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Safety

Worker dies after suffering fall on residential jobsite near Chicago

A construction worker was killed earlier this month in a fall on a residential jobsite near Chicago. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, the 68-year-old worker was working with a crew in Winnetka on a home when he fell about 12 feet before hitting a beam. The paper reports the man was “working on the […]

November 23, 2015

Workforce

Massive scaffolding collapse injures 6 workers in Houston

Much less catastrophic scaffolding collapses than the one captured in the footage below have proven deadly. And yet the workers involved in this collapse, which occurred last month at a luxury apartment building under construction in Houston, escaped without a single death. Houston’s KTRK obtained eyewitness footage of the collapse which shows scaffolding across one […]

November 23, 2015

Safety

Worker killed when Manhattan town home collapses during demolition

One worker was killed and another suffered serious injuries when a building partially collapsed as crews performed demolition work in Manhattan at the end of last month. According to a report from the Associated Press, 26-year-old Pedro Bacilio was killed when a portion of a five-story town house in Midtown collapsed Oct. 30. DNAInfo New […]

November 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Work zone flagger killed after being struck by garbage truck on Missouri highway

A flagger in Missouri died Nov. 12 after he was struck by a garbage truck that was involved in a four-vehicle crash in Johnson County. The Daily Star-Journal reported reports John Johnson, 47, was working as a flagman on a road construction project and had stopped southbound traffic on Highway 13 when the garbage truck hit a stopped […]

November 15, 2015

Safety

Worker crushed, killed in Las Vegas trenching accident

A construction worker was killed in a trenching accident involving a piece of equipment late last month. According to a report from News 3 Las Vegas, the unidentified worker was “in a trench with a trenching machine” on the afternoon of Oct. 21 when he “was apparently crushed by the machine in the trench,” said Clark […]

November 12, 2015

Safety

Retaining wall collapse kills worker near San Diego

A retaining wall collapse claimed the life of a construction worker earlier this month near San Diego. According to reports from Fox 5, 56-year-old Kenneth Schultz was killed while compacting dirt in a drainage channel at the site for a future FedEx distribution center in Oceanside the morning of October 13. As Schultz worked, a […]

October 27, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker dies after being struck by object falling from crane in Florida work zone

A Florida construction worker died Friday when an object fell 50 feet from a crane and struck him. According to WESH, 25-year-old Guillermo Solis, an employee of Lane Construction Corp., was working on a road widening and reconstruction project in Ocoee when the accident happened. “He was transported via ambulance to Health Central nearby. Unfortunately, […]

October 20, 2015

Safety

Worker killed while remote control steering rear dolly in concrete beam transport

A construction worker in Florida was killed recently in an accident that occurred as crews were moving heavy concrete beams down an Interstate entrance ramp. According to a report from the Naples News, on October 5, crews were assisting three tractor trailers, each hauling 94-ton concrete beams, as they moved to a highway work zone on […]

October 19, 2015

Home

Roofer killed by fall on Florida jobsite

A short fall proved deadly recently for a roofer in Florida. According to a report from Naples News, 32-year-old Selvin Velasquez Nuñez was killed after falling from the roof of a home under construction in North Naples. The Collier County Sheriff’s Department tells the paper Nuñez fell from about 10 feet. He was airlifted to […]

October 16, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in building collapse during demolition in New Jersey

A worker part of a crew carrying out the demolition of a strip mall in New Jersey was killed recently when a section of roof collapsed on top of him. According to a report from the Asbury Park Press, 52-year-old Raymond Crosby was killed September 25 in the collapse, which occurred as an excavator was being used […]

October 14, 2015

Safety

Worker saved by co-workers from 2nd jobsite cardiac arrest shows importance of CPR training

A 55-year-old construction worker who has twice gone into sudden cardiac arrest while on the job was saved both times by co-workers with CPR training. According to Colorado’s 9 News, the first episode occurred in August 2012, when the man, who asked that he not be identified, collapsed and was found by co-workers unresponsive and […]

October 13, 2015

Safety

Worker dies following accident on UNLV campus

A man who had just begun his construction career was killed on a Las Vegas jobsite recently. According to a report from the Las Vegas Sun, 27-year-old Joshua Meade was critically injured in a jobsite accident on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus on the morning of September 23. Authorities have not released the specifics on […]

October 7, 2015