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 (a man working injured a leg after an accident involving a piece of equipment, possibly a front-end loader – no other details yet)
Highway worker injured when hit by vehicle (a highway worker, 26, for a private company was struck by a vehicle when she was placing construction barriers – she had entered the highway and placed a barrel in the travel lane – on her way back to the roadway, she entered the path of a passing vehicle and was struck)
Falling tree kills worker (a man was killed when a tree fell on the track hoe he was operating – was working on property to remove trees on the property – was removing dirt from the base of a tree, which divided into two large above-ground branches – while pushing the trees over with the fork of the track hoe, one fell away from the equipment and the other landed on the boom and on the operator’s compartment)
Man Injured In Construction Accident (link problems)
One man dies, another breaks leg when wall tumbles onto work crew (a 39-year old man died in a construction accident when he was crushed by a wall – man was part of a crew erecting a large wooden wall – as the wall was being raised, a support cable detached and the wall dropped toward the men working below)
Worker killed in South Side construction accident (a construction worker, 37, was killed when a concrete section of a building he was working on collapsed)
Jefferson Officer Risks Life to Help Trapped Worker (a painter remains hospitalized after he fell 30 feet to the bottom of a water tank – worker, 37, was painting the tank when he slipped and fell inside)
5 hurt when van hits IDOT truck on Bishop Ford (five people, including three Illinois Department of Transportation workers, were injured when a contractor’s van rear-ended an IDOT truck – about 9 a.m., the highway workers were riding in the truck retrieving orange safety cones that had been set out earlier for a bridge project that had been canceled because of snow squalls in the area)
Work halts as worker’s death investigated (work has stopped on a construction site for a new substation after a worker fell to his death – no other details)
Construction worker burned on face (a construction worker helping renovate a home was seriously burned when a fire that was started to thaw a pile of sand flared up in his face – the man, 35, was working when someone in the construction crew started a fire on sand that had become wet and froze)
Construction worker in Forked River injured after fall (a construction worker was hospitalized after falling roughly 20 feet from a ladder today at a home – was climbing a ladder at a residence in an attempt to reach a third floor
deck – as he reached the top, the ladder slid sideways and he plunged to the ground, landing face first onto lumber)
Trench collapse injures one (a man working on the septic system at his home is lucky to be alive this morning – after the trench collapsed, his wife ran out and found him completely buried – by the time firefighters arrived, she had dug around his head so that her husband could breathe and talk)
Crane crushes three cars Massive vehicle topples on Hackensack … (a 45-foot, 50-ton construction crane, employed for structural work at the apartment complex, toppled onto a string of parked cars – according to police, the massive crane was off-loading equipment for the work – operator in the back of the cab, felt the cab begin to tip – he must have felt something wasn’t right because he jumped out and yelled, ‘Run, run’)
Roadwork crane plunges into yard (a crane operating on the shoulder of northbound I-5 tipped over – the crane’s boom fell down an embankment and landed in a residential back yard – the cab of the crane remained on the shoulder of the freeway – the crane did not break apart – boom crushed a small shed in the back yard of a home – no injuries as a result of the 2 a.m. incident)
Worker dies after being dragged down street by trailer (a construction worker died after he fell between a co-worker’s truck and trailer and was dragged 83 feet – worker, 45, went to the back of the truck to remove something – driver did not notice him behind the truck, drove forward – he tried to keep up with the moving truck, but slipped and fell beneath the trailer)
UPDATE Building firm fined after worker fell from ladder (company was fined more than £4,000 after one of its workers broke his back when he fell 20-feet from a ladder on a construction site – plummeted to the ground after the ladder he was working from slipped backwards on smooth concrete)
Construction Worker Falls More Than 20 Feet (a construction worker was hurt after he fell more than 20 feet – an attorney representing the contractor at the sight said the worker went into an off-limits area that was barricaded)
