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Services around U.S. mourn workers killed on the job
On Tuesday, thousands gathered in services across the country as part of the annual Workers Memorial Day remembrance. The day was established 46 years ago by the AFL-CIO to honor all workers who are killed on the job each year. Construction led all other industries in workplace deaths in 2013, according to the most recent […]
April 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
3M contributes to scholarships for children of roadway workers
3M donated $20,000 to fund scholarships for the children of roadway workers killed or permanently injured on the job. The company donated the money through its 3M Visibly Safer Work Zones Project, which has supported scholarship programs for four years from the American Traffic Safety Services Foundation and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association […]
April 29, 2015
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Boom failure crushes and kills crane truck operator in NYC
A hydraulic failure on a truck crane took the life of a construction worker in New York City Friday. According to a report from NBC New York, the worker was having trouble operating his knuckle boom crane on a midtown Manhattan hotel construction site Friday morning. The New York Times reports 40-year-old Trevor Loftus noticed […]
April 27, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in cinder block wall collapse in New Jersey
A worker involved in the installation of a garage door at a New Jersey auto business was killed Wednesday when a wall collapsed on top of him. According to a report from NorthJersey.com, 56-year-old David Lewis was killed when a 9-by-12-foot section of a cinder block wall collapsed as he and others were working to remove […]
April 24, 2015
Workforce
Crew saves co-worker’s life using CPR on Missouri construction site
When Curtis Todd’s co-workers saw him lying flat on the ground as the crew worked on a residential jobsite in Columbia, Missouri, they thought he had simply slipped when hooking a chute to the back of a concrete truck. Co-worker Bill Parsons said the crew even joked about it. That was before they saw the blood. […]
April 22, 2015
Safety
Construction firms donate $1 million to establish high-tech construction safety lab at Oregon State University
Two North Dakota construction firms have donated a large grant in order to help establish the premier laboratory in the U.S. for the study of industry safety in Oregon. Knife River Corp. and MDU Construction Services Group have donated a combined $1 million to establish the lab at Oregon State University in Corvallis. The lab will […]
April 21, 2015
Safety
Carpenter killed in 80-foot fall on Philadelphia jobsite
While working on a high-rise project in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood, a worker fell to his death Friday According to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer, the unidentified man was a carpenter working from 80 feet up on the tower project at Cira Centre. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead soon after […]
April 20, 2015
Safety
Worker dies after being electrocuted on jobsite near Philadelphia
Two days after suffering a massive electric shock while on the job near Philadelphia, a construction worker died from his injuries Wednesday. According to a report from WPVI TV, 36-year-old Joseph Iacovino and another worker were working Monday morning from a scissor lift at King of Prussia Mall as part of an expansion project. The men were […]
April 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Four-ton pipe rolls from wheel loader, crushes worker in California work zone
While working a highway job near San Francisco Wednesday, a construction worker was crushed and killed by a large pipe. According to a report from the Press Democrat, 28-year-old Jared Overfield was killed inside a work zone along Highway 101 as part of a crew working to improve a frontage road. Overfield was directing a wheel loader operator […]
April 16, 2015
Workforce
Deadly construction collapse of Texas high school building caught in surveillance footage
Nearly two weeks after the collapse of a high school athletic facility killed one construction worker and injured three others in Texas, the school district has released surveillance footage of the incident. Fox 4 Dallas was one of several stations to obtain the footage, reporting security cameras captured four angles of the collapse, noting that […]
April 15, 2015
Safety
Wheel loader operator killed while attempting to free stuck concrete truck in Nebraska
A construction worker was killed in Nebraska over the weekend while attempting to free a concrete truck that had gotten stuck. According to a report from WOWT TV, 26-year-old Craig Anderson was at the controls of a wheel loader on a jobsite near Schuyler Saturday when the chain he was using to pull the truck free […]
April 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker killed in work zone backover accident in Pennsylvania
A construction worker installing guardrail along a Pennsylvania highway was killed last week when a vehicle or piece of equipment backed over him. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 43-year-old Legrant Blackwell was in the blind spot of an unidentified “construction vehicle” inside a work zone on Route 22 in Washington County. The vehicle […]
April 13, 2015
Workforce
Construction mishap fills half-mile of Oakland creek with concrete
While crews were working to back-fill a replaced water pipe in Oakland, California, Wednesday, a bit of negligence has led to a giant mess and concern for wildlife. According to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle, workers were back-filling the 2 miles of the 24-inch pipe with cellular concrete when the valve at the end […]
April 10, 2015
Safety
Soil collapse buries, kills worker on NYC jobsite
A construction worker was killed earlier this week in New York City when he was buried in a soil collapse. According to DNAinfo New York, the unidentified worker was working a jobsite in the city’s Meatpacking District where crews are excavating the former site of a restaurant for the construction of a Restoration Hardware. The site […]
April 9, 2015
Safety
Work stopped at Texas high school after second construction worker is killed in 4 days
A second construction worker has been killed in less than a week on a construction project at a Texas high school. According to a report from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, 22-year-old worker Daniel Moran was killed when he was run over by an 18-wheeler at Argyle High School. Adding to the tragedy, the truck was being driven […]
April 8, 2015
Safety
Filling up Ergodyne’s Chill-Its work vest with water keeps you cool on the jobsite for up to 3 days
Ergodyne is tackling heat stress prevention with its new dry evaporative cooling vest, the latest addition to the company’s Chill-Its cooling line. Using a dry evaporative technology, the vest is designed to keep workers cool and dry throughout the summer. The vest has an inner lining and an outer shell combined with mesh material on the […]
April 7, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in fall on Florida jobsite
A construction worker on a jobsite for an assisted living facility being built in Florida was killed in a fall Friday. According to a report from WWSB TV, 45-year-old Emerterio Moreno Ramirez was working on the fourth floor of the structure in Bradenton when he fell to the ground. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office told […]
April 7, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in 6-story fall on New York City jobsite
While working on a jobsite in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brighton Beach in New York City, a construction worker was killed after a 60-foot fall. According to reports from the New York Post and NBC New York, the man was doing concrete work on the sixth floor of a building under construction when he fell from a […]
April 6, 2015
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