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Workforce: Page 62
Business
Construction adds 48,000 workers in December to finish 2014 at nearly 6-year high
The construction industry added Americans to its workforce in every month of 2014, an employment streak capped by an addition of 48,000 workers in December. The U.S. construction workforce now employs 6.166 million people according to preliminary data from the Labor Department. That’s the highest employment mark for the industry since March 2009 when it employed 6.291 million. […]
January 9, 2015
Workforce
Houston construction worker shot in another jobsite robbery
For the third time in the last few weeks a construction worker has been shot by armed robbers while on the job, this time in Houston. According to a report from ABC 13, two workers were working on a northeast Houston jobsite for the St. Andrews Ministry Center Wednesday morning when two men dressed in black approached them […]
January 9, 2015
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Jobsite Unite’s social platform streamlines construction project information
Crews can streamline communication on the worksite with Jobsite Unite, a new mobile and web-based communication platform that allows superintendents, foremen, project managers and workers to more effectively communicate, boosting safety and awareness. The system works by allowing workers to check-in using tablets or smartphones, enabling location-based communication while creating a roll call. Users can […]
January 9, 2015
Workforce
Texas tops list of most U.S. traffic deaths in construction work zones
The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse has released the latest data tally of deaths in motor vehicle traffic crashes in construction work zones, broken down by state. Of 32,719 traffic fatalities in 2013, 579 occurred in work zones. Texas topped the list, with 104 fatalities occurring in a work zone. The NWZSIC pulls the data from the […]
January 7, 2015
Workforce
Bricklayers rescue man from burning car near Houston
A crew of bricklayers near Houston didn’t hesitate to drop their trowels and shovels last week and run toward a burning car in order to rescue the driver who likely would have been burned alive without their help. According to a report from KHOU TV, the bricklayers were building a fence in a Sugar Land subdivision […]
January 5, 2015
Workforce
Worker hit in head by bullet as construction crew is targeted in drive-by shooting in St. Louis
A subcontractor on a parking lot project in St. Louis has pulled out of the job after a drive-by shooting targeted a construction crew earlier this week. According to a report from KMOV TV, four men fired about a dozen bullets from a car driving along 2nd Street targeting the construction workers. Thankfully no one was […]
January 2, 2015
Safety
Steel beam collapses at Chicago jobsite, 3 workers survive 20-foot fall
Three construction workers in Chicago were in serious condition earlier this week after a steel beam they were working on top of collapsed. According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, the workers had connected the beam they were standing on top of using a two-bolt connection system Monday morning. Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman Scott […]
December 31, 2014
Safety
This protective eyewear attaches directly to your hard hat, which means no more fumbling with glasses
Wearing safety glasses with a hard hat can sometimes be a pain. As soon as you’ve got the hard hat adjusted just right, adding a pair of glasses can start the adjustments all over again. Thankfully, 3M says it has the solution: incorporate the protective eyewear directly into the suspension of its hardhat. The 3M […]
December 29, 2014
Workforce
Sacramento worker no longer homeless thanks to NBA team’s construction apprenticeship program
One of the main reasons the majority of contractors in the U.S. say they are unable to fill positions with qualified workers is the weakening of what used to be a strong training pipeline for construction workers in most communities. According to a report from Fox 40 TV in Sacramento, California, the city’s NBA team […]
December 25, 2014
Workforce
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
Workforce
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
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