Tag: construction worker injured

Roadbuilding

Car enters I-93 work zone, injures construction worker

A local New Hampshire news station reported a car traveling north on I-93 crashed through barrels and into a construction zone. Details on Equipment World.

November 19, 2018

Roadbuilding

Work zone collision throws worker from truck

A highway construction worker was involved in an accident June 6 on Interstate 35 near Mason City, Iowa. CBC online reports that, at approximately 12:53 p.m., the Iowa State Patrol was called to the scene of the accident and found that a 2015 Ford transit van traveling north on the interstate had driven into a work zone, striking a truck with workers […]

June 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

Worker on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge seriously injured in fall

A construction worker on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge shattered both of his legs when he fell 25 feet on Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The accident occurred at approximately 12 p.m. The worker fell from the upper deck and landed on a beam on the lower deck. In order to rescue him, Emergency […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Road worker injured while placing cones on highway in Hawaii

A road worker in Oahu, Hawaii, was injured last week after he fell while placing orange safety cones along a highway. According to Hawaii News Now, the road worker was seriously injured September 4 at about 5:40 a.m. when he fell from a road crew truck that had been contracted to do work on Kalanianaole Highway. The […]

September 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker seriously injured in hit and run in California work zone

A man doing road work in a California construction zone was seriously injured after he was struck by a vehicle during a hit and run. According to The Sacramento Bee, Ismael Mayorga-Torres was working as traffic controller on Highway 89 in Homewood, California, on June 29 during heavy afternoon traffic. Mayorga-Torres was walking along the road when he […]

July 7, 2015

Safety

Airplane hangar collapse injures 2 construction workers in New Jersey

Two construction workers were injured in a scary incident in New Jersey Friday morning when the airplane hangar they were helping build collapsed. The workers were part of a crew building a hangar at the Morristown Municipal Airport, according to a report from NBC New York. One of the workers was atop the structure when it […]

January 19, 2015