Tag: construction injuries

Safety

Close minor cuts on the jobsite without stitches with the ZipStitch

The ZipStitch laceration kit provides surgical-quality wound closure for minor cuts up to 1.5 inches long, the company says. The kit includes two 1.5-inch strips that are connected by four zip-ties that can be adjusted to close the wound. It does not require any needles or puncturing the skin. “ZipStitch acts as a scaffold or […]

September 3, 2019

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT installing new signage to raise awareness for safer driving in work zones

The Indiana Department of Transportation has teamed up with the Road Construction Awareness Corporation to install new signs on interstate highways throughout the state that raise awareness for driving safely through road construction zones. According to the INDOT, the new eye-catching orange signs for the “Save-A-Life” campaign will stand at 8-foot by 15-foot and display a message […]

October 27, 2015

Roadbuilding

Forklift accident claims life of teenage construction worker on Bong Bridge

An 18-year-old Wisconsin construction worker died Monday following a forklift accident on the Bong Bridge, which connects Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune reported that Kelsey Hagenson died at the hospital after suffering “multiple blunt force injuries” in an accident involving a pedestrian and a forklift. Another was injured during the accident at 7 a.m. on […]

September 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker struck and killed by dump truck in Tampa work zone

A construction worker doing pavement work died last week after he was hit by a dump truck. According to WFLA, 26-year-old Kimbrough Haines III was working on Veterans Expressway in Tampa late Wednesday night when the dump truck he was standing behind began to back up. Haines was hit by the truck and stuck underneath. […]

September 16, 2015

Workforce

Shovel to the back of the head ends dispute between concrete workers started by muddy shoes

With the dangers of heavy equipment, falling materials and gunfire well documented on construction sites, the last thing workers need to worry about causing them harm are their co-workers. And yet near St. Louis, Kevin Edward Givens was recently arrested and charged with felony assault after allegedly “hitting his co-worker over the head with a shovel,” […]

July 6, 2015

Safety

Floor collapses during concrete pour in LA, injuring 7 workers

While working on a concrete pour at a jobsite in Los Angeles Wednesday evening, the floor the crew was standing on collapsed beneath them. According to a report from CBSLA, seven workers were injured in the collapse which sent them crashing to the first floor below. The site reports the structure appears to be residential. Miraculously, none […]

May 22, 2015

Safety

Unventilated use of equipment on indoor site poisons 11 workers with high level of carbon monoxide

A large group of a crew working in Maryland was rushed to the hospital earlier this week after an extremely high amount of carbon monoxide was detected inside the building where they were working. According to a report from WJLA TV, 11 workers in total were treated for CO poisoning Monday in Rockville where gas-powered concrete finishers were […]

May 14, 2015

Workforce

Worker hit in head by bullet as construction crew is targeted in drive-by shooting in St. Louis

A subcontractor on a parking lot project in St. Louis has pulled out of the job after a drive-by shooting targeted a construction crew earlier this week. According to a report from KMOV TV, four men fired about a dozen bullets from a car driving along 2nd Street targeting the construction workers. Thankfully no one was […]

January 2, 2015

Safety

Construction worker killed following semi truck crash into Ohio work zone

A construction worker who was badly injured in a work zone crash has died nearly a month after the accident. According to a report from WTVG, Bradley Friffitt, 40, died Monday night from injuries sustained after he was struck by a semi truck on September 19. The driver of the semi truck fell asleep and […]

October 14, 2014

Workforce

Construction workers narrowly escape jobsite shootings in Michigan and NYC

As temperatures have soared on jobsites across the U.S., so too, apparently, have tempers. Nearly two weeks ago, a construction worker stabbed and killed his co-worker while they were renovating a department store in South Carolina. And now come two reports of jobsite shootings just weeks apart. First, in New York City, a worker on […]

August 26, 2014

Safety

More than 1 million workers take part in OSHA’s National Fall Safety Stand Down week

More than 1 million workers from tens of thousands of businesses are estimated to be taking part in the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) National Fall Safety Stand Down this week. Throughout this week-long Stand-Down, employers have paused during their workday to focus on the hazards of falls and preventing them. Industry and business […]

June 5, 2014

Safety

Critics aside, OSHA has drastically reduced worker deaths and injuries since its inception (INFOGRAPHIC)

The Occupational Safety and Health Act was signed into law in 1970, bringing about OSHA. And though the agency gets its fair share of grief over its stream of regulations from construction firms and contractors (much of it rightly so), the organization has overall had a very positive impact on what it means to be […]

June 4, 2014