Construction Accidents Page #12
This page was last updated on 05/06/2010
Construction worker killed at site for Barcelona high speed rail link (a 35 year old workman has died in an accident in one of the tunnels railway station where work is taking place to bring the high speed rail link – he was crushed by a loaded lorry which overturned when he was operating its attachment by remote control – reports say its gross weight could have been up to three tons)
UPDATE Worker dies from injuries (a man, 51, who sustained serious head injuries in an industrial accident has died – he suffered the injuries in an accident at a building while two workers were removing scrap metal from the ceiling of a building that was being demolished when one of the men fell from a forklift with serious head injuries)
Construction Worker Free After 3 Hours In Trench (it took over three hours for rescue personnel to free a construction worker stuck waist-deep in the mud in a 12-foot trench – the hole opened up and trapped the worker when a mound of dirt supporting pipes collapsed in a roadside trench)
Worker dies in seven-story fall down elevator at Lauderdale condo (a worker died after falling seven stories down an elevator shaft – the man was working on the elevator and opened its door when he fell)
Worker killed by blow from digger bucket (a man, 57, was killed instantly after being struck by the bucket of a mechanical digger on a building site – he was working when a bucket is believed to have become detached from a mechanical digger, falling on him and killing him instantly – the digger was moving slabs of concrete at the time of the accident)
Worker, 59, dies after ladder fall (a man, 59, died in hospital after falling 15ft while carrying out work on an empty building – he suffered severe head injuries and was unconscious when he was found at the scene of the accident – one theory is that he had balanced a ladder on top of scaffolding – he then slipped, knocking the scaffolding over and sending him plunging to the ground – he would have been working about 15ft above the ground)
Railing falling off building kills worker (
Workers Survive Scaffolding Collapse (two construction workers are recovering after surviving a scary scaffolding collapse – the men were working on an eight story building when a cable malfunctioned, dumping the men from the platform – safety harnesses kept them from falling all the way to the ground – luckily, some firefighters were nearby and were able to make a quick rescue – one of the men suffered a broken leg – the other worker had cuts on his head)
Gas line broken; workers evacuated (a construction worker accidentally dug into and broke a 4-inch natural gas line downtown – hundreds of construction workers and downtown office workers were evacuated for more than an hour – a subcontractor working on the tower ruptured the gas line)
Worker falls from rooftop (the construction worker lost his balance and fell, feet-first, 60 feet onto the wooden roof of the neighboring building – no other details)
Builder breaks leg after falling off scaffolding (a man had to be airlifted to hospital with a fractured leg after falling off some scaffolding – the man, who was carrying some breeze blocks at the time, stepped off some low scaffolding and fell, around a metre, onto some pallets which broke as he landed on them)
Construction worker falls, dies (a construction worker died after the machinery he was operating fell several stories to the ground – investigation is ongoing)
Highway worker struck by truck, thrown 21 feet (a town highway worker was knocked 21 feet into the air when he was struck by a runaway recycling truck – he was cleaning leaves out of a drainage ditch when the accident occurred about 10:50 a.m. – a garbage truck and recycling truck were working in tandem – they had both stopped to pick up bags – the recycling truck apparently slipped out of gear and started rolling backward – he was operating a leaf-collecting vacuum from a parked street sweeper nearby at the side of the road, had his back to the trucks and couldn’t hear them)
Excavator crushes man (man, 30, was crushed to death when the excavator he was driving toppled from a trailer – man was unloading the excavator from a truck when the accident occurred)
CONFINED SPACE ACCIDENT Construction Worker Injured in Accident (worker was drilling concrete in a sewage storage tank when he became entangled with the drill and then complained of neck and back pain – no other details)
Worker hurt after falling from forklift (a man is in hospital with serious head injuries after falling from a forklift – the accident occurred at a building – two workers were removing scrap metal from the ceiling of a building that was being demolished when one of the men fell from a forklift)
Worker dies in fall at Penn Hills demolition site (a worker,64, died after falling 40 feet from a building he was helping demolish – no other details)
Worker Injured In Accident (deputies are still investigating a mid-morning accident that injured a worker standing on the side of the road – the accident happened around 9:00 a.m. along Highway 43 – county dispatcher says an 18-wheeler was in the middle of unloading when a passer-by in an SUV hit one of the workers)