Worker dies at library site (the man fell and died on the council’s new library construction site – the man fell 10m from a roof he had been working on – under investigation)
12:14 pm | Worker critically hurt in accident (worker, 45, was working at a construction site when a 4,000-pound wall being lowered by a crane fell, trapping him)
Worker injured in fall at Las Vegas condo construction site (a construction worker was injured after he fell about 30 feet down an embankment at a construction site – worker is being treated for chest and leg injuries)
Ice Contributed to Construction Accident (icy conditions contribute to a fall at a construction site – crews were working on a concrete trench that is part of a major expansion – a 20-year old construction worker was going down into the trench on a scissor-lift. He slipped on a piece of ice and fell into a concrete channel)
Man electrocuted, falls off building (a 25-year-old wall painter was killed after falling off the fourth floor of a building after being electrocuted – the two were painting a building when he touched a live wire and fell off the fourth floor – he died instantly)
Four hurt in Netherlands shopping centre blast (the explosion appeared to have been caused by a gas leak as a local energy company was carrying out repairs – at least one of the four people injured was a construction worker)
Workers from Boone business hurt in construction site accident (three workers from the construction business were injured when a wall and scaffolding collapsed – at about 8:15 a.m., a scaffolding about 18 feet off the ground came down with two of the workers on it, and one underneath)
UPDATE Worker was buried in trench (a civil engineering firm, was laying storm sewers in June 2003 when a trench collapsed on a worker, who was the son-in-law of the company’s owner – the victim suffered bruising to his ribs, a twisted right knee and torn ligaments)
UPDATE SoCal jury awards $30 million in sewage tank collapse lawsuit (a jury awarded $30 million to construction workers injured when a roof collapsed over a sewage tank they were building in Carson, plunging some down six stories and impaling two on metal reinforcement bars)
2 workers saved from dirt burial (two construction workers were pulled from under a mound of dirt and rocks after a wooden platform collapsed and sent them falling into a mud-filled trench)
Restaurant roof collapse kills construction worker (a 28-year-old construction worker was killed and three others were injured when the roof collapsed on the addition they were building)
Electrical accident at West Town sends two Mall employees to … (a Mall employee is at Vanderbilt Medical Center’s burn unit with facial burns after an electrical accident – two workers were tending to an electrical box – they believe something sparked a brief flash fire, causing facial injuries to one worker – the other victim had more minor injuries and was seen talking with medical personnel while being loaded in an ambulance)
Tragic accident kills Brockton worker in Florida (link issues)
Worker Dies In Anderson Construction Site Accident (worker, 60, was getting ready to pour a concrete footer along a private drive when the machine he was riding flipped forward – hit his head and was dead by the time rescue crews arrived at the home)
UPDATE OSHA Seeking Maximum Fine In Worker’s Death (one of the company’s employees was killed on July 20 when the bank of an 8-1/2 foot deep water line excavation collapsed on him – an inspection by OSHA after the accident found that the excavation did not have cave-in protection)
Construction worker rescued from collapsed trench (the foreman at a construction site was trapped for about 45 minutes after the 8-foot-deep trench he was working in collapsed around him, burying him waist-deep – was trapped between a large boulder and a backhoe bucket – was working to tie into the Water District’s recyclable water main at the time of the accident)
Laborer falls to his death at Chicago State University (a construction worker fell to his death while working on a project – no other details)
Construction worker badly burned (worker, 36, apparently had been trying to warm up sand for mortar mix in a container that had been placed on top of a 55-gallon drum – drum was filled with burning construction scraps – when they arrived, paramedics reported he was standing in the street with second and third degree burns on his face and neck, and was having difficulty breathing)
Construction Worker Injured In Fall Onto Queensboro Bridge (a construction worker was seriously injured after falling from scaffolding – the construction worker was injured just after 10 a.m. when he plunged two stories from scaffolding above the bridge onto the roadway below)
