Tag: construction collapse

Safety

Worker dies in excavation collapse in Raleigh; 2 injured

Two workers have been treated for injuries and one worker is dead due to an excavation collapse in Raleigh, North Carolina. Learn more on Equipment World.

January 25, 2019

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

Three investigations underway into cause of bridge collapse that injured 10 construction workers in California

Three different investigations have now begun to find out the cause of a California bridge collapse that injured 10 construction workers. The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) announced that the California Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the California Department of Transportation and an independent forensic engineer all had investigations underway to determine what caused the partial collapse […]

October 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

10 construction workers injured in collapse of 91 Freeway bridge near LA

An onramp bridge under construction collapsed on the 91 Freeway in Corona, California, injuring 10 construction workers October 9, according to the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC). The work is part of the overall 91 Project. Jacking equipment failed while workers were lowering a section of the bridge on East Grand Boulevard, causing the deck to […]

October 12, 2015

Safety

Contractor killed when deck collapses during concrete pour in Mississippi

A floor collapse of a restaurant being built near the Jourdan River in Mississippi claimed the life of a contractor earlier this month. According to a report from the Sun Herald, 54-year-old Gary Berthelot, the president of Berthelot Design/Construction Inc. was killed when when a raised deck for a new restaurant overlooking the river collapsed on top […]

September 22, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in retaining wall collapse in New York City

One worker was killed and two others injured in a retaining wall collapse in New York City earlier this month. According to a report from the New York Times, 19-year-old Fernando Vanegas was working on a Brooklyn jobsite where crews were converting a one-story commercial building into a five-story building with residential units. On September 4, a […]

September 15, 2015

Workforce

Two managers charged with negligent homicide for death of worker in NYC construction collapse

Two managers are facing homicide charges in connection with a deadly soil collapse in New York City earlier this year. The New York Daily News reports Wilmer Cuevas, 49, and Alfonso Prestia, 55, were indicted earlier this week for “allegedly refusing to shut down” a construction site where a man was killed April 6. At the […]

August 6, 2015

Workforce

Deadly construction collapse of Texas high school building caught in surveillance footage

Nearly two weeks after the collapse of a high school athletic facility killed one construction worker and injured three others in Texas, the school district has released surveillance footage of the incident. Fox 4 Dallas was one of several stations to obtain the footage, reporting security cameras captured four angles of the collapse, noting that […]

April 15, 2015

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

Collapse at Boston construction site injures 3 workers

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include the injury of a third worker in the accident. Two workers were hospitalized Thursday morning in Boston in the wake of a partial collapse of a 33-story residential building under construction. The workers’ injuries were said to be non-life threatening, but one of the workers did […]

March 20, 2014