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Safety
Woman killed near NYC jobsite after being struck by plywood in freak accident
A woman walking in New York City was killed Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a piece of plywood blown from a nearby jobsite. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 37-year-old Trang-Thuy Nguyen was walking along along W. 12th Street and talking on her cell phone when a gust of wind tore a 4-foot [âŚ]
March 19, 2015
Workforce
Skull found on Louisville construction site sparks search for more remains
Work has slowed on a Louisville, Kentucky, jobsite where construction workers recently gained a bit more company as police and volunteers are combing the area after a skull was found on the jobsite early last week. According to a report from WHAS TV, workers excavating a site for a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood found the skull March [âŚ]
March 16, 2015
Construction Equipment
In construction of âSpaceshipâ campus, Apple recycles 95% of concrete from demolition on-site
While Google is still in the early phases of design and approval with ambitious plans for upgrades to its campus, construction on Appleâs new Campus 2 is fully under way. KQED was recently granted a tour of the jobsite by Apple. There are actually two versions of the article, one published by NPR and another on the [âŚ]
March 12, 2015
Workforce
Freeing trapped raccoon costs carpenter his job in San Francisco
âIâm going to do what is necessary for this raccoon.â According to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, those were among carpenter Todd Suttonâs last words while still employed by RFJ Meiswinkel Co., and he has no regrets. Sutton was recently fired by the company after he freed a raccoon that had been causing trouble at the [âŚ]
March 12, 2015
Workforce
Construction workers shot in jobsite attack in Nashville
As if the heights and heavy machinery didnât make construction work dangerous enough, U.S. home builders apparently now have to contend with the threat of gunfire. Thursday brought yet another armed jobsite attack, this time in Nashville. According to a report from The Tennesseean, two men working on a home in the northern part of the city were approached by [âŚ]
February 26, 2015
Workforce
Construction workersâ butt-dial to boss rats them out for jobsite burglary
Two construction workers in Key West, Florida, have been arrested and charged with felony grand theft after stealing thousands of dollars worth of tools from one of their companyâs jobsites. And cracking the case took very little detective work. According to a report from CBS Miami, Stacey Valenzuela, the owner of Concrete Solutions, received a phone call [âŚ]
February 25, 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 âgreen roofâ [âŚ]
February 24, 2015
Workforce
Workers discover womanâs body on Florida jobsite
Early Friday morning on a jobsite in Satellite Beach, Florida, construction workers found the body of a young woman. According to a report from FOX 35 TV, the workers had just arrived to start their shift when they discovered the woman. Police secured the site after gaining a search warrant. Officials identified the woman as 24-year-old [âŚ]
February 23, 2015
Home
Florida contractor donates 1 roof for every 10 it sells
At TB Roofing & Construction, the belief is, âthe real point in life,â is giving back to the community. Thatâs what the St. Petersburg, Florida, companyâs Lincoln Sziranko told Bay News 9 TV in a recent report on one of the families TBâs work has benefited. According to the station, TB partnered with Pathway 2 Success, a [âŚ]
February 23, 2015
Safety
Worker survives 30-foot fall, is rescued in special extraction by Colorado firefighters
A team of firefighters in northern Colorado engineered a âtechnical rescueâ after a construction worker survived a 30-foot fall earlier this week. According to a report from the Denver Post, the worker fell around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning at a building jobsite in Greeley. When firefighters responded to the scene they found the man in [âŚ]
February 12, 2015
Business
Nearly 50 NYC contractors, inspectors and property managers charged in bribery scheme
Earlier this week, dozens of New York City construction professionals surrendered to police and were charged as the result of a two-year city investigation that uncovered a widespread bribery scheme. According to a report from the The Daily News, 50 defendants were charged, âincluding 16 city inspectors, plus a host of property managers and owners, âexpediters,â contractors [âŚ]
February 12, 2015
Workforce
Construction workers win $5 million, $100k from lotto, but wonât quit their day jobs
Two construction workers recently hit pay dirt, winning big lottery prizes within just days of each other. According to a report from USA Today, Kevin Buchanan of Yonkers, New York, won $5 million from a scratch-off he bought from a vending machine January 24. âI scratched, I thought it was $500,â he told the paper. âI [âŚ]
February 4, 2015
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