Electrical Accidents #2 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010   Backhoe Severs buried Electrical Power CABLE On February 12, 2002, at the construction site for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a backhoe operator struck and severed a buried 240-volt temporary power cable with his backhoe bucket. This tripped a circuit breaker and the operator was not injured. ...

Electrical Accidents #1 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010   Another nuclear worker injured Just after a temporary employee at the Florida Power nuclear plant is hurt by a falling tool Tuesday, another is burned. They are treated and released from the hospital. By CARRIE JOHNSON, © St. Petersburg Times, published October 11, 2001 CRYSTAL RIVER — A second temporary employee making repairs...

Crane Accidents #7 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 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...

Crane Accidents #6 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010   Construction Worker Hurt in Accident on Job OLATHE, Kan. — A Kansas City Metropolitan Area construction worker was hurt Friday in an accident on the job. The 42-year-old man was in stable condition after he was pinned between a piece of construction equipment and a steel beam, KCTV5’s Robb Yagmin reported. It happened at about...

Crane Accidents #5 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010 Broken Crane Halts Rail Traffic and Closes Streets in Jersey City By THE NEW YORK TIMES ERSEY CITY, April 17 — A broken construction crane teetered 40 stories above Washington Boulevard today, forcing the closing of several city blocks and a four-hour suspension of light rail service on this city’s waterfront. The 330-foot Manitowoc...

Crane Accidents #4 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010   UPDATE, A frustrating recovery By DEBORAH M. MARKO Staff Writer WOODSTOWN — Four weeks have passed since a rusted steel I-beam pinned construction worker Jim Collins inside his excavator at a Main Road/Chestnut Avenue work site. While Collins doesn’t recall much about the freak accident that nearly cost him five fingers, he’ll...

Crane Accidents #3 This page was last updated on 05/06/2010   UPDATE, Blame set in bridge accident  By TRACY ROBINSON, COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU Human error is being blamed for the July 29 accident in which a 116-ton concrete beam broke, crashed into the existing bridge, then fell into the Shark River along with part of a crane during construction of the new Route 35 bridge. A construction foreman told...

Crane Accidents #2 This page was last updated on   05/06/2010   UPDATE, Fatal Decatur , Ala. , Crushing Accident Could Cost Alabama Company $43,000 in OSHA Fines DECATUR , Ala. — Failure to protect workers from crushing accidents may cost Huntsville, Ala.-based Southeastern Mobile Crushing, Inc. $43,050, according to the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration....

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 its attachment by remote control...

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...

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...