BILL DRAPER - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu July 14, 2016
VIDEO: Many States Pushing 'Zipper Merge'
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Transportation officials in Missouri and Kansas are encouraging motorists to resist the urge to get in line at the first sign of an upcoming lane closure. Advocates of the “zipper merge” method say using both lanes for as long as possible shortens lines in construction zones by up to 40 percent....
DANIEL WALMER - Lebanon Daily News - Thu July 14, 2016
Construction Ranked Among Most Dangerous Jobs
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - It was twenty years ago, but Scot Zeller remembers his first day as a Pennsylvania Turnpike worker like it was yesterday. That's because he got a vivid lesson of the dangers that workers setting up construction zones face from passing cars....
Mon July 11, 2016
Firefighters Practice Rescuing Victims From Construction Crane
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that local firefighters are taking their rescue training to new heights. Carl Ryan climbed rung-by-rung up the 210-foot crane, knowing the whole time that he would have to come back down....
Kristena Hansen - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri July 08, 2016
Portlanders Blast EPA for Superfund Cleanup Plan
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A 10-mi. (16 km) stretch of the Willamette River — the iconic body of water flowing directly through one of America's most environmentally-conscious cities — could soon be teeming with massive equipment and crews tasked with cleaning up more than a century's-worth of hazardous contaminants from industrial use....
Matthew Brown and Gillian Flaccus - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu July 07, 2016
Railroad to Replace Bolts After Fiery Oil Train Derailment
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Union Pacific Railroad said it will replace a type of bolt on its track that led to a fiery oil train derailment on the Oregon-Washington border, but the pledge failed to ease concerns in the tiny town where the wreck sparked a massive fire that burned for 14 hours....
Wed July 06, 2016
As Temps Surge Upward, Workers Must Know the Limits
The website Ozarks First is reporting that Despite the heat, people still have to work outside, and those with experience know what to do to beat it. Nationally, in 2014 2,630 workers suffered from heat illnesses and 18 died from heat stroke and related causes on the job....
Wed July 06, 2016
Driver Attempts to Park Car, Falls Into Hole at Construction Site
Local Miami news affiliate ABC10 is reporting that A South Florida woman is doing fine after she drove her car into a large hole Tuesday morning at a construction site in Miami. Miami Department of Fire-Rescue Capt....
Fri July 01, 2016
Hard Hat May Have Saved Construction Worker's Life
The website Syracuse.com is reporting that a 27-year-old man injured when a steel beam struck him at a construction site Monday in the town of DeWitt is likely alive because he was wearing a hard hat, police said....
Tue June 28, 2016
Permit for New Jersey Nuclear Reactor Gets Approval
LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK, N.J. (AP) Federal regulators have approved a permit that would allow possible construction of a new reactor near New Jersey's Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board said it found no basis to deny PSEG Power's application....
Tue June 28, 2016
AEM: 'Turn Off That Phone When Operating Equipment'
"Turn off your cell phone while operating off-road equipment" is the key message from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in a new jointly developed safety alert that emphasizes the hazards of distracted driving while on the worksite....
