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Workforce: Page 52
Safety
Longtime carpenter, cancer survivor, dies after fall into Connecticut harbor
A worker on a dock project in Connecticut died hours after a mysterious fall into New Haven Harbor last week. According to a report from the New Haven Register, 60-year-old William Klemenz died Tuesday night after suffering a fall into the harbor Tuesday morning. The paper reports Klemenz was assisting a welder on a new dock for […]
June 22, 2015
Business
Nashville may soon require contractors to hire significantly more local workers on metro projects
An amendment that will be presented to Nashville voters in August is drawing the ire of some members of the local construction industry there. According to a report from Nashville Public Radio, the proposed amendment would require construction companies contracted by the city to ensure that 40 percent of all worker hours on major projects […]
June 19, 2015
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Worker killed in crane accident on Penn State jobsite
A worker on a renovation job on the Penn State University campus was killed Friday while dismantling a crane. According to a report from the Centre Daily Times, 29-year-old Jerod Chapman was killed Friday evening at the Burrowes Building where renovations are scheduled through the end of the year. StateCollge.com reports Chapman was killed when the […]
June 19, 2015
Workforce
Contractor discovers drywall signed by his father 50 years ago while demoing a bathroom
Just in time for Father’s Day comes a story out of Michigan where a contractor recently made unexpected contact with his father for the first time since he was a boy. According to a report from the Huron Daily Tribune, Jon Herzog, owner of Herzog Construction in the city of Bad Axe, was ripping out drywall in a […]
June 18, 2015
Safety
Electrician killed in accident on Baylor University jobsite
An electrician on a Baylor University jobsite was killed last week in what is believed to have been an elevator accident. According to a report from the Waco Tribune, 51-year-old Jeffrey Thaemert was killed while working on the site of the university’s future Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation. The paper reports Thaemert was an […]
June 18, 2015
Safety
Trench collapse kills teenage worker in Kentucky
A sewer line installation near Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly last week when a trench collapsed atop two workers. According to a report from the Courier-Journal, the men were in the trench assisting a dig June 11 when “a heavy heap of dirt shifted and concrete on the trench’s edge gave way.” The collapse occurred shortly after […]
June 17, 2015
Safety
Bucket truck catches fire forcing worker to perch atop sign until rescued
While working to remove a sign from a restaurant in South Carolina, a worker’s bucket truck caught fire, leaving him nowhere to go but up. According to a report from WYFF TV, 44-year-old Kevin Putman, was working to remove a sign from a Domino’s Pizza along Highway 24 in Anderson County when he noticed the […]
June 16, 2015
Safety
Hoist detaches from building killing 1 construction worker, injuring another near Boston
One worker was killed and another injured in a freak hoist accident on a construction site near Boston last week. According to a report from the Boston Globe, the men were standing atop a construction elevator outside offices being built for Partners HealthCare when the hoist suddenly detached from the building Friday afternoon. The hoist was about […]
June 16, 2015
Safety
Semi hauling backhoe crashes into canyon bend, killing driver in Utah
The driver of a truck hauling a backhoe in Utah was killed over the weekend after he lost control of the rig while traveling down a canyon road. According to a report from the Deseret News, 48-year-old Troy Young was killed in a crash while transporting a backhoe along state Route 31 in Fairview Canyon. Utah Highway […]
June 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
Semi truck crash in U.S. 50 paving zone kills West Virginia DOH worker
West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) worker Randall W. Bland, 49, was killed Thursday following a five-vehicle collision in an area of U.S. 50 being resurfaced, according to a report by The Marietta Times. A DOH truck was one of the five vehicles involved, but it was unoccupied at the time of the incident. According […]
June 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
Kansas DOT hosts transportation, construction career camp for high school girls
The Kansas Department of Transportation hosted a camp recently to educate teenage girls on career opportunities in transportation and construction. According to WIBW, KDOT hosted 28 high school girls to the MAGIC summer camp last week to teach them about alternative careers in the transportation industry they may have never considered before in fields like […]
June 12, 2015
Workforce
Go Build Tennessee program will work to attract students to construction
The Tennessee construction industry is in dire need of new blood, and in an effort to attract younger people to the profession, Gov. Bill Haslam recently signed the Go Build Tennessee Act into law. According to a report from the Memphis Business Journal, Haslam signed the bill on May 20, thus creating the Go Build Tennessee […]
June 12, 2015
Safety
Worker killed after fall on Missouri jobsite
A construction worker in Missouri died Wednesday after suffering a fall on a roofing job. According to a report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the unidentified worker was atop a women’s shelter in Bonne Terre when he fell 10 to 12 feet to the ground. The unidentified man was treated at the scene and air lifted […]
June 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker struck and killed by dump truck inside Massachusetts work zone
A construction worker was struck and killed along a Massachusetts highway early Wednesday. According to a report from MassLive.com, the unidentified worker was hit by a dump truck inside work zone on the southbound side of Interstate 91 in Holyoke. The Massachusetts State Police are investigating the incident but have not yet given details on what […]
June 11, 2015
Safety
Interactive map of workplace deaths a stark reminder of construction’s dangers
An interactive map that seeks to plot out all available reports of workplace deaths in the U.S. during 2014 offers a sobering reminder of just how dangerous construction work can be. The map, eleased on Workers Memorial Day (April 28) earlier this year, is published by Global Worker Watch (GWW) and is composed through the efforts of researchers scouring media reports, […]
June 10, 2015
Safety
Worker survives being impaled by fence in fall on California jobsite
A construction worker is recovering from a serious fall that occurred last week on a jobsite near San Jose. According to a report from KRON TV, the 27-year-old worker, whom authorities have not identified, was working in Milpitas, California, as part of a directional drilling crew working on a water tower. The California Division of Occupational […]
June 10, 2015
Workforce
Worker shot after confronting 2 men drawing in wet concrete on Georgia school jobsite
A worker near Atlanta is lucky to be alive after being shot several times from point blank range by two men. According to a report from WSB-TV, Fernando Olguin-Perez is recovering after hours of surgery to treat multiple gunshot wounds to his leg and the side of his head. Police tell the station Olguin-Perez was part of […]
June 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oklahoma DOT worker dies after being hit by a vehicle
An Oklahoma Department of Transportation worker was killed June 5 after a car drifted into a work zone and struck him. According to KFOR, Gordon Pipkin, 47, died at the scene of the crash on U.S. Highway 81 south of Chickasha when a Chevy Equinox drifted out of the right lane and hit Pipkin. Pipkin’s […]
June 9, 2015
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