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Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT contractor injured in I-25 work zone accident
A Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) contractor was injured after a vehicle struck the worker’s vehicle in a work zone on Interstate 25 near Johnstown, according to a report by the Greeley Tribune. The incident occurred in the early morning hours when the driver of a 2011 Ford Escape traveled north on the southbound section […]
June 7, 2016
Safety
StrongArm exoskeletons aim to eliminate back injuries in construction
Football players wear braces. Why not construction workers? StrongArm Technologies says their ErgoSkeleton braces are designed for the “industrial athlete,” which they define as anybody who does a lot of bending, twisting and carrying heavy loads in the course of a day. There are two products. The V22 ErgoSkeleton works as a lifting assist/load distribution […]
May 24, 2016
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Roadbuilding
Florida road construction worker killed by sweeper truck
On Friday, May 13, a 69-year-old road construction worker was killed when he was run over by a sweeper truck on a job site on Florida 207 in Hastings, The Florida Times-Union reports. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the victim as Everett Leslie Rolfe of Holly Hill. According to the report, the sweeper truck was cleaning the left lane after it […]
May 24, 2016
Safety
Construction No. 2 industry for hearing loss, study says
A study spanning a decade and incorporating hearing tests of more than 1.4 million American workers found that construction accounted for the second-highest prevalence of workers with a hearing impairment. Conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the “Hearing Impairment Among Noise-Exposed Workers” study estimated the prevalence of hearing loss at six levels […]
May 17, 2016
Business
With increase in extreme weather, construction industry partners with Obama to work on more resilient building codes
Citing research linking climate change with an increase in extreme weather occurrences and the likelihood of further increases in the future, President Obama recently hosted government agencies and private groups at the White House for a Conference on Resilient Building Codes. The conference, and the declaration of May as National Building Safety Month, occurred as the […]
May 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
Two construction workers hit by car near Westinghouse Bridge in Pittsburgh
Two construction workers were hit by a vehicle near the Westinghouse Bridge in Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning. CBS Pittsburgh reports that the accident happened on the Route 30 bridge just before 10 a.m. The construction workers were reviewing the area for a bridge replacement that is due to get underway next weekend, according to the Pennsylvania Department of […]
May 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
Thirty-year Missouri DOT worker killed during bridge maintenance work
Missouri Department of Transportation employee Lyndon D. Ebker, 55, was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday while flushing bridges on eastbound Route 100 near Buchheit Road on the outskirts of St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ebker’s crew posted signage identifying the work and parked a dump truck fitted with an attenuator […]
April 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 11-15
This year’s theme for National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), set for April 11-15, is “Don’t be THAT Driver: Work on Safety. Get Home Safely. Every Day.” The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will host the kick-off event for this year’s program near the 32-mile I-75 widening project outside of Toledo on April 12 at […]
April 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
I-90 support beam collapse kills 1 worker, injures 3 in Chicago
One worker is dead and three others injured after a large beam fell from Interstate 90 in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines early Tuesday morning. According to a report from WLS TV, Illinois Tollway crews were in the process of removing beams from beneath a section of the highway over Touhy Avenue when the accident […]
April 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
AGC and NSSGA respond to OSHA’s revised silica exposure rule
On March 24, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez issued the final workplace exposure standard for crystalline silica, which will soon be published by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The new standard cuts the current permissible exposure limit (PEL) in half, reducing the exposure limit from 100 micrograms per cubic meter of air […]
April 1, 2016
Safety
Construction worker survives being hit by car that “flew” off Tenn. highway
A man performing work inside a Highway 27 work zone in Tennessee is lucky to be alive after being hit by a car an eyewitness says entered the jobsite airborne. According to a report from WRCB TV, Sharon Wilkins had taken a break from work to “get some fresh air,” when she witnessed a Nissan Maxima […]
March 25, 2016
Safety
Trailered backhoe overturns during haul, kills driver in California
A combination of unsafe driving and unpermitted heavy equipment hauling led to the death of a man near Sacramento, California, last month. According to The Sacramento Bee, Terry Cordell, of Newcastle, was driving along Highway 49 in a Ford F-350 hauling a trailered backhoe and traveling at an unsafe speed Feb. 18. The California Highway […]
March 23, 2016
Workforce
Worker killed in 53-story fall from Los Angeles hotel under construction
A construction worker was killed last week in Los Angeles after suffering a fall from 53 stories. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, 36-year-old Joseph Sabbatino, was in his second day on the job as an electrician at the Wilshire Grand, a $1.2-billion hotel and office building under construction, when he fell […]
March 21, 2016
Roadbuilding
Road worker killed following dump truck electrocution in S. Carolina
A road worker in South Carolina died after he was electrocuted while loading asphalt into a paver. According to The State, Javier Lopez-Lira was working with a crew on Shadow Wood Drive in Richland County when the incident occurred. Lopez-Lira was loading asphalt into the paving machine from a dump truck when the bed of […]
March 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Worker killed after being hit by dump truck on Florida’s I-4 Ultimate project
A highway worker in Florida died Feb. 23 after he was struck by a dump truck in the Interstate 4 construction zone. According to the Orlando Sentinel, SGL Constructors employee Marvin Franklin was working on the $2.3 billion project in Orlando and standing behind a parked dump truck filled with dirt. The dump truck was parked on the […]
March 1, 2016
Safety
Falls claim the lives of 3 construction workers in 3 week span
Three construction workers on separate sites in the northeastern U.S. were killed by falls in a three-week span between mid-January and early February with two of the incidents occurring on the same day. On Jan. 14, an unidentified construction worker was killed in Philadelphia after a fall into the Delaware River. Crews had been working […]
February 29, 2016
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
Safety
Five-ton generator falls from crane, killing 2 construction workers in New Jersey
Two construction workers were killed in a crane accident last week on a New Jersey jobsite when a large generator fell on top of them. According to a report from NJ.com, 25-year-old Joseph Donahue and another unidentified worker were killed while crews were installing the generator at a firehouse under construction in Hanover. A crane […]
February 25, 2016
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