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Roadbuilding
Construction worker killed during crack sealing on Michigan Interstate
One road worker was killed and another was in serious condition Sunday after a vehicle hit them while they performed crack sealing in Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, the two Michigan Department of Transportation contract workers were performing maintenance on Interstate 94 when a vehicle entered a construction lane where the workers were doing crack sealing. The […]
October 13, 2015
Workforce
Crane Industry Services brings custom training courses to West Georgia Technical College
Hoping to boost the number of skilled trade workers in Georgia, Crane Industry Services, an Atlanta-bassed crane operator and rigger training company, has partnered with West Georgia Technical College in order to bring a wide set of industrial skills training courses to students. CIS announced it will offer courses at the college, located in Waco, […]
October 12, 2015
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Safety
Wall collapse kills worker on unpermitted Chicago jobsite
A wall collapse that recently killed a worker on a Chicago jobsite has building and law enforcement officials looking for answers. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, 46-year-old Daniel Miller was killed by injuries he sustained when a brick wall collapsed on top of him in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood September 24. Miller was pulled from […]
October 8, 2015
Workforce
Construction adds 8,000 jobs in September
September brought another positive month to the U.S. construction workforce with an addition of 8,000 jobs. The industry now employs 6.396 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. September marks the sixth consecutive months of job gains for the industry, which has added jobs every month of 2015 save for March, due […]
October 7, 2015
Safety
Worker dies following accident on UNLV campus
A man who had just begun his construction career was killed on a Las Vegas jobsite recently. According to a report from the Las Vegas Sun, 27-year-old Joshua Meade was critically injured in a jobsite accident on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus on the morning of September 23. Authorities have not released the specifics on […]
October 7, 2015
Workforce
Construction crew that rebuilds in wake of superhero battles focus of upcoming Marvel sitcom on ABC
If you’ve ever wondered what goes into rebuilding and cleaning up after the Avengers have tackled a tough foe, you’re going to want to tune to a new sitcom under development by Marvel and ABC. According to Variety, a new sitcom called Damage Control will focus on the construction and engineering company featured in the Marvel comic of the […]
October 5, 2015
Business
Ditch Witch, Vermeer team up with Ericsson to recruit horizontal directional workers to meet massive telecom fiber needs
In an effort to meet massive telecom fiber construction needs, telecom services provider Ericsson is joining with Ditch Witch and Vermeer to create a template to recruit, train and deploy multiple trenchless crews in major metropolitan areas across the United States. The companies made the joint announcement this morning at the ICUEE trade show in […]
September 30, 2015
Safety
Worker dies after suffering possible electrocution in San Antonio
A construction worker who died last week in San Antonio after co-workers found him unconscious on the job is believed to have been electrocuted. According to a report from the San Antonio Express-News, on September 17 workers at the construction site of a new high school in the area realized they had not seen the man […]
September 25, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in 16-story fall on Chicago jobsite
The death of a construction worker in a high fall from a Chicago jobsite is being investigated as a possible suicide. According to a report from the Hyde Park Herald, the unidentified 38-year-old worker died September 14 after suffering a fall from the roof of an unfinished 16-story apartment complex in the Hyde Park community. Chicago police […]
September 24, 2015
Workforce
Crews uncover mammoths and other Ice Age fossils while grading jobsite near San Diego
While grading the site of a new home development near San Diego, construction crews uncovered fossils paleontologists have dated all the way back to the Ice Age. According to a report from the San Diego Union-Tribune, the workers at the Carlsbad jobsite unearthed the bones of “ancient mammoths, horses, turtles and even a prehistoric bison—the second ever […]
September 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Forklift accident claims life of teenage construction worker on Bong Bridge
An 18-year-old Wisconsin construction worker died Monday following a forklift accident on the Bong Bridge, which connects Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune reported that Kelsey Hagenson died at the hospital after suffering “multiple blunt force injuries” in an accident involving a pedestrian and a forklift. Another was injured during the accident at 7 a.m. on […]
September 23, 2015
Safety
Steel worker killed in 40-foot fall in Massachusetts
A steel worker was killed after suffering a high fall from a Massachusetts jobsite earlier this month. According to a report from WPRI TV, 24-year-old Nicholas Dumont fell about 40 feet while performing steel work September 4 at a future beverage processing plant located at the Myles Standish Industrial Complex in Taunton. Suffolk Construction, the general […]
September 23, 2015
Safety
Contractor killed when deck collapses during concrete pour in Mississippi
A floor collapse of a restaurant being built near the Jourdan River in Mississippi claimed the life of a contractor earlier this month. According to a report from the Sun Herald, 54-year-old Gary Berthelot, the president of Berthelot Design/Construction Inc. was killed when when a raised deck for a new restaurant overlooking the river collapsed on top […]
September 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Second Caltrans worker killed by suspected drunk driver in less than a week
Just six days after a California Department of Transportation contractor was killed by a likely impaired driver near San Diego, another worker has died under similar circumstances in Oakland. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Caltrans worker Miguel Delacruz was working on a paving project Saturday on Interstate 580 when a vehicle drove through a […]
September 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Compactor operator killed in work zone rollover in North Dakota
An operator of a compactor in a North Dakota work zone was killed earlier this month in a rollover accident. According to a report from the Williston Herald, a 63-year-old man was operating the compactor in a work zone on Williams County Road 8 when the machine “came too close to the edge of the road, slid […]
September 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Caltrans worker dies after being hit by suspected impaired driver
A California Department of Transportation worker died Monday afternoon after he was struck by an SUV being driven by a man suspected of being under the influence of drugs. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the man was making repairs sprinklers on Interstate 15 near Escondido, California, when an SUV attempting to get into the southbound lanes of the Interstate […]
September 18, 2015
Safety
Construction worker found dead beneath home in Austin
Two days after a construction worker was discovered beneath a home in Texas, authorities determined his death was due to electrocution. According to a report from the Austin American-Statesman, workers at a home on Grayson Lane in East Austin, where it appears renovations were taking place, noticed that their co-worker, 51-year-old Rafael Torres-Leyva, was missing on September […]
September 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
AGC expands highway work zone safety training with $120,000 federal grant
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) will be expanding its highway work zone safety programs next year via the $120,000 Susan Harwood Training Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). AGC officials said the grant would be used to offer training classes “designed to prevent injuries among highway, street and bridge construction workers”. […]
September 16, 2015
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