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Training offered for installing interlocking concrete pavement
The School for Advance Segmental Paving (SASP) is offering two days of training and education for the mechanical installation of permeable interlocking concrete pavement, June 10-11 at its Franksville, Wisconsin location. SASP says industry pros and manufacturer reps will be on hand providing instruction and training. Topics to be covered include mechanical laying and screeding, […]
June 3, 2015
Safety
Worker crushed by lift beneath Pittsburgh overpass
A construction worker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was killed Saturday in a lift accident beneath an overpass. According to a report from KDKA TV, 35-year-old Sean Kelly was atop the lift as part of a crew making repairs beneath the East Busway overpass in the city’s Wilkinsburg borough. It’s unclear how, but Kelly became pinned between […]
June 3, 2015
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Business
Palm Beach high school construction academies seek to fill Florida’s skilled worker shortage
The Palm Beach County school district has opened three construction academies that are equipping students from ninth through 12th grades with valuable construction skills through real-world, hands-on experience. According to a report from the Palm Beach Post, academies have opened at high schools in Delray Beach, Loxahatchee and the Glades as construction firms across the state […]
June 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Roller operator killed when road gives way during paving job in Illinois
A roller operator was killed when his machine overturned last week while working on the campus of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. According to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 47-year-old Roger R. Kolweier was operating a roller on a repaving job at the campus Thursday afternoon when a portion of the road collapsed and […]
June 2, 2015
Safety
Longtime steelworker dies after fall from ladder in Salt Lake City
A steelworker on a crew building a new performing arts center in Salt Lake City died last month after suffering a fall from a ladder. According to a report from KSL TV, 51-year-old Richard “Richie” Pierce, fell from a height of about 20 feet on May 11. Paramedics found Pierce unconscious at the scene and he […]
June 1, 2015
Workforce
Crew unearths remains likely belonging to a construction worker on North Dakota jobsite
A crew working in west-central North Dakota recently uncovered human remains police believe may belong to another construction worker. According to a report from The Dickinson Press, an excavation crew there discovered the body while working at a jobsite near an industrial park on the evening of May 21. The Dickinson Police Department told the […]
May 29, 2015
Safety
Operator killed after crane overturns in Nebraska
A crane operator in Nebraska was killed earlier this week when his machine overturned. According to a report from the Lincoln Journal Star, 40-year-old Thomas Bales was operating a 90-ton crane for a subcontractor on a wind farm project near Elgin. As Bales was driving the machine along a road near the site Tuesday morning, the […]
May 29, 2015
Safety
Worker slips from safety harness, survives fall into basement on Maine jobsite
A worker in Maine is fortunate to have survived a two-story fall after slipping out of his safety harness Monday. According to a report from WMTW TV, the man was working as part of a crew at the Oxford Wastewater Treatment Facility when he fell slipped and fell. At the time of the fall the worker […]
May 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Highway worker dies after being struck by minivan in Wisconsin
A worker was killed Tuesday inside a Wisconsin work zone after being hit by a minivan. According to a report from the Wausau Daily Herald, Derek Stempa, 30, was working as a flagman along Highway 47 in Red Springs when a Dodge Grand Caravan driving south struck him around 11:45 a.m. Stempa was pronounced dead at the hospital. […]
May 27, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker wins $7 million jackpot in Georgia
A lottery ticket that runs $30 a pop might be more gamble than most are willing to make, but the bet paid off big time for a construction worker in Georgia earlier this month. According to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mark Clayton of Suwanee purchased a “Max the Money” scratch off ticket and won its […]
May 27, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker shot in robbery on NYC sidewalk
While operating a jackhammer on a New York City street corner, a construction worker was shot last week. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 49-year-old Rafael Lugo was hammering a portion of sidewalk in Brooklyn when two men walked up to him and demanded he give them the gold chain he was […]
May 26, 2015
Safety
Ten deaths in 15 days
Ten deaths in 15 Days That was the headline in my print editorial for Equipment World’s May issue. From April 1 -15, we reported 10 fatal accidents on our website, ranging from a 4-ton pipe rolling from a wheel loader that crushed a worker in California to a crew member killed in a trench collapse […]
May 25, 2015
Safety
Floor collapses during concrete pour in LA, injuring 7 workers
While working on a concrete pour at a jobsite in Los Angeles Wednesday evening, the floor the crew was standing on collapsed beneath them. According to a report from CBSLA, seven workers were injured in the collapse which sent them crashing to the first floor below. The site reports the structure appears to be residential. Miraculously, none […]
May 22, 2015
Safety
Friday is “Don’t Fry Day”; OSHA campaign reminds workers of the dangers of sun overexposure
As outdoor temperatures begin to rise, so does the chance of illnesses related to working outside. Heat stress and overexposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays can cause deadly effects – both in the short and long run. OSHA, which has long led a campaign to prevent heat illness in outdoor workers, has teamed up with […]
May 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon DOT develops work zone awareness infographic to educate motorists
The Oregon Department of Transportation has developed an infographic designed to educate and bring awareness of work zone dangers for motorists. “Each and every day, no matter the time of year, when we use the roads and streets in Oregon, we need to take responsibility to keep ourselves and those around us safe,” ODOT said […]
May 21, 2015
Safety
B-SAFE: New program improves construction safety by updating workers weekly on jobsite conditions
A new construction safety program is ignoring a certain saying about free lunches in order to increase awareness about the specific working conditions on individual jobsites. Dubbed B-SAFE (Building Safety For Everyone), the program was developed over the last few years by Harvard student Emily Sparer who graduated earlier this month with a doctorate in occupational safety. […]
May 20, 2015
Safety
Worker killed by fall from Dallas apartment complex
Details are scarce surrounding the death of a construction worker in Dallas last week. According to a report from CBS Dallas-Fort Worth, a worker at an apartment complex still under construction fell to his death Thursday morning. Emergency workers told the site that the worker fell from “a higher floor of the four-story Maple District […]
May 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
Semi causes 4-vehicle crash into work zone, killing Colorado DOT worker
A Colorado Department of Transportation worker was killed last week after a four-vehicle crash in a construction zone. David Morris, 61, was driving a CDOT dump truck when a semi-truck failed to stop at a construction zone on Highway 50 Friday afternoon, CBS Denver reported. Traffic on the road was reduced to one lane because of […]
May 19, 2015
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