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Sand breaks construction worker’s 60-foot fall from scaffolding in Florida

Florida is known for its white sandy beaches, and one construction worker will likely look at that sand with a whole new appreciation after an accident this past weekend. In Shalimar, a worker part of a crew on a project at a former annex of the Okaloosa County Courthouse fell between 60 and 70 feet […]

November 20, 2014

Safety

3 tips for avoiding deadly structural collapses on construction jobsites

Construction accidents often seem to occur in spurts, as you’ll hear of a cluster of accidents grouped together in a short period of time. That’s certainly the case right now with collapsing walls, as four workers have died in structural collapses since November 1. In at least two of the accidents, proper permitting for the […]

November 16, 2014

Safety

Bridge collapse kills 1 construction worker, injures 4 others in North Carolina

A pedestrian bridge being built as part of a community college campus expansion in Raleigh, North Carolina, collapsed Thursday morning, killing one worker and seriously injuring four others. According to a report from Raleigh’s News and Observer, workers were pouring concrete for the bridge at the Wake Technical Community College campus when it collapsed around 10:15 […]

November 16, 2014

Safety

Wall collapses claim the lives of 2 more construction workers on jobsites near New York City, Cleveland

Construction workers on jobsites in Long Island, New York, and Avon Lake, Ohio, were killed this week by wall collapses. On Monday, 47-year-old contractor Julian Castellanos was killed while installing a staircase in a basement apartment in Long Island, according to a report from NBC New York. One of two recently-built retaining walls in the basement […]

November 13, 2014

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Equipment strikes, kills Rhode Island construction worker in trench

A worker installing natural gas lines in Warwick, Rhode Island was killed Wednesday when he was struck in some way by a piece of heavy equipment. According to a report from WPRI TV, 45-year-old Paulo Matos was working with a crew from Smithfield contractor AGI Construction. The crew was installing lines for National Grid when the […]

November 13, 2014

Safety

With demolition deaths on the rise, make sure your crew is safe with these 4 safety tips

Over the past couple of years, demolition accidents have been on the rise. The uptick started in the summer of 2013, when a building undergoing demolition in Philadelphia collapsed, killing six and injuring 14. After that, a worker on a shopping mall project was struck and killed by pieces of falling concrete. This past summer, […]

November 11, 2014

Safety

Wall collapse kills 1 construction worker, injures 3 others in Idaho

One worker is dead and three others were injured in Sun Valley, Idaho, after the supporting wall of a townhouse the men were helping build suddenly collapsed on top of three of them. According to a report from the Idaho Mountain Express, the men were working on the second floor of one of the Diamond Back […]

November 11, 2014

Safety

Excavator operator drowns after machine slides into Iowa lake

A worker operating an excavator on the bank of a lake in Iowa drowned last week after his machine slid into the water. According to a report from KWQC TV, the worker, whose name was not released, was operating the excavator on the bank of Lake Mathes in Middletown, Iowa on November 4 when the […]

November 10, 2014

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Construction worker killed after garbage truck rams into back of pickup, knocking it off of New Orleans bridge

As a road construction crew worked last week along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans, a garbage truck barreled through the work zone and rammed into the back of a pickup following along behind workers. According to a report from NOLA.com, the pickup was hit so hard it was knocked over the railing of […]

November 9, 2014

Safety

Tape measure falls 50 stories, kills worker on New Jersey construction site

A freak accident claimed the life of a construction worker in New Jersey earlier this week, illustrating the dangers of the jobsite and providing a stark reminder to all workers on the importance of always wearing a hard hat. According to a report from the Associated Press, a 1-pound tape measure fell from the belt […]

November 6, 2014

Safety

Brick facade collapses, kills worker, injures 2 others employed by unlicensed contractor in Chicago

One worker is dead and two others were injured in Chicago last week when the brick facade of a building they were working on collapsed. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, the workers “were making changes to the building’s facade” when it suddenly collapsed on top of them. A 44-year-old worker and a 30-year-old […]

November 2, 2014

Safety

Contractor killed in tragic double utility trench collapse in Michigan

Police near Detroit were nearly able to save a contractor from a collapsed trench before the trench collapsed again, killing him. Leland Rumph, 59, was the owner of Rumph Construction Inc. He and a crew were using a backhoe to dig a 20-foot-deep trench down to a sewer line in an empty lot in Gross […]

October 31, 2014