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Construction worker shot and killed in robbery on Chicago jobsite
A construction worker and father of two was tragically shot and killed on the job Sunday night in Chicago’s Englewood community. According to a report from the Chicago Sun Times, Miguel Haro, 44, was part of a crew working to rehab a home. He was working with one other man “when two robbers walked up […]
December 23, 2014
Safety
Road worker killed, 2 others injured after driver crashes head-on into Louisiana work zone
A road construction worker died earlier this week, succumbing to injuries sustained in a work zone crash in Louisiana. According to a report from KTVE/KARD, workers were installing reflectors northbound on Highway 165 near Caldwell Parish Tuesday when the crew’s tar machine broke down.  A pickup then pulled up behind the workers with a flashing arrow board to […]
December 19, 2014
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Construction crew unearths grenade without a pin, worker picks it up for some reason
A jobsite supervisor in Arizona got quite the scare last week when one of the guys on his crew walked up to him holding what appeared to be a live grenade. According to a report from WSEE TV, a crew with Sonoran Desert Ridge Development was trenching the front yard of a home in Scottsdale when […]
December 18, 2014
Safety
Hitachi mining trucks and excavators to get same 360Âş cameras and motion detection as Nissan cars and trucks
Future models of Hitachi Construction Equipment’s mining trucks and large hydraulic excavators will soon be much easier to park and much safer to operate on busy mining sites. Nissan has agreed to license the same 360-degree camera and Moving Object Detection (MOD) technologies currently in its cars and trucks for use in the aforementioned Hitachi machines. […]
December 17, 2014
Safety
Construction worker survives fall into 40-foot trench near Los Angeles
A construction worker was rescued by firefighters after falling into a 40-foot trench near Los Angeles on Monday. According to a report from CBS Los Angeles, the worker fell into the trench, which was about 6 feet wide, around 8:30 a.m. at a jobsite in the city of San Gabriel. Firefighters responded to the scene […]
December 16, 2014
Safety
Construction worker dies after roof collapses beneath him in Michigan
A construction worker was killed Wednesday in Churchill Township, Michigan, after falling through the roof of the building he was working on. According to a report from 9&10News.com, Vernon “Vernie” Wangler Jr. was working atop a steel roof when it collapsed beneath him. It’s unclear if Wangler was wearing a harness or other personal protective equipment. […]
December 12, 2014
Dealers
Cat dealer Cashman Equipment installing camera-based system that monitors an operator’s fatigue
Las Vegas-based Caterpillar dealer Cashman Equipment has now made available a fatigue monitoring system for heavy equipment operators. Initially rolled out on Caterpillar mining trucks in 2013, the Seeing Machines Driver Safety System is currently installed on 4,000 mining trucks worldwide, and working on 20 mine sites in the United States. Designed to work with mining […]
December 10, 2014
Workforce
Construction superintendent risks his life to stop wrong-way driver in Florida
After seeing story after story about deaths resulting from accidents caused by people driving the wrong way down Florida Interstates and highways, one construction worker took action last week when he was confronted with a similar situation. According to a report from WTSP TV, Ed Heitner, a project superintendent for Tampa-based Prince Contracting, was driving south […]
December 9, 2014
Safety
Wisconsin DOT first in U.S. to test reflective orange lane paint for making work zones more visible to drivers
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has announced that it will be the first DOT in the United States to test a reflective orange paint in an attempt to make construction work zones more visible to drivers passing by. WisDOT has applied the paint to three sections of pavement on Interstate 94, to the east and […]
December 9, 2014
Business
Construction adds 20,000 workers in November, but unemployment rises
With an addition of 20,000 workers during November, the U.S. construction industry added employees to its workforce for an 11th consecutive month. The industry now employs 6.109 million Americans, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. That’s the highest employment mark for construction since April 2009 when it employed 6.154 million people. The new […]
December 8, 2014
Safety
Construction worker survives crane collapsing on top of him thanks to safety emergency plan
Some careful safety planning by a contractor’s safety manager was key in saving the life of a construction worker at a bridge reconstruction site in Elgin, Illinois, after a crane collapsed on top of him. The 51-year-old worker was working atop a barge beneath the Interstate 90 bridge that crosses the Fox River, according to […]
December 4, 2014
Safety
Construction worker killed in paving accident at Baltimore airport
A construction worker part of a paving crew doing a job at the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was killed Monday. According to a report from the Washington Post, the worker was struck by “a paving vehicle.” It’s unclear what type of equipment initially injured the man or how it happened as very few details […]
December 2, 2014
Workforce
Man in werewolf mask shoots construction worker, is still on the loose in California
Black Friday turned especially dark for one construction worker in Chino, California, when he was nearly killed by a masked man who shot him in the head. According to a report from KTLA, the worker was shot while working in the back of a check cashing store Friday morning as part of a renovation going […]
December 1, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker helps police bust guy making meth in Florida park
Police in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, arrested a man earlier this week for trying to make meth in the bathroom of a public park thanks to the help of a nearby construction worker. According to a report from the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the worker noticed smoke coming from the men’s bathroom in Detwiler Park along […]
November 28, 2014
Safety
Deck collapse kills 1 construction worker, injures another in Boston
One construction worker was killed and one more was injured Tuesday morning when a third story deck the men were installing in a neighborhood of Boston collapsed. The workers were installing a multi-story deck to a residence in Jamaica Plain when the top deck collapsed, according to a report from the Boston Globe. One man […]
November 26, 2014
Workforce
Obama unveils immigration reform shielding 5 million from deportation; challenges Congress to “pass a bill”
During a defiant speech from the East Room of the White House Thursday night, President Barack Obama unveiled sweeping immigration reforms that would shield nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation and make it easier for highly-skilled immigrants to work here. There are currently 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. and an estimated […]
November 21, 2014
Safety
Telehandler overturns, pinning and killing construction worker in Tennessee
A construction worker in Tennessee was killed earlier this week after the telehandler he was operating overturned and pinned him beneath. According to the Brentwood Home Page, 45-year-old Greg Rigney was killed while unloading a delivery on a jobsite in Shelbyville Tuesday morning. Police said first responders found Rigney beneath a “large forklift type machine” […]
November 21, 2014
Safety
Sand breaks construction worker’s 60-foot fall from scaffolding in Florida
Florida is known for its white sandy beaches, and one construction worker will likely look at that sand with a whole new appreciation after an accident this past weekend. In Shalimar, a worker part of a crew on a project at a former annex of the Okaloosa County Courthouse fell between 60 and 70 feet […]
November 20, 2014
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