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Roadbuilding
Cop working construction zone dragged by vehicle
A police officer working in a construction zone in Wayland, Massachusetts was injured recently after being dragged by a vehicle for several feet. According to the Boston Globe, Sgt. Jennifer Ordway was out of her vehicle in the construction zone on Route 30 when she started talking to the driver of a vehicle through the passenger window. The driver of […]
February 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
Two highway workers injured after being struck by pickup truck
Two Pennsylvania construction workers were injured recently after they were struck by a pickup truck while doing road work. ABC News affiliate WPVI reported that the two men were working along Route 1 in Delaware County when they were hit by the Ford pickup. One of the workers had to be flown by medical helicopter to a […]
January 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
Ohio DOT releases video featuring mother of road worker killed to raise awareness of “Move Over” law
Mark Kiper had only been working his summer job as a seasonal employee at the Ohio Department of Transportation for two weeks when he was struck and killed by a vehicle. He was a high school valedictorian, college athlete and a dean’s list student, as his mother Joan explains in a new video from ODOT. She recalls that her son […]
October 22, 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 hit by car while striping the center line on Colorado road
A road worker for the Colorado city of Alamosa was out painting a new centerline on a street when he was hit by a car and seriously injured. According to The Pueblo Chieftain, James Lopez, 31, was using a motorized hand cart to stripe the line at about 10 a.m. when he was hit by […]
September 15, 2015
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
Fundraising site set up to help New Jersey DOT worker who was run over on the job
A website created to raise money for a New Jersey Department of Transportation worker who was injured on the job has raised well over $8,000 in just four days. Carmine Desomma, 28, was working with a NJDOT crew to remove litter and other debris from the roadway on an overpass when he was struck by a vehicle. […]
August 12, 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
Roadbuilding
How to avoid highway work zone injuries and deaths
Serious injury and death is becoming an all-too-common occurrence for highway construction workers. Although workers aren’t always at fault, there are several preventable measures that can be taken to help reduce the risk of such a horrible and tragic accident. Here are several steps that can be taken to help keep road crews safe: Use […]
August 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Logging truck wrecks near bridge construction site; Crash kills 2 workers, injures 19
A crash near a bridge construction site in Clinton, Ark. resulted in the death of two workers and left 19 injured, the Associated Press reports. The driver of a logging truck lost control of his vehicle after a tire blew out. According to the report, the truck wrecked and its weight shifted, spilling the logs […]
June 4, 2014
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