Health and Safety

Mon April 25, 2016

VIDEO: Fatal Bike Path Collapse Casts Shadow on Rio Games

An elevated section of a new seaside bike path collapsed on April 21st, killing at least two people and highlighting safety concerns amid a construction blitz ahead of the Summer Olympics. Officials didn't give the reason for the collapse....

Thu April 21, 2016

JCB Lends a Hand to Help Quake-Ravaged Ecuador

JCB is donating a 3CX backhoe loader worth $100,000 to help rescue and clean-up operations in Ecuador, which was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of at least 570 people and injuries to over 7,000 people....

Thu April 21, 2016

Bronx Building Construction Site Appears Unstable – Evacuations Ordered

New York news affiliate WABC is reporting that workers are working to shore up a Bronx construction site that seemed unstable, prompting the evacuation of at least nine residential buildings. An engineer reported the Southern Boulevard building appeared unstable just before 6:30 a.m....

Kimberley Hass - Union Leader Correspondent - Fri April 22, 2016

'The Happy Guy' Keeps Drivers Smiling in Construction Zone

The New Hampshire Union Leader is reporting that Commuters traveling between Durham and Newmarket have been honking their horns, but not because of the backups caused by construction on Route 108. For the past week, flagger Anthony Previte has been showing off his dance moves for those stuck in traffic....

Wed April 20, 2016

Construction Worker Rescued After 22-Foot Fall Into Pit

Australian news channel 9NEWS is reporting that a construction worker has been winched to safety after he fell 22 feet into a pit at a work site in Melbourne's north on Wednesday. Specialist fire crews were brought in to rescue the man at the Epping construction site just before 3pm....

Wed April 20, 2016

Obama Administration Begins Quiet Push to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Politico is reporting that the Obama administration has begun a quiet push to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions created by transportation projects, a new front in the president's global fight to limit climate change....

Wed April 20, 2016

Feds Say 'Communication Breakdown' Led to Fatal Amtrak Crash

PHILADELPHIA, PA (AP) - A backhoe operator had a right to be on the tracks periodically on the weekend an Amtrak train slammed into it, killing the operator and a supervisor, federal crash investigators said Monday....

Wed April 20, 2016

Contractors to Face Heavy State Fines

Local Hawaiian TV News outlet KHON2 is reporting that several construction companies hired to work on stores in Ala Moana Center's Ewa Wing Expansion have been fined by the state. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs issued the fines over various work-related violations....

Tue April 19, 2016

VIDEO: Dispute Leads to Dozer Duel in the Street

BEIJING (AP) — Police in northern China say an argument between construction workers escalated into a demolition derby-style clash of heavy machinery that left at least two bulldozers flipped over in a street....

Rishi Lekhi and Rishabh R. Jain - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon April 18, 2016

India Considers Murder Charges in Overpass Collapse

KOLKATA, India (AP) Indian police said April 2 that they are investigating possible murder charges against 10 construction company employees who have been either arrested or detained in connection with the collapse of an unfinished overpass in Kolkata that killed at least 26 people....