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Roadbuilding
ARTBA receives grants to provide safety training to construction workers
The American Road and Transportation Builders Associations recently received a federal grant to train workers in the transportation construction industry about fall and work zone hazards. ARTBA said in a press release the organization received the Susan Harwood Training Grant through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to expand on ARTBA’s Transportation Development Program’s “Roadway Safety Program.” […]
September 7, 2015
Safety
Roofer killed by fall on Colorado jobsite
A construction worker in Colorado was killed last week after suffering a fall. According to a report from KDVR TV, 39-year-old Tereso Zamarippa-Hernandez was one of two roofers working atop the Village at the Peaks Mall in Longmont August 31 when he fell through a hole in the roof covered with plywood. He fell to a concrete […]
September 7, 2015
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Safety
Worker dies after being struck by equipment on New Jersey jobsite
A construction worker in New Jersey was killed last week in an accident involving heavy equipment. According to a report from NJ.com, an unidentified 67-year-old man working as part of a crew on a housing community in Sayreville died after being struck by a piece of equipment. The incident happened the morning of August 24. […]
September 2, 2015
Safety
Worker killed by 40-foot fall onto equipment in California
A worker in California was killed last week in a fall from scaffolding. According to a report from the Orange County Register, 29-year-old Elman Cano Cerranza was working as part of a crew building an apartment complex in Fullerton when he fell 40 feet from scaffolding the morning of August 24. Cerranza fell on top of a piece of […]
September 1, 2015
Workforce
Minnesota Vikings honor construction worker killed in fall from future stadium with helmet decal
Three days after a tragic accident that killed one worker and left another injured at the site of the Minnesota Vikings’ future stadium, the team honored the fallen worker on the field. Saturday night, the Vikings took the field in Arlington, Texas, in a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys. On the back of the […]
August 31, 2015
Roadbuilding
Snooper truck overturns on I-84 on-ramp, crushes bridge inspector in Connecticut
A bridge inspector for the Connecticut Department of Transportation died Wednesday after his snooper truck tipped over on an interstate on-ramp and crushed him. According to NBC Connecticut, William Shook was standing between the truck and the bridge railing as he retracted the truck’s arm and bucket when the truck began to tip. The 31-ton […]
August 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
One killed, one injured after wall collapses during road-widening project in Arizona
One worker was killed and another was critically injured August 21 in Arizona when a wall collapsed atop them during the demolition of a building for a Tucson road-widening project. The Arizona Daily Star is reporting that the two workers were standing against a 15-foot load-bearing wall while the building was being demolished with a back hoe for the project. The wall collapsed, […]
August 28, 2015
Safety
Worker killed by pipe shard on Utah jobsite
A construction worker was killed in Utah last week in a pipe cutting accident. According to a report from The Park Record, 39-year-old Jesus Garcia Hermosillo was working as part of a crew installing pipe beneath a planned roadway in Park City. Hermosillo was cutting a section of pipe with a saw when a shard struck […]
August 27, 2015
Safety
Worker dies after fall from 60 feet in Wisconsin
A construction worker was killed last week after suffering a high fall on a Wisconsin jobsite. According to a report from WKOW TV, 25-year-old Christopher Lord fell from a height of about 60 feet on the morning of August 17. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Lord was working as a framer at the site where an apartment […]
August 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Montana DOT supervisor killed in equipment accident inside work zone
A Montana Department of Transportation worker was killed while doing shoulder work on a highway in Missoula County. According to NBC Montana, section supervisor Jason Rolls was working with two other DOT employees on Highway 200, using equipment to mix sand and salt. The equipment wasn’t secured correctly, the station reports, and it gave way. The […]
August 25, 2015
Safety
Boom lift overturns, killing worker on Massachusetts jobsite
A worker in Massachusetts was killed last week when the boom lift he was working from toppled over. According to a report from the Taunton Gazette, 48-year-old Kevin Miranda was part of a crew performing an inspection of a large smokestack for Skyline Contracting and Roofing when the machine flipped over August 17. The smokestack is […]
August 24, 2015
Safety
Major scaffolding collapse kills 1 worker, injures 7 more at New Mexico hospital jobsite
A large scaffolding collapse at a New Mexico hospital jobsite killed one worker and injured seven more Tuesday. According to a report from KOB TV, 21 feet of scaffolding “buckled and collapsed” just before 1 p.m. Tuesday while workers were installing windows and siding on a tower under construction at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center in Rio […]
August 20, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in trench collapse on Iowa jobsite
A worker was killed on an Iowa jobsite was killed last week in a trench accident. According to a report from the Des Moines Register, an unidentified worker about 10 feet deep inside a trench in Fort Dodge when it collapsed on top of him. The man worked for Fort Dodge-based Riley-Armstrong Plumbing & Heating. He was pronounced […]
August 19, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker killed in equipment accident on Texas highway paving job
A construction worker inside a Texas work zone was killed last week in an accident involving heavy equipment at the jobsite. According to a report from KSAT TV, 66-year-old Salvador Guillen was killed during a repaving job August 10 on FM 541 near FM 2505, west of Poth. KSAT spoke with both Guillen’s employer, New Braunfels-based contractor […]
August 17, 2015
Safety
Dozer overturns and rolls killing operator on Pennsylvania pipeline jobsite
A bulldozer operator on a pipeline jobsite in Pennsylvania was killed last week when his machine overturned. According to a report from The Wellsboro Gazette, 54-year-old Ricky L. Dettman was operating the machine on a steep grade when it overturned and rolled several times August 4. The dozer returned to an upright position, but Dettman […]
August 13, 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
Workforce
Construction worker dies from heat stroke in Texas
A worker on a residential construction site near Dallas died last month due to extreme temperatures being felt across Texas. According to a report from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, the cause of 25-year-old Roendy Granillo’s death was confirmed on Friday by the Collin County Medical Examiner as heat stroke. Granillo was working on a home in Melissa […]
August 11, 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
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