Vista Worker Falls from Scaffold By RICHARD BRENNEMAN (construction worker fell 45 feet from atop a scaffold where he or she was applying stucco – no other details)
Gas leak disrupts downtown Beloit (several businesses were evacuated after a contractor drilled into a natural gas line – a company had been boring holes for demolition of the “superblock,” which is the parking deck and hit a 2 inch gas main – he did not know how the worker hit the pipe as it had been located)
Worker Dies In Construction Accident (a worker was killed when the roller he was driving fell about 35 feet from an off ramp at an Interstate 40 construction site – no other details)
UPDATE Cal OSHA Investigates Worker’s Fatal Fall By RICHARD BRENNEMAN (a 58-year-old man, sustained fatal injuries when he fell four stories while working on the new community college building)
Man’s leg severed in job-site accident (a 33-year-old man’s leg was severed in an industrial accident – leg got caught in a trencher, a small tractor with a chainsaw-like digger attached to the back, while a co-worker was digging a septic line – leg was severed at the knee)
Worker rescued from trench (emergency crews rescued a construction worker who injured his back after falling into a trench at a fiber optic cable work site – the worker fell into a hole that was about 7 feet square and 7 feet deep – the 21-year-old told rescuers he heard his back snap when he landed in the pit, which had been dug to install a concrete cable junction box)
Worker suffers injuries (the man was opening the curtain of a rail wagon to unload packets of medium density fibreboard – one of the packets fell out of the wagon landing on the worker’s legs)
Worker injured by falling wall in Olympia (a construction worker was injured when a wall he and others were putting up fell on him – workers were building a house – workers pulled their colleague out from under the wall, which was about 10 feet high and 20 feet long, and had already been sheeted)
Worker killed in road construction accident (a Department of Transportation employee was killed when he stepped in front of a moving 25-ton roller – worker, 49, was working at a road construction site when the accident occurred – witnesses said he stepped in the machine’s path as it was backing up – the machine, known as a pneumatic roller, compacts pavement)
Cave-In at Construction Site Buries One Worker in NE. China (a worker remained missing ten hours after a cave-in occurred at the construction site of an over bridge – accident took place when workers were digging a pit for a pile – a worker at the site fell into the five-meter deep pit when the cave-in happened and was then buried by mud and sand)
Welding Accident Starts Hospital Fire (some welders working on remodeling a conference room when a small fire erupted – the fire was immediately contained by hospital staff and no patients had to be relocated)
UPDATE Report: ‘Scared’ Roofers Fled Church Fire (two roofers using blow torches on the roof of the historic Pilgrim Baptist Church left the scene because they became scared when they couldn’t extinguish what would become a devastating fire)
Worker dies in construction accident in Stony Point (a 33-year-old worker died an hour after being struck by an excavator digging outside a house – was hit by the excavator’s bucket and forced into the side of the house)
Beam kills worker (worker, 51, died from crushing injuries after a steel beam fell onto him – appeared to be adjusting a cable attached to the beam before the beam fell)
Indonesian worker buried alive in landslide at work site (link issues)
1:00 pm | Charlotte construction worker hurt (a construction worker reportedly was injured at the site – the worker was found in a hole – firefighters are working to treat and stabilize the injured worker)
Fire at new Bangkok airport leaves one dead; will still open in … (a construction worker died at the facility – one person died in the fire and three people were injured, mostly from jumping out of windows as the fire engulfed the building – fire was caused by an accident during construction)
One killed, two injured when building collapses in Holyoke (a construction worker died and another was seriously injured after the top floor of an unoccupied building they were demolishing collapsed – were on the fourth floor of the building when two outside walls buckled and the roof and floor caved in, dropping them to the third floor)
Railway tunnel flooding traps 11 workers in central China (eleven people were still stranded more than 12 hours after a flooding occurred at a railway tunnel construction site – accident took place when 14 workers were working inside a tunnel of an under-construction railway)
