014

Safety

Road worker killed, 2 others injured after driver crashes head-on into Louisiana work zone

A road construction worker died earlier this week, succumbing to injuries sustained in a work zone crash in Louisiana. According to a report from KTVE/KARD, workers were installing reflectors northbound on Highway 165 near Caldwell Parish Tuesday when the crew’s tar machine broke down.  A pickup then pulled up behind the workers with a flashing arrow board to […]

December 19, 2014

Safety

Construction worker dies after roof collapses beneath him in Michigan

A construction worker was killed Wednesday in Churchill Township, Michigan, after falling through the roof of the building he was working on. According to a report from 9&10News.com, Vernon “Vernie” Wangler Jr. was working atop a steel roof when it collapsed beneath him. It’s unclear if Wangler was wearing a harness or other personal protective equipment. […]

December 12, 2014

Dealers

Cat dealer Cashman Equipment installing camera-based system that monitors an operator’s fatigue

Las Vegas-based Caterpillar dealer Cashman Equipment has now made available a fatigue monitoring system for heavy equipment operators. Initially rolled out on Caterpillar mining trucks in 2013, the Seeing Machines Driver Safety System is currently installed on 4,000 mining trucks worldwide, and working on 20 mine sites in the United States. Designed to work with mining […]

December 10, 2014

Safety

Wisconsin DOT first in U.S. to test reflective orange lane paint for making work zones more visible to drivers

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has announced that it will be the first DOT in the United States to test a reflective orange paint in an attempt to make construction work zones more visible to drivers passing by. WisDOT has applied the paint to three sections of pavement on Interstate 94, to the east and […]

December 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

SUV strikes and kills construction worker setting cones in Pennsylvania work zone

A construction worker setting cones for a lane closure in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania, was struck by an SUV Wednesday night and killed. According to a report from WPVI TV, 60-year-old Lee Boyer was setting cones around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday as part of a line painting project on Route 422 when he was struck by […]

December 5, 2014

Safety

Construction worker survives crane collapsing on top of him thanks to safety emergency plan

Some careful safety planning by a contractor’s safety manager was key in saving the life of a construction worker at a bridge reconstruction site in Elgin, Illinois, after a crane collapsed on top of him. The 51-year-old worker was working atop a barge beneath the Interstate 90 bridge that crosses the Fox River, according to […]

December 4, 2014

Safety

Construction worker killed in paving accident at Baltimore airport

A construction worker part of a paving crew doing a job at the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was killed Monday. According to a report from the Washington Post, the worker was struck by “a paving vehicle.” It’s unclear what type of equipment initially injured the man or how it happened as very few details […]

December 2, 2014

Safety

Deck collapse kills 1 construction worker, injures another in Boston

One construction worker was killed and one more was injured Tuesday morning when a third story deck the men were installing in a neighborhood of Boston collapsed. The workers were installing a multi-story deck to a residence in Jamaica Plain when the top deck collapsed, according to a report from the Boston Globe. One man […]

November 26, 2014

Safety

Telehandler overturns, pinning and killing construction worker in Tennessee

A construction worker in Tennessee was killed earlier this week after the telehandler he was operating overturned and pinned him beneath. According to the Brentwood Home Page, 45-year-old Greg Rigney was killed while unloading a delivery on a jobsite in Shelbyville Tuesday morning. Police said first responders found Rigney beneath a “large forklift type machine” […]

November 21, 2014