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Fla. crane collapse narrowly misses workers
A crane fell at about 8:30 a.m. April 5 at the construction site for a new headquarters for the St. Petersburg Police Department barely missing several workers on the scene. In a video released by the Police Department workers can be seen running as the crane falls. Crane Falls Crane Falls at New Police Headquarters […]
April 6, 2018
Construction Equipment
Stub-Ease gets rid of tripping hazard caused by conduit stub-up
Emergent Safety’s new Stub-Ease is designed to eliminate slips, trips and falls caused by conduit stub-ups. The device, made of high-density polyethylene for the electrical and concrete construction industries, is attached by embedded threaded coupling to a conduit before cement is poured. After the pour, the Stub-Ease is cut down to the concrete slab and […]
November 24, 2017
Roadbuilding
Deer-vehicle collisions concern NCDOT
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be on the lookout for deer as the animals start to show near roadsides with the return of fall hunting and mating seasons. In 2016, the state posted 17,902 animal-vehicle collisions, a slight drop from 2015, but still too high for NCDOT comfort. In three […]
October 18, 2017
Safety
5 construction workers die from falls in 4-week span
Five workers have died from falls on construction projects around the U.S. in the last month. According to a report from NBC Los Angeles, a worker in the Westlake district of the city fell 28 feet to his death Nov. 17. LA West Media identified the worker as Oswaldo Mineros Jr., reporting that the 20-year-old fell […]
December 16, 2015
Construction Equipment
This Ford F-150-shaped corn maze is neat, but the real star is its F-450 pumpkin cannon (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Each year the folks at Leaders Farms in northwest Ohio choose a theme for their famous corn maze. This year, Brad Leaders got a bit of inspiration from the new Ford F-150. After all, he’s been using a Ford as his primary pumpkin firing apparatus for years. “Brad was reading a magazine last winter and […]
October 29, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in 30-foot fall on South Carolina jobsite
A worker was killed last week during the construction of a residential and retail development in South Carolina. According to a report from Greenville Online, 44-year-old Ascension Molina Medina was working from a height of about 30 feet at the Main + Stone development in Greenville when he fell around 11 a.m. July 31. The site […]
August 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
WisDOT issues deer warning
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is worried that there will be an increase in deer and vehicle crashes this fall. WisDOT is asking drivers to be extra cautious of deer, especially during October and November which is mating season for deer. Since it’s mating season, WisDOT expects deer to increase their activity, particularly at dusk […]
October 17, 2014
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