Gilmer schools close after worker dies (the sole maintenance man, 47, for the County Schools died while working on a broken heating and air conditioning unit – he was likely was electrocuted sometime in the afternoon)
Welder’s torch sparks fire; three displaced (sparks from a welding torch started a fire at the apartments – workers were welding metal steps onto an apartment building when sparks and heat from the torch set the building on fire)
Thai Worker Hit By Car At Road Construction Site (a car driven by a woman ploughed through a construction barricade and ran into the 40-year-old worker who suffered hand and back injuries)
UPDATE Worker trapped in WB building collapse succumbs to injuries (the construction worker who was buried under rubble during a Dec. 10 demolition died Thursday afternoon)
Worker dies in accident at the workplace in El Ejido (a 35 year old worker was killed when he was run over by an excavator – it happened at his workplace, a cement company – emergency services could only record his death on their arrival)
Worker killed when hit by forklift at school site (a construction worker was killed when he was hit by a forklift truck at the construction site of the new High School – the victim, 58, was an electrician – the accident occurred about 11 a.m. – he was among a group of workers who were crossing a parking lot after attending a meeting in the building – the forklift driver was headed around a curve and apparently did not see him – he was run over by the right rear tire of the forklift truck)
Worker tumbles off church roof (while repairing the roof of the Church, a 25-year-old worker slid down the shingles and landed in bushes, fracturing his right leg and right wrist – according to police reports, the accident happened at 1:20 p.m. – the victim, climbed a ladder to the pitch of the church and lost his grip and fell to the ground)
Death of construction worker investigated (authorities are investigating to determine the circumstances that led to a construction worker falling to his death from a rooftop – worker, 31, landed on his back and died from the fall – the County Medical Examiner’s office reported that he died from internal injuries with bleeding – none of the other workers witnessed the fall – the crew had finished the roofing work a day before he fell, and no one knows why he went back up on the roof)
Seven Construction Workers Injured After Scaffolding Collapses (seven workers were injured after scaffolding collapsed at a construction site – three workers were seriously injured and several others had broken bones – workers were laying bricks for a new shopping center when the 20-foot-high scaffolding gave way – one worker was on the scaffolding loading bricks and authorities believe the weight of the bricks may have caused the structure to collapse on top of the six others on the ground who were injured – other workers on scene acted quickly to free the victims from the structure – officials said their attempts to help could have caused more injuries – the two victims most seriously injured were underneath the scaffolding when it fell – photos @ link)
Roof Collapses, Killing a Worker and Injuring Two (a construction laborer working on the ground floor of a five-story apartment building was killed when the roof of the building collapsed – the building had a history of construction violations and complaints by neighbors, according to city records – worker was going to quit his job by Friday, relatives said – the dead laborer, 33, died in a torrent of brick and plaster that cascaded through the empty shell of the building – two other workers were injured in the collapse, one of whom was rescued by firefighters from Rescue 1 who rushed into the building and cut him free of the debris – more than 100 firefighters responded to the scene)
Man killed in roofing accident in Thompson (a construction worker was killed on the job after falling 17 feet off scaffolding that was mounted against a house – worker, 47, was part of a roofing company crew installing a new roof on a two-story home when he fell off aluminum scaffolding around 11 a.m. – he was transported to Hospital by ambulance – he succumbed to injuries sustained from the fall and was pronounced dead at 11:42 a.m.)
Concrete slab pins worker during Continental Inn demolition (a man working on the demolition of the Inn was injured when a concrete slab from the ceiling fell on him – he has (a) very, very serious injury to his foot – firefighters spent an hour working to free the man, who was pinned beneath a slab of concrete that was 3 to 5 inches thick and measured 6 by 15 feet across)
Two Men Critically Injured in Construction Accident (two male workers were constructing a building when they both fell from a high-reach hitting the concrete slab platform below – the platform was elevated 20 feet from off the ground – one worker broke his leg)
Wall falls on man (a retaining wall fell over on a construction worker but he was not seriously injured – the accident happened about 10:45 a.m. at a residence as workers were digging around an older wall so that they could add a newer wall to reinforce the first one – instead the wall toppled onto the worker, who was in his 20s, but other workers were able to help him out from under it)