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Safety: Page 30
Roadbuilding
Worker hit by car while striping the center line on Colorado road
A road worker for the Colorado city of Alamosa was out painting a new centerline on a street when he was hit by a car and seriously injured. According to The Pueblo Chieftain, James Lopez, 31, was using a motorized hand cart to stripe the line at about 10 a.m. when he was hit by […]
September 15, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in fall from scaffolding on NYC jobsite
A construction worker on New York City’s Upper East side was killed last week after suffering a fall. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 30-year-old Juan Cerezo was working as part of a crew performing renovations to the Sherman Towers on East 76th Street. Cerezo was working on the building’s facade from scaffolding about […]
September 10, 2015
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Roadbuilding
Road worker injured while placing cones on highway in Hawaii
A road worker in Oahu, Hawaii, was injured last week after he fell while placing orange safety cones along a highway. According to Hawaii News Now, the road worker was seriously injured September 4 at about 5:40 a.m. when he fell from a road crew truck that had been contracted to do work on Kalanianaole Highway. The […]
September 10, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in fall from boom lift on California jobsite
A worker on a jobsite for a new casino in California was killed last week after suffering a high fall. According to a report from the San Diego Union-Tribune, the 56-year-old worker fell about 38 feet from a platform hoisted by a boom lift while working on a casino being built on Jamul Indian Village land. […]
September 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
Connecticut DOT worker injured after being struck in vehicle by tractor-trailer
A Connecticut Department of Transportation worker was injured on Friday after his vehicle was hit by a tractor-trailer. The Connecticut Post reported that ConnDOT maintainer Richard O’Brien was standing outside his truck near the Westport/Norwalk border September 4 on Interstate 95 when a tractor-trailer hit the DOT vehicle. O’Brien suffered injuries to his leg and arm, […]
September 9, 2015
Workforce
Steam explosion blasts worker from manhole on San Jose construction site
Santa Clara County officials have released footage of a terrifying steam explosion that occurred one year ago, citing the video as evidence of San Jose contractor Turner Construction’s breach of contract on the construction of an earthquake retrofit at Valley Medical Center. The accident, seen in full in the video below, involved a pipefitter launched from a manhole following […]
September 8, 2015
Safety
Worker dies following fall into water-filled trench near Seattle
A construction worker died last week near Seattle after suffering a fall into a trench likely caused by a medical emergency. According to a report from KCPQ TV, the unidentified worker was found August 28 face down at the bottom of a 10-foot trench with about two feet of water on a jobsite in Bellevue. […]
September 8, 2015
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
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
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