Tag: worker death

Safety

Construction deaths drop in 2017, but industry remains most-fatal sector

Construction industry deaths dropped between 2016 and 2017, but the construction still remains the most fatal sector according to the annual AFL-CIO report.

April 30, 2019

Death by Trench

Expect more criminal charges in trench deaths

June 11, 2018

Roadbuilding

Alabama road worker killed after being struck by a vehicle

An Alabama road worker was killed and another one was seriously injured just as they were finishing up work on Thursday. According to the Gadsden Times, the two workers were preparing to reopen the right lane on the northbound section of Interstate 59 where resurfacing was taking place when the crash happened. The two men […]

January 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Kentucky road worker killed after being struck by truck in multi-vehicle crash

A worker with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet was killed after he was struck by a truck while doing bridge maintenance. According to the Bowling Green Daily News, Titus Morris, 34, was working on bridge maintenance at Bays Creek Bridge in Allen County on Dec. 22 when a pickup truck involved in a multi-vehicle crash struck […]

December 29, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker killed while welding silo at Georgia asphalt plant

Concepcion Zacatenco Hernandez Jr., 35, was crushed by two “clam shell doors” while welding on a silo at East Coast Asphalt in Waycross, Georgia, August. 5. According to a report by the Florida Times-Union, Herhandez was cutting off a piece of metal when the safety lock on the doors failed. Nearby workers freed him from the […]

August 10, 2015

Safety

Worker killed in equipment accident near Milwaukee

A construction worker part of a crew working on Milwaukee’s Zoo Interchange project along Interstate 94 was killed over the weekend. According to a report from WKOW TV, 33-year-old Ryan Calkins was killed in what the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office will only call an accident that “involved machinery,” around 8 a.m. Saturday. In WKOW’s report a […]

March 2, 2015

Safety

Worker killed by falling telehandler attachment in Minnesota

While working on a hotel jobsite in Minnesota, a worker was killed when an attachment from a telehandler suddenly fell on top of him. According to a report from KTTC TV, the 30-year-old unidentified worker was beneath the telehandler’s extended arm around 12:30 p.m. Friday when, “a very large attachment” fell from the machine. Authorities […]

March 1, 2015