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Worker shot during robbery on home reno site near Chicago

Another construction worker was gunned down on the job and in broad daylight during a home renovation near Chicago June 19. According to a report from WLS TV, police are still searching for those responsible for shooting and killing 42-year-old Sergio Varela in the city’s South Holland suburb. Police tell the station Varela and two other […]

June 30, 2015

Safety

Despite harnesses, 2 workers killed by fall from scaffolding in Iowa

Two workers are dead as the result of a fall from scaffolding on an Ames, Iowa jobsite. According to a report from Iowa State Daily, 35-year-old Javier Hernandez and Alfredo Jarez, unknown age, were killed while working on the construction of a luxury apartment complex for students at Iowa State University. Ames Police officers responded to […]

June 29, 2015

Safety

Worker killed after backhoe hits service line near Omaha

A worker near Omaha, Nebraska suffered a fatal electrocution last week during the installation of drainage system. According to reports from KMTV, 42-year-old Jeffrey Glup was killed June 17 when he came in contact with a service line as crews worked to build a new facility for the Papillion Public Works Department. A release from the Sarpy County […]

June 24, 2015

Safety

Electrician killed in accident on Baylor University jobsite

An electrician on a Baylor University jobsite was killed last week in what is believed to have been an elevator accident. According to a report from the Waco Tribune, 51-year-old Jeffrey Thaemert was killed while working on the site of the university’s future Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. The paper reports Thaemert was an […]

June 18, 2015

Safety

Trench collapse kills teenage worker in Kentucky

A sewer line installation near Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly last week when a trench collapsed atop two workers. According to a report from the Courier-Journal, the men were in the trench assisting a dig June 11 when “a heavy heap of dirt shifted and concrete on the trench’s edge gave way.” The collapse occurred shortly after […]

June 17, 2015

Safety

Hoist detaches from building killing 1 construction worker, injuring another near Boston

One worker was killed and another injured in a freak hoist accident on a construction site near Boston last week. According to a report from the Boston Globe, the men were standing atop a construction elevator outside offices being built for Partners HealthCare when the hoist suddenly detached from the building Friday afternoon. The hoist was about […]

June 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Semi truck crash in U.S. 50 paving zone kills West Virginia DOH worker

West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) worker Randall W. Bland, 49, was killed Thursday following a five-vehicle collision in an area of U.S. 50 being resurfaced, according to a report by The Marietta Times. A DOH truck was one of the five vehicles involved, but it was unoccupied at the time of the incident. According […]

June 15, 2015

Safety

Worker killed after fall on Missouri jobsite

A construction worker in Missouri died Wednesday after suffering a fall on a roofing job. According to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the unidentified worker was atop a women’s shelter in Bonne Terre when he fell 10 to 12 feet to the ground. The unidentified man was treated at the scene and air lifted […]

June 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma DOT worker dies after being hit by a vehicle

An Oklahoma Department of Transportation worker was killed June 5 after a car drifted into a work zone and struck him. According to KFOR, Gordon Pipkin, 47, died at the scene of the crash on U.S. Highway 81 south of Chickasha when a Chevy Equinox drifted out of the right lane and hit Pipkin. Pipkin’s […]

June 9, 2015

Safety

Worker killed by falling steel beam on New York bridge site

A worker on a paving crew was killed last week when a steel beam came crashing down into a highway work zone in New York. According to a report from the Elmira Star Gazette, 50-year-old Sharon L. Biesecker, was hit and killed by a steel beam after it broke free from a crane at the site, located […]

June 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Roller operator killed when road gives way during paving job in Illinois

A roller operator was killed when his machine overturned last week while working on the campus of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. According to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 47-year-old Roger R. Kolweier was operating a roller on a repaving job at the campus Thursday afternoon when a portion of the road collapsed and […]

June 2, 2015

Safety

Longtime steelworker dies after fall from ladder in Salt Lake City

A steelworker on a crew building a new performing arts center in Salt Lake City died last month after suffering a fall from a ladder. According to a report from KSL TV, 51-year-old Richard “Richie” Pierce, fell from a height of about 20 feet on May 11. Paramedics found Pierce unconscious at the scene and he […]

June 1, 2015