Fri August 07, 2015
Man Dies After Being Buried Beneath Loader
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) - A 65-year-old Michigan man has died at a construction site in northwestern North Dakota after being buried by gravel beneath a loader. William Makela died Monday at the site near New Town....
Fri July 10, 2015
Worker Dies After 100-Foot Fall
DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A worker restoring bricks on the exterior of a hospital on Wednesday fell from scaffolding and died, the second fatal construction accident in the region in as many days. The Berwick man plunged about 100 feet from the scaffolding outside the Foss Clinic at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Montour County coroner Scott Lynn said....
Mon July 06, 2015
Trench Collapses at Construction Site, Killing Worker
LAKEVILLE, Minn. (AP) - Police say a 51-year-old construction worker has died after a trench collapsed and trapped him under heavy, wet soil in a Twin Cities suburb. Lakeville Deputy Police Chief John Kornmann says authorities arrived at the residential construction site around 3:45 p.m....
Thu June 25, 2015
Badly Rotted Beams Identified in Deadly Balcony Collapse
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A balcony that snapped off an apartment building and led to the deaths of six college students was supported by wooden beams that had been badly rotted by exposure to moisture, building inspectors in Berkeley, California, said Tuesday....
Mon May 04, 2015
Pennsylvania Turnpike Crash Kills Driver, Injures 4 Workers
BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) - Authorities say an early morning accident in a construction zone on the Pennsylvania Turnpike killed a driver and injured four construction workers. State police said the accident happened just before 5:30 a.m....
Fri May 01, 2015
AFL-CIO Releases Startling Report
According to a report just released by the AFL-CIO, 4,585 workers were killed in the United States during 2013 due to workplace injuries. An additional estimated 50,000 died from occupational diseases, resulting in a loss of nearly 150 workers each day from preventable workplace conditions....
Wed April 29, 2015
PA Turnpike Urges Drivers to Take the Safe Driving Pledge
A new campaign has launched in Pennsylvania that urges drivers to be extra cautious when driving through an active work zone on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The campaign, dubbed Operation Orange Squeeze, highlights the need for safe driving along stretches of the Turnpike by noting that more than 30 workers have lost their lives while performing their duties....
Fri April 24, 2015
State Sets Construction, Dock Rules at Ohio’s Buckeye Lake
BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio (AP) The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has set new construction and dock usage policies at central Ohio’s Buckeye Lake, where federal officials have warned a deteriorating dam’s failure could put thousands of lives at risk....
Fri April 24, 2015
Construction Worker Killed in Wall Collapse
RAMSEY, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say a construction worker was killed when a cinderblock wall fell on him at an industrial building in northern New Jersey. Ramsey police tell The Record ( http://bit.ly/1DPsIHq) that the man, identified only as a 56-year-old Riverdale resident, was working outside a building in the Bergen County community when a 9-by-12-foot section of the wall fell on him around 11:30 a.m....
Fri April 17, 2015
Crane Falls on Museum, Everyone Assumes It’s a New Sculpture
Dallas local news outlets and Salon.com are reporting that investigators are looking into what caused a construction crane being operated on near the Dallas Museum of Art to topple over and crush part of the museum’s structure early last week....
