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Business

Work zone crash on I-69 in Indiana kills 2 construction workers

Two highway construction workers died Friday morning in a work zone crash on Interstate 69 in Fishers, Indiana, WANE TV reports. According to the report, the workers were cleaning up their work zone in a southbound lane when the driver of a pickup truck struck the two men. The workers were employed by Rieth-Riley Construction—not the Indiana […]

May 12, 2014

Business

Burning buildings, collapsing freeways: Is our lousy education system to blame for the recent uptick in construction accidents?

Lately there’s been a rash of fires, collapses and accidents at projects “under construction,” all over the country. Here are just three of the more spectacular examples. March, Boston:. A 33-story apartment building under construction pancakes in Boston when a load up top causes the support under it to buckle. April, Des Moines, Iowa: A three […]

May 9, 2014

Business

Floor addition under construction collapses from top of mall in Minneapolis

The collapse of a third-floor addition under construction at a mall in Minneapolis to the sidewalk below resulted in no injuries Tuesday, but shut down several businesses and knocked out electricity in the neighborhood. On Monday, construction workers were installing trusses to support a wall. One of the trusses on the end of the wall […]

May 8, 2014

Safety

Worker killed after falling into water-filled pit at Ohio bridge construction site

A construction worker was killed last week in a strange and tragic accident at a bridge construction site near Proctorville, Ohio. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office tells WSAZ TV 45-year-old worker Bradley D. Jenkins, of Otway, Ohio, was “working on a drill bit” near the foot of the bridge when the ground slipped beneath him causing him […]

May 2, 2014

Safety

OSHA offers range of fall prevention resources in upcoming National Safety Stand-Down

While Equipment World covers a range of topics in our online and print safety articles, one area I like to make sure I write about regularly is fall prevention. The reason is simple. Although falls are one of the most preventable types of accidents, they’re also the number one cause of fatalities in construction; accounting […]

April 23, 2014

Safety

Construction worker injured when head is pinned between lift and steel beam at Daytona International Speedway

A construction worker operating a scissor lift as part of the renovations taking place at the Daytona International Speedway suffered a head injury Saturday that could have been much worse. The unidentified 43-year-old worker was operating the lift about 94 feet in the air when his head was pressed between a steel beam and the […]

April 22, 2014

Safety

Construction worker dies after 10-story fall from NYC roof

A construction worker died Monday afternoon after falling 10 stories in New York City. The man was working on the roof of an office building in midtown Manhattan before falling and landing on scaffolding 25 feet above the sidewalk, according to a report from the Assoicated Press via NBC New York. The cause of the […]

April 15, 2014

Safety

Construction worker in critical condition after his head was pinned by elevator on Austin jobsite

While working inside an elevator shaft at a jobsite in downtown Austin, Texas, a construction worker was pinned and later hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The worker, yet to be identified by authorities, was removing old radio communications towers inside a work elevator shaft on the exterior of the eighth floor of the unfinished Colorado Tower […]

April 10, 2014

Safety

Operator rescued from crane in Dallas after back spasms leave him unable to descend from cab

A crane operator was rescued from his machine Wednesday afternoon in Dallas after back spasms left him unable to get much further than just outside the cab. Two members of the Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Urban Search and Rescue team scaled the 120-foot ladder of the crane and worked in an extremely tight space to bring the man […]

April 10, 2014

Business

Three-alarm blaze does $2 million in damage at Anaheim construction site

In Anaheim, California 88 firefighters fought for more than an hour to contain a three-alarm fire at an apartment complex construction site. The fire, which did not spread to surrounding structures, gutted the building, dealing $2 million worth of damage, according to a report from the Orange County Register. The building is one of several […]

April 9, 2014

Safety

NYC construction worker working alone dies after 80-foot fall

While working from scaffolding outside a New York City hotel last week, a construction worker died after falling about 80 feet. The worker, whom police have not yet identified, was working alone on the scaffolding outside of the Dream Hotel near Broadway, according to a report from CBS New York citing eye witness accounts. The […]

April 8, 2014

Safety

Three-alarm fire destroys historic building in Des Moines undergoing renovation

For the third time in less than a month, a large fire has destroyed a building where construction was in progress. Following five-alarm fires in San Francisco and Houston that completely destroyed unfinished apartment complexes, a three-alarm fire engulfed the historic Younkers Building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, causing the structure to partially collapse. According to […]

April 1, 2014