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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
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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
Safety
Construction collapse at Texas high school kills 1 worker, injures 3 others
While working at a high school in North Texas, one worker was killed and three others were injured when the frame of the athletic practice facility they were helping build collapsed. According to a report from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, the frame of the building collapsed around 7:30 a.m. Thursday at Argyle High School. The […]
April 3, 2015
Safety
Painter killed after fall from telehandler on jobsite near San Antonio
A painter working from a platform on a jobsite near San Antonio died Tuesday, succumbing to injuries from a fall. According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, Victor Echartea-Medina, 41, was responsive en route to the hospital but later died. Echartea-Medina was working from, “a platform at the end of a large multistory forklift,” likely […]
April 2, 2015
Safety
Worker crushed and killed on refinery conversion project in Pennsylvania
A construction worker was killed Tuesday while working on a large-scale industrial complex conversion project in Pennsylvania. According to a report from StateImpact Pennsylvania, the unidentified, 50-year-old worker was killed after a 1,200-foot pylon fell on top of him while working at the Sunoco Logistics plant in Marcus Hook. The man worked for engineering firm AECOM, […]
April 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Ohio DOT uses “work zone simulation room” to show drivers the dangers of road construction
Construction can be a dangerous job and when you throw in people in a hurry driving alongside you, it becomes exponentially more dangerous. Citing data saying 23 highway workers are killed each month in the U.S., the Ohio Department of Transportation invited the public to get a feel for just how dangerous road work can […]
April 1, 2015
Safety
6 steps to avoiding utility work explosions like the one that rocked New York City
The building explosion in New York’s East Village last week that killed two people and injured nearly two dozen others is a stark reminder that working around utilities is dangerous, unpredictable and requires for extra steps to be taken to ensure the safety of not only you and your crew, but everyone in the area. […]
March 31, 2015
Safety
Workers hit gas line sparking massive explosion in NYC: 3 buildings collapse, 25 injured
A massive explosion that rocked New York City Thursday, causing the collapse of three buildings and injuring 25 people, has been traced back to a gas line accidentally hit by construction workers in an East Village sushi restaurant. According to a report from NBC New York, in the wake of the explosion, two people are […]
March 27, 2015
Safety
Ironworker dies after fall at NYC mansion renovation
Following a fall from a ladder suffered while working on a major home renovation on New York City’s Upper East Side, a construction worker died from his injuries over the weekend. According to a report from the New York Post, the unidentified ironworker was, “installing a plate under a second-floor balcony,” when he fell from a […]
March 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership officials release 2 new silica exposure control guides
Members of the Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership recognized the culmination of the group’s 10-year effort to improve worker safety with a ceremony during the World of Asphalt in Baltimore and releases of a best practices guide and a field guide. The partnership is made up of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), the National Institute […]
March 26, 2015
Safety
Gravel truck on California jobsite overturns, kills pregnant woman in her driveway
In a tragic accident earlier this week, a pregnant woman asked by a construction crew to move her car was killed when a gravel truck overturned. According to reports from KPIX TV and the San Francisco Chronicle, 32-year-old Linsey Combs was asked to move her car farther away from a city sidewalk project around 1 […]
March 25, 2015
Safety
Three workers killed in mast climber collapse on North Carolina jobsite
Three construction workers were killed Monday morning when a mobile scaffolding platform ripped away from the side of an office building under construction in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. According to a report from the Raleigh News & Observer, workers were dismantling the mast climber when it collapsed. The paper reports one man was inside a portable toilet on […]
March 24, 2015
Roadbuilding
Crane sends pipe careening into Seattle bus on Highway 520 bridge followed by a crashing traffic sign
Eight passengers on a bus traveling across the Highway 520 in Seattle were hospitalized Tuesday night after a construction accident resulted in a traffic sign toppling atop the bus. According to a report from the Seattle Times, Washington State Department of Transportation and Washington State Patrol officials said a crane lifting pipe as part of the Highway […]
March 19, 2015
Safety
Woman killed near NYC jobsite after being struck by plywood in freak accident
A woman walking in New York City was killed Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a piece of plywood blown from a nearby jobsite. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 37-year-old Trang-Thuy Nguyen was walking along along W. 12th Street and talking on her cell phone when a gust of wind tore a 4-foot […]
March 19, 2015
Safety
Worker dies after 11-foot fall in Arkansas
A construction worker was killed Tuesday afternoon in Little Rock, Arkansas, following a fall from only 11 feet. According to a report from Arkansas Online, 29-year-old Erik Rivera Pontilla fell from a beam he was bolting into place. The Little Rock Police Department told the site that Pontilla lost his footing and fell directly onto a slab below. No […]
March 18, 2015
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