UPDATE Two Toronto-area construction companies fined $115,000 each for health and safety violations (a labourer was spraying oil onto concrete “forms” (structures into which concrete is poured) for a wall in a building when the labourer fell about 15.2 metres (50 feet) from the 10th floor to the roof of the fourth floor. The labourer had been walking backwards towards the edge of the building when the fall occurred through a 0.9-metre (three-foot) gap in a metal guardrail. The labourer died as a result of injuries)
Crane tips over near I-75 (a crane tipped over near Interstate 75 injuring the driver and spilling several hundred gallons of diesel fuel – it was unclear why the crane had tipped)
Trapped Worker Jokes About Angry Wife (a worker trapped under four-feet of dirt managed to keep his sense of humor as rescuers dug him and another man out of the ground – the two became trapped when a trench wall collapsed – the two were working on a 20-inch pipeline at a water tower when the accident occurred)
Industrial Accident Kills One in Virginia Beach (a construction worker died when a machine malfunctioned at a job site – there was a machinery malfunction, and one of the workers got caught up in the conveyer belt – the machine is used to crush stone)
600 Residents Without Gas Service After Gas Line Accident (a contractor was excavating, where a traffic signal will soon be placed, when a gas line was struck and punctured)
Fire Forces Evacuation Of Hartford High School (a high school was evacuated after a transformer exploded and then caught fire – three electrical workers were injured in the accident – the crew was doing routine work in the transformer room when the explosion happened)
Roofer Dies After Falling 7 Stories Onto Metal Fence (a worker repairing the roof of a condominium died after falling seven stories, landing on a metal fence – the 55-year-old worker was operating a trolley hoist, lifting roofing supplies, when he and the machine came crashing down)
Worker injured on construction site (a worker in the process of paving a parking lot was seriously injured when he was run over by a dump truck)
Man Injured In Fall At BWI Dies (was one of two workers who fell into a hole about 25 feet deep while installing a fueling system at the airport’s north cargo complex)
Construction Worker Injured On 44th Floor Of High-Rise (a construction worker is recovering after he took a 15-foot fall from a high-rise under construction)
Worker suffers leg injury at Homes by Keystone (worker, 21, was listed in satisfactory condition after his leg was injured in an industrial accident – no details)
Construction worker crushed to death near Oceana (a construction worker was snatched up by a mammoth rock-crushing machine and was crushed to death – a machine that was breaking up an old runway across from the base malfunctioned)
HFD, utility workers make short work of gas fire (workers cutting a gas linesparked a fire in the basement of the former school – torch ignited the fire)
Fire spoils lunch at Clifton eatery (a flash fire on the roof of the newly opened resturant emptied the building during the busy lunch – a contractor using a blow torch to apply adhesive to the roof accidentally started the fire)
Labourer dies in site collapse (a labourer was crushed to death and another seriously injured after scaffolding collapsed – men were among four labourers trying to dismantle the temporary scaffolding — which had been put up to move medical equipment)
Crane Snaps In Aberdeen (the machine was lifting a slab of cement when it snapped and came within inches of crushing the cab he was sitting in – authorities aren’t sure why the crane snapped – workers were lifting a 50,000 pound cement slab as while working on a parking ramp – that’s when the crane, that’s supposed to be able to hold 142 tons, snapped – photo @ link)
UPDATE C.L. Construction & General Contractors Limited fined $100,000 for health and safety violation (workers were engaged in the forming and pouring of concrete foundation walls when an extendable boom on a concrete pump truck came into contact with an energized, 27,600-volt overhead powerline. The truck operator suffered burns to a thumb and foot. A second worker, who was holding a hose connected to the boom, suffered severe burns to both hands and feet. The electrical current also flowed into an adjacent ready-mix concrete truck causing a third worker, who was standing on the truck’s rear platform, to be knocked to the ground. While the third worker was being assisted by a fourth worker, the electrical current caused one of the ready-mix concrete truck’s tires to explode. Both the third and fourth workers were struck by the tire and thrown through the air, landing on hard surfaces)
