Crane Accidents #1 Damaged Ohio 29 bridge to remain closed until late December November 3, 2001 – Ohio Department of Transportation representatives met Thursday to discuss the repairs of the bridge on Ohio 29 over Interstate 75 damaged earlier this week when a truck hauling a crane struck the bridge, which will remain closed for several weeks. Dave Fisher, ODOT County Manager, said a contract...

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...

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...

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 the hospital and is in critical condition. The stage...

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 on Bluebird Lane. Troopers told WYFF News 4 that...

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 died Tuesday afternoon. Morales is the fourth worker to...

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 and Schaefer Real Estate office, started in the roof of one of the units. Three builders...

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 at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, one day...

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 Fire Department responded to the injury at 9:13 a.m. at Temple...

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. 3 when he fell onto a concrete floor while installing corrugated...

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, a male who authorities at the scene declined...

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, two site supervisors said. In...