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Police seek arrest warrant after Mich. worker’s body found in collapsed trench
Police have requested an arrest warrant after a Michigan worker was found dead in a collapsed trench, and it was later determined he died after being hit by an excavator being operated on the worksite, reports WJRT ABC 12 news station. The worker, Craig Earl Wagner Jr., 38, of Dryden was found buried in a […]
October 4, 2019
Safety
S. Dakota contractor faces $58,343 in penalties for trench violations
A South Dakota contractor faces penalties of $58,343 for a worker being in a trench without proper cave-in protection, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On April 29, Midwest Excavating LLC of Sioux Falls was repairing a residential water leak. OSHA said a worker entered the trench, which was 7 feet 6 […]
September 6, 2019
Safety
Colo. contractor charged with manslaughter in trench collapse death
A Colorado general contractor faces a charge of felony manslaughter after a worker died from a trench collapse in 2018. Rosario “Chayo” MartĂnez was working in an 8-foot-deep trench in Granby, Colorado, attaching a copper pipe to a main line when the trench collapsed and buried him June 14, 2018, according to the U.S. Occupational […]
August 26, 2019
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Contractor faces $277K in fines after trench collapse kills 20-year-old worker
A plumbing and HVAC contractor faces massive penalty fine because of a trench collapse that killed a young worker. Get more details here on Equipment World.
November 28, 2018
Safety
Houston worker rescued from collapsed 12-ft. trench; OSHA investigates
The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration opened an investigation into the trench collapse incident in Houston after a worker was stuck for hours.
November 9, 2018
Roadbuilding
Mo. woman charged with intentionally hitting road worker with car
A road construction worker was intentionally struck by a car inside a work zone in Missouri, according to KMOV TV news station. The station said the driver of the car became impatient while waiting at the construction site and passed several cars trying to get through. Though the worker tried to get her to stop, […]
December 14, 2017
Roadbuilding
Highway workers recover family’s stolen heirlooms from ditch
Renee and Paul Bantista never thought they’d find the old jewelry box stolen from their home back in September. But the keen eye of an Illinois Department of Transportation worker reunited the couple with their lost treasures. According to the Herald & Review, the jewelry box was stolen while the couple was on vacation and a […]
March 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
New York highway worker accused of firing nail gun at coworker
A highway worker in Putnam County, New York, was arrested recently for allegedly shooting a nail gun at one of his coworkers. No one was injured, but the accused shooter is facing menacing and reckless endangerment charges, according to the Putnam Daily Voice. The Jan. 20 incident began after Santino Pietrosani and a fellow Putnam […]
February 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Minnesota road worker killed after being struck by SUV while clearing snow from road
A Minnesota worker died days after being struck by a vehicle while he was clearing snow from a road in Bloomington. According to KMSP, Bloomington Public Works Dept. employee Tyler Lenort was taken off of life support on Saturday and died soon after, two days removed from being hit by an SUV. Lenort had been clearing up snow near […]
February 2, 2016
Safety
Worker survives being hit, pinned by 600-pound chunk of concrete
A construction worker was fortunate to survive a scary accident during a remodeling job in Massachusetts last month. According to a report from The Enterprise, the unidentified 36-year-old worker was atop a scissor lift the morning of Dec. 22 helping to dismantle a concrete block wall from above a garage door when a chunk of the wall […]
January 4, 2016
Safety
Worker killed in equipment explosion on Chicago jobsite
A construction worker was killed near the end of last month in an equipment accident while working on a jobsite in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, 38-year-old Joseph Middona was killed when a piece of equipment “blew apart in his face” the morning of Oct. 21. The Chicago Fire […]
November 11, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker thwarts knife attack on University of California campus
A construction worker is being hailed as a hero in the wake of a knife attack last week that could have become much worse at a University of California campus. Byron Price was working on a remodeling project at the University of California Merced Nov. 4 when he heard a commotion in a nearby classroom […]
November 9, 2015
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