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Roadbuilding
Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Cummins facility
Two employees at Cummins Inc.’s Seymour Technical Center are dead in the wake of a shooting police are describing as a murder-suicide. According to the Indianapolis Star, the shooting happened just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the diesel engine manufacturer’s facility in Seymour, Indiana. Police were called to the scene, and nearby businesses and schools were put on […]
March 11, 2016
Roadbuilding
Chicago snow plow driver shot at while clearing city streets
For the second time in less than a month, a snow plow driver was shot at while clearing streets. ABC 7 in Chicago reported that a Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department snow plow driver was driving through the West Side on Sunday afternoon when another driver in a dark SUV opened fire. The snow plow driver […]
February 17, 2016
Safety
Worker killed in shooting on New Orleans jobsite
Another worker was killed in a burst of gunfire on the job last week, this shooting occurring in New Orleans. According to a report from WVUE TV, a 22-year-old unidentified construction worker was working on a home on N. Salcedo Street in Mid-City on the afternoon of July 2 when he was shot multiple times. He was […]
July 10, 2015
Workforce
Worker shot after confronting 2 men drawing in wet concrete on Georgia school jobsite
A worker near Atlanta is lucky to be alive after being shot several times from point blank range by two men. According to a report from WSB-TV, Fernando Olguin-Perez is recovering after hours of surgery to treat multiple gunshot wounds to his leg and the side of his head. Police tell the station Olguin-Perez was part of […]
June 9, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker shot and killed in Houston jobsite robbery
Another construction jobsite robbery in Houston erupted in gunfire Tuesday, this time ending with the death of a worker. According to a report from KHOU TV, 19-year-old Frank Medrano was working alone inside an unfinished house when a man walked onto the jobsite and tried to rob him. Soon after, Medrano’s cousin, who was working on […]
February 19, 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
Business
Jobsite shootout erupts in Texas when foreman returns fire from disgruntled construction worker
Police in Austin, Texas say a man recently fired from a construction project returned to the jobsite Wednesday and opened fire, sparking a shootout that left both he and the site foreman injured. The shooting occurred just before noon on Wednesday, according to a report from KXAN TV, and began when the disgruntled worker began […]
May 2, 2014
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