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Services around U.S. mourn workers killed on the job
On Tuesday, thousands gathered in services across the country as part of the annual Workers Memorial Day remembrance. The day was established 46 years ago by the AFL-CIO to honor all workers who are killed on the job each year. Construction led all other industries in workplace deaths in 2013, according to the most recent […]
April 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
3M contributes to scholarships for children of roadway workers
3M donated $20,000 to fund scholarships for the children of roadway workers killed or permanently injured on the job. The company donated the money through its 3M Visibly Safer Work Zones Project, which has supported scholarship programs for four years from the American Traffic Safety Services Foundation and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association […]
April 29, 2015
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Workforce
Construction crew finds body while excavating site near Detroit
A construction crew working a site in a rural Michigan town near Detroit discovered a body last week. According to a report from WDIV TV, the workers were doing excavation work at a site in Carleton being prepped for the construction of a home. The workers discovered the body in a wooded area near train […]
April 28, 2015
Workforce
Watch Disneyland built in 1 minute in rare, 60-year-old construction time-lapse recently uncovered
Disneyland first opened its doors on July 17, 1955, meaning that in just a few months, the iconic theme park will turn 60 years old. As part of the celebration, Disney began digging through its archives recently and uncovered rare time-lapse footage shot during the park’s construction many at the company had forgotten about. RELATED >> Disneyland […]
April 27, 2015
Safety
Boom failure crushes and kills crane truck operator in NYC
A hydraulic failure on a truck crane took the life of a construction worker in New York City Friday. According to a report from NBC New York, the worker was having trouble operating his knuckle boom crane on a midtown Manhattan hotel construction site Friday morning. The New York Times reports 40-year-old Trevor Loftus noticed […]
April 27, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in cinder block wall collapse in New Jersey
A worker involved in the installation of a garage door at a New Jersey auto business was killed Wednesday when a wall collapsed on top of him. According to a report from NorthJersey.com, 56-year-old David Lewis was killed when a 9-by-12-foot section of a cinder block wall collapsed as he and others were working to remove […]
April 24, 2015
Workforce
Discovered on Instagram, construction worker leaps from jobsite to runway in new career as a model
It’s not very often we realize just how far-reaching the Internet is. Matthew Noszka certainly wasn’t thinking about it when he posted a picture of himself to his Instagram taken while working on building a deck. But thanks to that picture, he’s now a highly-sought-after fashion model. According to ABC News, Noszka, 22, posted the […]
April 23, 2015
Workforce
Crew saves co-worker’s life using CPR on Missouri construction site
When Curtis Todd’s co-workers saw him lying flat on the ground as the crew worked on a residential jobsite in Columbia, Missouri, they thought he had simply slipped when hooking a chute to the back of a concrete truck. Co-worker Bill Parsons said the crew even joked about it. That was before they saw the blood. […]
April 22, 2015
Safety
Construction firms donate $1 million to establish high-tech construction safety lab at Oregon State University
Two North Dakota construction firms have donated a large grant in order to help establish the premier laboratory in the U.S. for the study of industry safety in Oregon. Knife River Corp. and MDU Construction Services Group have donated a combined $1 million to establish the lab at Oregon State University in Corvallis. The lab will […]
April 21, 2015
Safety
Carpenter killed in 80-foot fall on Philadelphia jobsite
While working on a high-rise project in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood, a worker fell to his death Friday According to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer, the unidentified man was a carpenter working from 80 feet up on the tower project at Cira Centre. He was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead soon after […]
April 20, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker pulls man from SUV dangling from cliff after crash in Idaho
A construction worker came to another man’s rescue earlier this week in Idaho following an automobile accident that came inches from turning deadly. According to NBC News, Jason Warnock, a 29-year-old construction worker, was driving Bryden Canyon Road in Lewiston Wednesday morning when he saw a log in the road. Warnock looked up the roughly 30-foot […]
April 17, 2015
Safety
Worker dies after being electrocuted on jobsite near Philadelphia
Two days after suffering a massive electric shock while on the job near Philadelphia, a construction worker died from his injuries Wednesday. According to a report from WPVI TV, 36-year-old Joseph Iacovino and another worker were working Monday morning from a scissor lift at King of Prussia Mall as part of an expansion project. The men were […]
April 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Four-ton pipe rolls from wheel loader, crushes worker in California work zone
While working a highway job near San Francisco Wednesday, a construction worker was crushed and killed by a large pipe. According to a report from the Press Democrat, 28-year-old Jared Overfield was killed inside a work zone along Highway 101 as part of a crew working to improve a frontage road. Overfield was directing a wheel loader operator […]
April 16, 2015
Business
Indiana Senate passes repeal of common construction wage; Gov. Pence expected to sign
Amid a storm of protest, the Indiana Senate on Wednesday passed the repeal of a state law which sets baseline wages for construction workers on certain public projects. According to a report from the Indianapolis Star, the Senate voted 27-22 in favor of House Bill 1019. The House passed the bill February 23. Before passing the bill, the Senate made […]
April 16, 2015
Workforce
Deadly construction collapse of Texas high school building caught in surveillance footage
Nearly two weeks after the collapse of a high school athletic facility killed one construction worker and injured three others in Texas, the school district has released surveillance footage of the incident. Fox 4 Dallas was one of several stations to obtain the footage, reporting security cameras captured four angles of the collapse, noting that […]
April 15, 2015
Workforce
Family of Houston worker shot on jobsite offers large reward for capture of his killer
The family of a 19-year-old construction worker killed on a Houston jobsite is offering a large reward for the capture of his killer. Frank Medrano was working alone inside a house under construction in February when a man walked onto the jobsite and attempted to rob him. The encounter ended with the suspect shooting and killed Medrano […]
April 15, 2015
Safety
Wheel loader operator killed while attempting to free stuck concrete truck in Nebraska
A construction worker was killed in Nebraska over the weekend while attempting to free a concrete truck that had gotten stuck. According to a report from WOWT TV, 26-year-old Craig Anderson was at the controls of a wheel loader on a jobsite near Schuyler Saturday when the chain he was using to pull the truck free […]
April 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker killed in work zone backover accident in Pennsylvania
A construction worker installing guardrail along a Pennsylvania highway was killed last week when a vehicle or piece of equipment backed over him. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 43-year-old Legrant Blackwell was in the blind spot of an unidentified “construction vehicle” inside a work zone on Route 22 in Washington County. The vehicle […]
April 13, 2015
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