Tag: emergency responders

Safety

OSHA investigating 5 trench deaths occurring in less than 10 days

Explore this post for details on why OSHA is investigating five trench related deaths in a 10 day period of time.

April 16, 2019

Roadbuilding

New website geared to training Ariz. traffic incident responders

Arizona emergency responders have a new website offering a clearinghouse for traffic incident management training. “Effective traffic incident management keeps the public safe, emergency responders safe and traffic moving,” said Derek Arnson, Traffic Management Group manager for the Arizona Department of Transportation. “It’s important that everyone who responds to a traffic incident, from law enforcement […]

November 24, 2017

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Bridge workers rescued 100 ft. up after being trapped by collapsing rebar

Two workers at a highway construction site in Union County, Pa., were trapped when steel rebar on a bridge pier collapsed the morning of May 1, Penn Live reports. One construction worker was able to free himself, but emergency responders were called out to free the other, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 3 […]

May 10, 2017

Roadbuilding

Five workers fall into canal while painting NY bridge, one drowns

On the morning of November 6, a cable is believed to have broken, sending five contract workers who were painting the Smiths Basin Bridge on Route 149 in Kingsbury, N.Y. for the New York Department of Transportation (NYDOT) into the waters of the Champlain Canal, Time Warner Cable News reports. One worker was killed in the accident […]

November 10, 2016