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Equipment strikes, kills Rhode Island construction worker in trench
A worker installing natural gas lines in Warwick, Rhode Island was killed Wednesday when he was struck in some way by a piece of heavy equipment. According to a report from WPRI TV, 45-year-old Paulo Matos was working with a crew from Smithfield contractor AGI Construction. The crew was installing lines for National Grid when the […]
November 13, 2014
Safety
With demolition deaths on the rise, make sure your crew is safe with these 4 safety tips
Over the past couple of years, demolition accidents have been on the rise. The uptick started in the summer of 2013, when a building undergoing demolition in Philadelphia collapsed, killing six and injuring 14. After that, a worker on a shopping mall project was struck and killed by pieces of falling concrete. This past summer, […]
November 11, 2014
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Safety
Wall collapse kills 1 construction worker, injures 3 others in Idaho
One worker is dead and three others were injured in Sun Valley, Idaho, after the supporting wall of a townhouse the men were helping build suddenly collapsed on top of three of them. According to a report from the Idaho Mountain Express, the men were working on the second floor of one of the Diamond Back […]
November 11, 2014
Safety
Excavator operator drowns after machine slides into Iowa lake
A worker operating an excavator on the bank of a lake in Iowa drowned last week after his machine slid into the water. According to a report from KWQC TV, the worker, whose name was not released, was operating the excavator on the bank of Lake Mathes in Middletown, Iowa on November 4 when the […]
November 10, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed after garbage truck rams into back of pickup, knocking it off of New Orleans bridge
As a road construction crew worked last week along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans, a garbage truck barreled through the work zone and rammed into the back of a pickup following along behind workers. According to a report from NOLA.com, the pickup was hit so hard it was knocked over the railing of […]
November 9, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed after being backed over by dump truck in Maine
A construction worker in Maine was killed earlier this week when he was backed over by a dump truck. According to a report from WGME TV, Maine State Police identified the worker as 50-year-old James Woodward. Woodward was working on a road work zone in York on the Maine Turnpike when he was backed up […]
November 6, 2014
Safety
Tape measure falls 50 stories, kills worker on New Jersey construction site
A freak accident claimed the life of a construction worker in New Jersey earlier this week, illustrating the dangers of the jobsite and providing a stark reminder to all workers on the importance of always wearing a hard hat. According to a report from the Associated Press, a 1-pound tape measure fell from the belt […]
November 6, 2014
Safety
Concrete worker run over and killed by pickup on Delaware jobsite
A construction worker in Delaware was killed last week after he was hit by a pickup truck on the jobsite. The 61-year-old worker was employed by a concrete contractor and was working on the driveway of a home being built near Lewes, Delaware, according to the Delmarva Daily Times. The Delaware State Police told the paper […]
November 4, 2014
Safety
Brick facade collapses, kills worker, injures 2 others employed by unlicensed contractor in Chicago
One worker is dead and two others were injured in Chicago last week when the brick facade of a building they were working on collapsed. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, the workers “were making changes to the building’s facade” when it suddenly collapsed on top of them. A 44-year-old worker and a 30-year-old […]
November 2, 2014
Safety
Contractor killed in tragic double utility trench collapse in Michigan
Police near Detroit were nearly able to save a contractor from a collapsed trench before the trench collapsed again, killing him. Leland Rumph, 59, was the owner of Rumph Construction Inc. He and a crew were using a backhoe to dig a 20-foot-deep trench down to a sewer line in an empty lot in Gross […]
October 31, 2014
Safety
Backhoe operator killed by his machine in odd accident
A backhoe operator in Phoenix was found dead earlier this week in an accident with little in the way of explanation. According to a report from azfamily.com, the operator’s co-workers went looking for him and found him dead, somehow becoming “tangled up” in the hydraulic arms in either the backhoe’s stick or boom. His co-workers […]
October 30, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker stabs co-worker in altercation on Texas jobsite
Two construction workers in Tyler, Texas got into an argument last week that escalated into a stabbing. According to a report from KLTV, police responded to a disturbance call at a jobsite where a career and technology center is being built around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. When they arrived they found a construction worker had been […]
October 29, 2014
Safety
Death of road construction worker in hit and run leads South Carolina law enforcement to beef up patrols near work zones
Sheriff’s deputies and the South Carolina Highway Patrol have decided to increase their presence near road construction work zones in the wake of a hit-and-run that took the life of a worker last week. Barry Asbury, 53, was killed while working on a repaving project on South Carolina Highway 170 in Okatie, according to a […]
October 28, 2014
Workforce
Excavator tumbles 60 feet from Georgia overpass, operator survives
A machine rollover is one of the scariest things an operator in the construction industry can face. In northwest Georgia recently, an excavator operator has lived to tell about one of the more extreme examples you can think of. While working on the construction of a new overpass on Highway 136, off exit 320 of […]
October 27, 2014
Workforce
Flagman caught drinking, buying booze on the job at Michigan road construction site
Road construction zones are already unsafe enough without bringing alcohol into the mix. Yet that’s exactly what the flagman of a crew near Omena, Michigan, was recently caught doing. According to a report from UpNorthLive.com, a truck driver passing by a road work zone on North West Bay Shore Drive on Monday called the Leelanau […]
October 15, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed following semi truck crash into Ohio work zone
A construction worker who was badly injured in a work zone crash has died nearly a month after the accident. According to a report from WTVG, Bradley Friffitt, 40, died Monday night from injuries sustained after he was struck by a semi truck on September 19. The driver of the semi truck fell asleep and […]
October 14, 2014
Safety
Equipment rollover kills construction worker in Iowa
A construction worker was killed in an apparent rollover accident involving an an unspecified piece of construction equipment in northeast Iowa Tuesday afternoon. Police identified the worker as Daniel Lewis Uhl, 49. According to a report from KTIV TV, Uhl was operating “a large piece of earthmoving equipment” before the machine rolled over and pinned […]
October 8, 2014
Workforce
How to stay safe while working with a small or short-handed construction crew
One of the lingering effects of the construction downturn is the difficulty contractors now face finding skilled workers. Whether construction workers have found other jobs, moved to a new city or left the industry altogether, skilled workers can be hard to find in some areas. If you’re making do with, or are part of, a […]
October 7, 2014
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