Construction Worker Dies In Morning Accident (a construction worker was critically injured Wednesday morning after getting hit in the head with a pipe – a pipe either fell or was dropped on the worker)
UPDATE Injured worker awarded $1.89M (a jury has awarded a construction worker $1.89 million for injuries from a 2001 fall – worker, 40, fell roughly 20 feet while helping to erect the second story of a hotel – a 4,000-pound precast concrete slab landed on him after an improperly designed beam that was supposed to hold the panel in place twisted)
Miami construction worker stuck in a trench (a 38-year-old construction worker fell into trench – it was considered a long fall, which means the trench was more than 10 feet below ground – no other details)
Bulldozer Accident (a local construction worker was run over by a bulldozer – a man got off the bulldozer, but left it running..that’s when it started to roll backwards – when he tried to climb back onto the bulldozer he slipped, and fell under one of the tracks)
DOT worker hit by driver reportedly drag racing (a Department of Transportation worker suffered minor injuries this morning when a motorist lost control, allegedly while drag racing through a Ga. 400 work zone with another vehicle, and struck the pickup truck in which the worker was sitting – the worker was injured when one of the racing vehicles clipped a tractor-trailer, careened onto the shoulder and pushed the worker’s pickup truck into traffic — where it was struck by another vehicle that was not involved in the race)
Caltran Worker Injured In Hit-And-Run (a worker was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident – a trailer on the back of a landscaping truck broke loose – worker was sent to the hospital with major injuries, including a broken leg)
Bluffs worker falls off roof (man was seriously injured when he fell from a roof while working on a building project – fell through a hole in the roof – suffered a fracture in the ball of his hip joint, two cracked ribs, a bruised lung, a compound fracture in his arm, internal bleeding and a cut on his chin)
Worker injured in construction accident on South Side (the worker was using a large saw to cut through fences and trees – the saw kicked back on the man, slicing him)
Worker electrocuted in waterfront mishap (a co-worker tried cardiopulmonary resuscitation when he discovered the 23-year-old not breathing and without a pulse – the man was welding on a floating dredging barge when the accident happened)
Construction Accident Injures 2 Near Wilson Bridge (the accident occurred when a crane overturned where workers are building a new interchange)
Train Service Resumes After Construction Accident (a construction worker in his 50s suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he fell 10 to 12 feet into the unshored trench – train service was stopped because officials feared vibrations from the rail traffic would cause the ditch to collapse)
6:15 pm | Man’s arm nearly severed in accident (a worker at a construction site was taken to Carolinas Medical Center after his right arm was almost severed in an accident – arm was trapped in a boring machine in a trench – the man’s clothing had been caught in the machine, pulling his right hand and arm into the machinery)
Construction worker in stable condition, bridge construction … (a journeyman carpenter, injured in a construction accident at the bridge site, is in stable condition – was part of a crew laying support beams – the accident occurred when one of the beams broke – it was suspended from a crane at the time of the break and fell to the ground)
UPDATE Wrecking firm fined for accident that killed Allan Manchester (a wrecking company was fined $250,000 for failing to stabilize a massive steel door that fell on a man during the demolition work – died of injuries sustained in the industrial accident – a supervisor and one of his coworkers was also fined)
70-ton segment of I-280 bridge falls during test at North Toledo … (a 70-ton precast concrete bridge segment fell 18 inches to the ground after a mechanical failure at the I-280 construction site injuring no one but disrupting the project for the second time in two weeks – a 6-inch-diameter shaft in a hoisting assembly called a manipulator broke as the segment was lifted slowly off the ground during a test – workers had just installed a different manipulator on the gantry crane being used to assemble bridge spans because construction had proceeded to a stage in which unbalanced precast segments are involved)
Worker injured in Dan Ryan hit-and-run (a construction worker was slightly injured on the Dan Ryan Expressway when struck by a vehicle, which then fled the scene – employee suffered minor injuries and refused medical treatment at the scene)
