Construction Accidents

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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…...

Construction Accidents Page #11 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 UPDATE Casino exec: Injured worker wasn’t wearing harness (a steel worker injured at the construction site apparently was not wearing a safety harness when he fell about 30 feet from the lower section of the casino roof) Men injured on Swampscott Road job site…...

Construction Accidents Page #10 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 ACCIDENT AT ST. PETER’S: CONSTRUCTION WORKER DIES (AGI) – Rome, Italy, Sept. 1 – Workers were setting up a stage at St. Peter’s square, when they lost their balance and fell five meters. A 50-year-old worker died while a 38-year-old worker was rushed to…...

Construction Accidents Page #9 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010   SCDOT Worker Killed Near Blacksburg; Fellow Worker Runs Over Victim With Dump Truck POSTED: 2:04 p.m. EDT August 11, 2003 BLACKSBURG, S.C. – A South Carolina Department of Transportation worker is dead after an accident near Blacksburg. It happened around 8:45 this morning…...

Construction Accidents Page #8 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 4th Grand Strand construction worker dies since Dec. (Myrtle Beach-AP) July 16, 2003 – A construction worker has died after falling about 40 feet from the roof of a building in Horry County. Horry County Coroner Robert Edge said 41-year-old Alfonso Morales of Loris…...

Construction Accidents Page #7 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 East Mall fire bill tipped to exceed $10,000 Friday, 20 June 2003 THE DAMAGE bill could be up to $20,000 following a fire in two adjacent residential units in the East Mall on Wednesday afternoon. The fire, on the first floor above the Uphill…...

Construction Accidents Page #6 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 UPDATE Worker dies after backhoe accident  Thursday, May 22, 2003 By ASHANTI M. ALVAREZ STAFF WRITER  WEST PATERSON – A construction worker accidentally run over by a backhoe on a work site this week has died, police said. Juan Pupo, 53, of Paterson died…...

Construction Accidents Page #5 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010   Man critical after construction accident By Rodney Tanaka Staff Writer Thursday, May 01, 2003 –  A construction worker was in critical condition Thursday after a piece of equipment from a crane fell on him at Mt. San Antonio College. The Los Angeles County…...

Construction Accidents Page #4 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 UPDATE Work deaths result in fines By Robert Boyer, STAFF WRITER April 05, 2003  Three contractors have been cited for safety violations in connection with a High Point construction accident that killed a Randleman man six months ago. Charles Edward Weiss, 55, died Oct…....

Construction Accidents Page #3 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 Roofer shocked, airlifted to hospital  Thursday, March 06, 2003 By NICK FALSONE The Express-Times  HELLERTOWN — Emergency crews pulled an injured worker off a roof Wednesday afternoon after he received a shock from coming in contact with a power wire, authorities said. The worker,…...

Construction Accidents Page #2 This page was last updated on  05/06/2010 UPDATE Tower workers warned, 2 say BY PAUL HAMMEL WORLD-HERALD BUREAU  LINCOLN – Workers at a 1,524-foot television tower near Bassett, Neb., ignored warnings to replace a weather-beaten and allegedly inadequate steel hoisting cable before an April 22 accident that killed a Mississippi man,…...