Health and Safety

Wed February 24, 2016

NYC's Crane Ban Called “Crippling”

Crain's New York Business is reporting that construction sites across the city are being frequently paralyzed by stricter rules on crawler cranes enacted after a deadly accident earlier this month, prompting construction industry leaders to appeal to City Hall....

Wed February 24, 2016

Feds Determine Fatal Construction Accident Was Preventable

BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) - Federal officials have determined that a fatal construction accident at a work site in Taunton was preventable. Forty-eight-year-old Kevin Miranda was working for Taunton-based Skyline Contracting and Roofing on Aug....

Ashok Sharma - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue February 23, 2016

India Pledges $250M to Help Rebuild Quake-Hit Nepal

NEW DELHI (AP) India on Feb. 20 pledged $250 million for post-earthquake reconstruction in Nepal as the two countries try to heal strained ties following protests in Nepal over the country's new constitution....

Tue February 23, 2016

Crane Catches Fire, Collapses at Job Site in Oz

ABC News Affiliate KTRK is reporting that a crane burst into flames and collapsed ten stories onto a building under construction in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday. Authorities say some kind of electrical issue in the crane's motor sparked the fire, Seven Network reports....

Tue February 23, 2016

Fake Construction Workers Trick 90-Year-Old Woman Out of Life's Savings

News affiliate WPIX-11 is reporting that a pair of phony workers tricked a 90-year-old New Jersey woman into letting them into her home then stole her life's savings – more than $10,000 worth, authorities said this week....

Fri February 19, 2016

Stolen Backhoe Taken for a Dangerous Ride in the Florida Keys

ABC News is reporting that a man took a joyride up and down the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys, causing havoc for over an hour on Tuesday morning in a backhoe construction vehicle before cops were able to pull him over....

Tue February 16, 2016

Dump Truck Hits, Kills Two While Trying to Free Stalled Truck

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) - A construction worker driving a dump truck fatally struck a man and woman as they tried to pull a stalled pickup truck out of soft dirt in central Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol says the incident happened late Thursday in a construction zone near Palm Coast....

Fri February 12, 2016

Video: Worker Miraculously Escapes Harm During Demolition Collapse

The website the Guardian is reporting that the demolition of a parking garage in Houston, Texas took a dangerous turn when the structure collapsed on a worker operating an excavator on the site. An eyewitness video catches the moment when the building topples on to the machine and the person inside, prompting a colleague in another excavator to rush the person's aid....

Thu February 11, 2016

Construction Worker Seriously Injured in NYC High-Rise

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City fire officials say a construction worker has been seriously injured after being struck by concrete in a high-rise building undergoing demolition. Officials said workers at the Madison Ave building just west of Grand Central Station called for assistance around 2:30 p.m....

Thu February 11, 2016

Quake-Toppled Building Leads to Charges

TAINAN, Taiwan (AP) - Three Taiwanese construction company executives have been detained on charges of professional negligence resulting in death following the collapse of an apartment building in an earthquake, killing dozens....