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Roadbuilding

Four-ton pipe rolls from wheel loader, crushes worker in California work zone

While working a highway job near San Francisco Wednesday, a construction worker was crushed and killed by a large pipe. According to a report from the Press Democrat, 28-year-old Jared Overfield was killed inside a work zone along Highway 101 as part of a crew working to improve a frontage road. Overfield was directing a wheel loader operator […]

April 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Barrier rolls from overpass during construction, kills young couple, infant son in Washington

A construction project to install a sidewalk along an overpass in Washington turned tragic Monday morning when a piece of the span fell atop a pickup traveling beneath. According to a report from the Seattle Times, Josh and Vanessa Ellis and their 8-month-old son Hudson were inside the truck and killed in the accident, which […]

April 15, 2015

Safety

Wheel loader operator killed while attempting to free stuck concrete truck in Nebraska

A construction worker was killed in Nebraska over the weekend while attempting to free a concrete truck that had gotten stuck. According to a report from WOWT TV, 26-year-old Craig Anderson was at the controls of a wheel loader on a jobsite near Schuyler Saturday when the chain he was using to pull the truck free […]

April 14, 2015

Workforce

Construction mishap fills half-mile of Oakland creek with concrete

While crews were working to back-fill a replaced water pipe in Oakland, California, Wednesday, a bit of negligence has led to a giant mess and concern for wildlife. According to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, workers were back-filling the 2 miles of the 24-inch pipe with cellular concrete when the valve at the end […]

April 10, 2015

Safety

Soil collapse buries, kills worker on NYC jobsite

A construction worker was killed earlier this week in New York City when he was buried in a soil collapse. According to DNAinfo New York, the unidentified worker was working a jobsite in the city’s Meatpacking District where crews are excavating the former site of a restaurant for the construction of a Restoration Hardware. The site […]

April 9, 2015

Safety

Work stopped at Texas high school after second construction worker is killed in 4 days

A second construction worker has been killed in less than a week on a construction project at a Texas high school. According to a report from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, 22-year-old worker Daniel Moran was killed when he was run over by an 18-wheeler at Argyle High School. Adding to the tragedy, the truck was being driven […]

April 8, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in fall on Florida jobsite

A construction worker on a jobsite for an assisted living facility being built in Florida was killed in a fall Friday. According to a report from WWSB TV, 45-year-old Emerterio Moreno Ramirez was working on the fourth floor of the structure in Bradenton when he fell to the ground. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office told […]

April 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missing barricade leaves VW Bug straddling a work zone barrier in Oklahoma

The driver of a Volkswagen beetle walked away from the car shaken up but unharmed after mistakenly driving into a construction zone in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to a report from News on 6, after entering the Interstate 244 work zone, the Bug wound up straddling a concrete lane barrier, taking some heavy damage. Tulsa Police told the site […]

April 6, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in 6-story fall on New York City jobsite

While working on a jobsite in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brighton Beach in New York City, a construction worker was killed after a 60-foot fall. According to reports from the New York Post and NBC New York, the man was doing concrete work on the sixth floor of a building under construction when he fell from a […]

April 6, 2015

Safety

Construction collapse at Texas high school kills 1 worker, injures 3 others

While working at a high school in North Texas, one worker was killed and three others were injured when the frame of the athletic practice facility they were helping build collapsed. According to a report from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, the frame of the building collapsed around 7:30 a.m. Thursday at Argyle High School. The […]

April 3, 2015

Safety

Painter killed after fall from telehandler on jobsite near San Antonio

A painter working from a platform on a jobsite near San Antonio died Tuesday, succumbing to injuries from a fall. According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, Victor Echartea-Medina, 41, was responsive en route to the hospital but later died. Echartea-Medina was working from, “a platform at the end of a large multistory forklift,” likely […]

April 2, 2015

Safety

Workers hit gas line sparking massive explosion in NYC: 3 buildings collapse, 25 injured

A massive explosion that rocked New York City Thursday, causing the collapse of three buildings and injuring 25 people, has been traced back to a gas line accidentally hit by construction workers in an East Village sushi restaurant. According to a report from NBC New York, in the wake of the explosion, two people are […]

March 27, 2015