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Workforce: Page 48
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
Workforce
Worker scales crane to remove Confederate flag upsetting residents in North Carolina
When a Confederate battle flag found its way atop a construction crane in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, last week, a construction worker scaled the machine to remedy the situation. According to the Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville residents noticed the flag atop the crane which has become a familiar part of the city’s skyline as the $20 million Mariott-owned […]
August 25, 2015
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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
Workforce
Three workers presumed dead after landslide strikes Alaska construction site
A residential jobsite was in the destructive path of one of six landslides caused by heavy rains in southeast Alaska where two workers were killed and one more is presumed dead. According to a report from Alaska Dispatch News, the bodies of two workers, brothers 26-year-old Elmer Diaz and 25-year-old Ulises Diaz, have been recovered in the […]
August 21, 2015
Safety
Major scaffolding collapse kills 1 worker, injures 7 more at New Mexico hospital jobsite
A large scaffolding collapse at a New Mexico hospital jobsite killed one worker and injured seven more Tuesday. According to a report from KOB TV, 21 feet of scaffolding “buckled and collapsed” just before 1 p.m. Tuesday while workers were installing windows and siding on a tower under construction at Presbyterian Rust Medical Center in Rio […]
August 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
Road construction crew unearths potential Spanish flu-era mass gravesite in Pennsylvania
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, became a forensic anthropology dream site last week when a road construction crew discovered a mass gravesite while working along Route 61. Dr. Alexandra Klales, from Mercyhurst University’s applied forensic sciences department, has been leading a group of students in recovering and studying remains from the site since its discover August 14. […]
August 19, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in trench collapse on Iowa jobsite
A worker was killed on an Iowa jobsite was killed last week in a trench accident. According to a report from the Des Moines Register, an unidentified worker about 10 feet deep inside a trench in Fort Dodge when it collapsed on top of him. The man worked for Fort Dodge-based Riley-Armstrong Plumbing & Heating. He was pronounced […]
August 19, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker killed in equipment accident on Texas highway paving job
A construction worker inside a Texas work zone was killed last week in an accident involving heavy equipment at the jobsite. According to a report from KSAT TV, 66-year-old Salvador Guillen was killed during a repaving job August 10 on FM 541 near FM 2505, west of Poth. KSAT spoke with both Guillen’s employer, New Braunfels-based contractor […]
August 17, 2015
Business
New survey, hotel developers the latest severe signifiers of construction’s labor shortage
In addition to the industry surveys and anecdotal evidence from states and projects all over the country, you can add two more examples to the group of sources pointing to the shortage of skilled labor impacting the U.S. construction industry. Joining an Associated General Contractors of American survey last fall which found that 83 percent of […]
August 13, 2015
Safety
Dozer overturns and rolls killing operator on Pennsylvania pipeline jobsite
A bulldozer operator on a pipeline jobsite in Pennsylvania was killed last week when his machine overturned. According to a report from The Wellsboro Gazette, 54-year-old Ricky L. Dettman was operating the machine on a steep grade when it overturned and rolled several times August 4. The dozer returned to an upright position, but Dettman […]
August 13, 2015
Workforce
Chicago church works to train more black residents for construction jobs
The Psalmist wrote, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” In Chicago, a South Side church is working to bear those words out. In the parking lot of St. Paul Church of God and Christ earlier this month, people learned to lay bricks and cut drywall at a job fair hosted by the church […]
August 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
Fundraising site set up to help New Jersey DOT worker who was run over on the job
A website created to raise money for a New Jersey Department of Transportation worker who was injured on the job has raised well over $8,000 in just four days. Carmine Desomma, 28, was working with a NJDOT crew to remove litter and other debris from the roadway on an overpass when he was struck by a vehicle. […]
August 12, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker dies from heat stroke in Texas
A worker on a residential construction site near Dallas died last month due to extreme temperatures being felt across Texas. According to a report from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, the cause of 25-year-old Roendy Granillo’s death was confirmed on Friday by the Collin County Medical Examiner as heat stroke. Granillo was working on a home in Melissa […]
August 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker killed while welding silo at Georgia asphalt plant
Concepcion Zacatenco Hernandez Jr., 35, was crushed by two “clam shell doors” while welding on a silo at East Coast Asphalt in Waycross, Georgia, August. 5. According to a report by the Florida Times-Union, Herhandez was cutting off a piece of metal when the safety lock on the doors failed. Nearby workers freed him from the […]
August 10, 2015
Workforce
Construction crew uncovers Native American remains likely hundreds of years old in Colorado
During the installation of a drainage pipe at a new housing development in Colorado, a construction crew was forced to place a call to the local coroner after discovering a skull. According to KKTV News, archaeologist Thomas Carr examined the skull and excavated the site, located in Fountain, for several hours, eventually uncovering an entire […]
August 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
Two North Carolina counties push to name part of highway for DOT worker who died in March
Two county commissions in North Carolina are pushing to honor a Department of Transportation worker who died on the job in March by naming a stretch of the highway he was killed on after him. According to The News and Observer, the Wayne County Commissioners passed a resolution to ask the NCDOT to reserve a […]
August 10, 2015
Business
Construction adds 6,000 jobs in July; unemployment falls to 8-year low
Following a flat June, the U.S. construction industry saw a small increase in employment in July. According to preliminary data from the Labor Department, construction employment rose by 6,000 jobs during the month, most likely due to increased home sales. The industry now employs 6.383 million Americans. The sector’s unemployment rate fell again in July, this time down […]
August 7, 2015
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