Roofing company worker electrocuted in Pompano Beach (a 29-year-old roofing company worker was electrocuted during an on-the-job accident – was moving a 28-foot long aluminum extension ladder when the ladder came in contact with live power lines)
TXDOT Worker Dead After Vehicle Avoiding Accident Strikes Him (a 32-year-old man died in an auto-pedestrian accident – a vehicle traveling northbound swerved from the right land to the left lane – in an effort to avoid a crash with this vehicle, several other vehicles swerved to the median)
Road worker dies after accident (the road worker hit by a truck has died – no other details)
Worker pinned between forklift, car at construction site (worker was airlifted to an area hospital after he was pinned between a forklift and a car at a construction site – no immediate information on the cause of the accident or nature of the man’s injuries)
Construction worker falls to death Plummets 15 feet while working … (a married father of two young children, was a metal worker – was working alone on a high steel beam that was approximately 15 feet high – he was fastening rivets and bolts when witnesses said they saw him lose his footing and fall directly to the ground)
Four workers die as earth caves in at building site (four workers were killed when the earth caved in where a compound wall for a housing project was being built – at least four others were injured in the accident)
Nobody Injured When Crane Topples Over At Santa Monica Pier (a large crane toppled over at the Santa Monica Pier, but no one was hurt – the 28,000-pound crane was being used to lift construction materials as part of an ongoing project to strengthen the pier when it toppled over – the crane “slowly rolled over” onto its side)
US 395 construction worker killed in industrial accident (a construction worker had been killed in a heavy equipment accident – the construction worker was operating a grader, a large vehicle similar to a tractor, on a hillside – for unknown reasons, the worker lost control of the grader and it drove off a roadway and down an embankment – the worker came out of the grader and was crushed by the machine)
Concrete truck tips, kills 20-year-old worker (a 20-year-old construction worker was killed after the arm of a concrete-pumping truck collapsed while pouring – worker was pinned beneath the concrete-pumping boom – three other workers who were not identified also suffered moderate to minor injuries, including a broken leg – construction crews were pouring concrete at a rural, unfinished housing development when the truck tipped forward onto its front wheels)
Investigation: accident at Anchorage dump site (a concrete worker took a pretty serious fall – during those repairs that the accident happened – according to reports, that man fell some twenty feet, suffering a serious injury to his head)
Man critical after fall at Haverstraw work site (a construction worker was in critical condition yesterday after falling four stories when the scaffolding he was standing on gave way – worker, 29, was standing on a 2-by-6 plank and installing a wall shortly before 11 a.m. when the scaffolding collapsed)
UPDATE $1.35m award over crane accident (a jury today awarded $1.35 million to a man whose pelvis was crushed when an eight-tonne concrete panel being lifted by a crane was dropped on him – lawyer said the accident might have been avoided if the snatch block on the crane had been fitted with a locking pin, estimated to cost about $10, a practice introduced since his client’s accident)
Highway worker killed in accident (a highway construction worker was killed in an accident involving heavy machinery – the 38-year old Austin man was working on a machine that lays pavement on the highway when he somehow became entangled in it – the individual was working in front of the machine and accidentally became entangled in the auger that was on the machine and was killed)
Man dies in construction accident (two subjects had fallen from the roof and one was in critical condition – they were putting the trusses on the roof – the accident occurred when a truss he was standing on broke the two men fell approximately 14 feet)
Worker killed in Reno construction accident identified (a construction worker killed when a pipeline trench collapsed was identified as a 20-year-old man who had worked for the company only two weeks – another man trapped by the cave-in remained hospitalized in critical condition – worker, 40, was buried up his chest for almost four hours before being rescued from the muddy trench – they were installing a pipeline when the banks of the trench gave way, burying them around 2:30 p.m.)
