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Safety
Worker killed when saw kicks back during trench work in Connecticut
A construction worker on a Connecticut jobsite was killed last week during a trench accident involving a saw. According to a report from WTNH TV, 57-year-old Antonio Simoes was killed on the morning of June 25 while working as part of a Manafort Construction crew on a project at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford. Police and […]
July 2, 2015
Safety
Worker crushed and killed by falling slab inside Jacksonville work zone
A worker was killed last week inside a Jacksonville highway jobsite when a concrete slab suddenly fell on top of him. According to a report from First Coast News, 42-year-old Alexander Cordova was standing near a truck when a 7-1/2 ton slab of concrete fell from the back of the truck. The site reports the accident occurred […]
May 18, 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 crushed by 4 steel beams in unloading accident in New York City
As a crew unloaded steel joists from a truck at a Brooklyn jobsite Tuesday afternoon, four of the beams toppled off the truck and fell on top of a worker, killing him. According to reports from the New York Daily News, CBS New York and NY1, crews were working on the installation of a “green roof” […]
February 24, 2015
Safety
Construction worker killed in Alabama work zone crash
A construction worker in southwest Alabama was killed Friday morning in a work zone crash. According to a report from the Associated Press, 25-year-old worker Marshall James Walton was killed when a pickup truck crashed into the trailer he was working on south of Citronelle near Mobile. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials did not give […]
February 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
The 6 signs of a bad construction boss
Managing employees can be one of the toughest jobs to face when running a company. Too often, contractors build their business without having any training, guidance or expertise in how to deal with their people effectively. If you’re in the black, you might not worry about how good of a boss you are, but poor […]
August 11, 2014
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