Worker killed as trench collapses at golf course (a collapsed construction trench trapped three workers at a golf course, leaving one dead and two injured – four men were in the 10-foot-deep trench installing a storm sewer drain — part of routine maintenance — near the second hole of the Country Club golf course when the dirt gave way, burying three of the workers)
Worker hurt at Yeager Airport (a man operating a dump truck at the Airport’s runway extension project was injured when the vehicle’s cab twisted away from its dump bed and overturned as he was offloading a cargo of mud – was operating an articulated truck, where the dump bed and cab are connected by a swiveling pivot – he was dumping mud out of his truck that had been scraped off the haul road to get it dried up)
Fort Myers office/apartment building fire under control (the unidentified man was on a ladder holding something that he was using to try to melt down some tar he’d just installed – the man suddenly headed down the ladder and said, “Don’t pay me now. I just started a fire,” )
2 Die in Public Works Accident (two workers died and one was badly injured when a piece of heavy earthmoving equipment fell into the trench where they were working)
Ministry investigates man’s fall from crane bucket (officials are investigating an accident that sent a man to a hospital after a 20-foot fall from a truck crane bucket – the man was in a “cherry picker,” an elevated platform attached to a truck, and was changing a light bulb in a street lamp when the truck apparently moved – its extendable boom got caught in an overhead cable and bent, tipping the bucket and resulted in the worker falling 20 feet to the ground)
Painter fell trying to aid others, witnesses say (a temporary maintenance deck broke under the bridge – safety harnesses saved three of the workers, and live television showed them being pulled to safety after dangling below the bridge deck – he fell into the river in an attempt to help his dangling co-workers – GREAT Video of the suspended workers and rescue @ Worker Falls From JB Bridge; Rescuers Save 3 Others)
UPDATE Reno man becomes second person to die in trench collapse (a man died at a hospital, four days after he was buried in a trench collapse at a golf course – the 39-year-old worker became the second person to die in the accident – crew was installing a storm drain pipeline when the sides of the trench gave way)
Two injured after crane accident [17/02/2006] (two workers were seriously injured when they fell from a crane – the two men, aged 34 and 39, were doing some work in the crane when the cabin got dislodged and fell a height of about seven metres into a field with the two men inside)
UPDATE Company Cited In Trench Collapse (a construction company has been issued a citation in the collapse of a trench that buried one worker and trapped another – neither worker was seriously injured – accident happened Jan. 27 where the two men were working on a 20-inch pipeline – OSHA says one worker was able to breath during the collapse only because he was wearing a welding mask)
Construction Site Accident Leaves One Dead (worker, 38, was killed in an accident – had been with the company for a year – died during a paving operation – there was a large piece of machinery paving the overpass itself, and the individual was working in front of the machine and accidentally became entangled in the augger that was on the machine and was killed)
Worker dies when trench collapses (a 25-year-old plumber died after he was trapped beneath the surface of a trench that collapsed – man was installing water and sewer lines for a new house – had worked for the company for three years)
Crane moving palm tree crashes into breezeway (a crane crashed into a hallway connecting two condo buildings during the grand opening – no one was hurt when the crane came crashing down about 1:34 p.m. – the crane’s operator was bringing a palm tree over a breezeway that connects two buildings at the complex – firefighters do not know what caused the crane to fall but they do not think the tree’s weight was the culprit)
Coroner: Electrical accident killed man (worker, 40, was electrocuted while renovating a house – accidentally pinched a live wire with a jack while he was working on the home’s foundation)
Metro Worker Injured After Crane Accident (a crane operator, 45, was trapped for 50 minutes after a crane fell and crushed its cab – crane tipped over, smashed against the unit he was trying to transport (and) compressed him inside – suffered a broken ankle and wrist as well as leg trauma)
Worker is crushed to death in Ulster County construction accident (a man,47, was killed while operating an exactor – 47, had pinned himself between the excavator and a tree – while he attempted to exit the cab, he hit a lever that caused the cab to rotate and trap him)
2 injured in construction accident (Worker said to have been buried alive – no other details)
Worker falls off of Jupiter building and dies (a man died after falling off the roof of a two-story home where he was doing construction work)
Construction worker killed after fall (an experienced construction worker has died after falling 16 feet from a roof – worker, 33, was working with four other men building a house when he fell – had worked for his company for 15 years and was experienced in his field – is survived by a wife and a 3-year-old son)
Bypass bridge frame collapses (the Highway 49 Bypass saw its second accident since work started in 2004 on the project when the falsework for a bridge spanning Sutter Creek near the city’s sewer treatment plant crashed into the creek below – no one was injured in the accident – collapse is still under investigation – photo @ link)
Construction worker falls in 18 foot trench (a construction worker is recovering after falling 18 feet into a trench – the man was walking near the trench when he fell in)
I-4 Construction Worker Hit by Car (a construction worker was injured when a car crashed through cones and hit her – the ramp is closed, and there were orange construction cones blocking the ramp, but a vehicle crashed through the cones and hit her – she suffered a compound fracture)
Worker buried alive in Free State (one worker was buried alive and his colleague injured when a trench collapsed – the trench, about three metres deep, was being dug to lay water pipes)
Backhoe accident leaves one dead ((a construction worker was killed when he became pinned under the arm of a backhoe at a home construction site – man had been operating the machine by himself and had apparently walked around to the back when he became entangled in the mechanisms)
Worker dies after mishap at Bay View (a man died from severe injuries he suffered after he and a co-worker were run over by an all-terrain forklift – forklift truck driver was backing up at the site of the expansion sewer hole when one of the truck’s wheels hit and ran over the workers)
Man falls onto power line and is electrocuted (a 28-year-old man who was working at a residential construction site was electrocuted when he lost his balance and fell onto a power line – he was on a two-story scaffolding attached to a home when he fell)
UPDATE Week Later, Worker Who Fell Into Mississippi Still Missing (the accident happened one week ago Friday. rescuers still haven’t recovered his body)
2 Workers Rescued After Trench Collapse (firefighters rescued two men trapped in a trench collapse – one construction worker was buried completely while the other had mud up to his chest – a city fire official says the accident happened at a new home site where an excavating company was digging a sewer connection)
Construction Accident Kills Worker In Virginia Beach – UPDATE (the 31-year-old construction worker was working with a stone crushing machine when investigators say the machine malfunctioned – the worker got caught up in the conveyor belt and was crushed to death)
Worker may have been electrocuted at plant (it appears the worker, 22, was electrocuted while installing some lighting in one area of the factory, which is scheduled to be open for production this year – investigators said a number of workers in the plant heard a loud crashing sound and found the worker having an apparent seizure on the floor)
Worker dies after pit collapses (a construction worker died when a hole being excavated collapsed around him – the worker was trapped in about 4 feet of dirt in a hole – two workers were installing trench boxes about 30 feet down in a hole wider than a tractor-trailer when the north side of the hole collapsed – one worker escaped, but the other was buried)
Construcion worker hurt in fall this morning (a 25-year-old construction worker was injured when he fell 15 feet from the second story of a building to the concrete below)
Construction Worker Killed By Falling Clay (a welder, 30, was killed when ground clay fell on him as he was working to unclog a 120-ton steel tank – was covered and apparently suffocated – he was standing on a conveyor belt below the opening of the 34-foot-tall tank, which was being installed – the tank holds the powdery ground clay, and he was using a torch to cut sections of steel I-beams and channels clogging the tank opening – some of the material caked on the side of the tank apparently loosened and fell on him)
Blowtorch sets Plaza stairwell on fire (a worker using a blowtorch accidentally set a stairwell at hotel ablaze – the fire did not spread and no one was hurt – had no guests because it closed in April 2005 for renovations and partial conversion to condominiums)
Helicopter Rescues Man From 310-Foot-Tall Crane In Los Angeles (a Fire Department helicopter plucked a worker with chest pains from atop a 310-foot-tall crane at a construction site – crane operator could not climb down the ladder from the crane cab and because there was no other operator on site, the crane itself could not be used to lower the man)
Worker hurt in fall from rooftop on Governors (a man, 30, was seriously injured when he fell off the top of a building – was working on an air-conditioning unit on top of a building when he fell about 20 to 25 feet)
Fire damages new construction: Spark from welding torch ignited … (the fire started when construction workers welding on the second floor of the three-story building accidentally set the exterior insulation on fire – an errant spark from a welding torch ignited plastic insulation on the exterior of an office building under construction – estimated the damage at $20,000)
Fire at EKU Student Apartment Building (the fire started just after 11 a.m. when roofers working with hot tar and a torch lit part of the building on fire)
Sparks cause fire at RB&W factory (an acetylene torch ignited a fire at a factory that is being torn down – demolition crews were using a torch to cut steel girders and it sparked the roofing material)
Man buried alive in trench (one worker was buried alive and a colleague injured when a trench collapsed – the accident happened while the men were working in the trench – the trench, about three metres deep, was being dug to lay water pipes)
Truss collapse will delay work for two weeks (construction will be delayed about two weeks after wooden trusses collapsed at the site – as workers assembled the trusses on the roof of the planned shopping plaza one fell, causing a domino effect)