Posts tagged construction safety

• Man Dies In Fall At CPS Power Plant

  Chrissie Cole | October 27, 2009 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A man fell to his death while working at a CPS Energy power plant on Monday, according to officials from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and San Antonio Police...

• Construction Woker In Critical Condition After Fall

  Chrissie Cole | August 28, 2009 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction worker is in critical condition after falling from a scaffold onto Interstate 75 Wednesday. Edmond Gourdon, 42, of Covington, La., was taken by medical helicopter to University...

• NYC Worker Killed In Scaffolding Collapse

  Chrissie Cole | August 19, 2009 6:51 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction worker fell four stories to his death when the scaffolding he was on collapsed. City authorities are now investigating whether the worker was properly harnessed at the time. Henryk...

• OSHA Investigating Hispanic Worker Deaths In Texas

  Chrissie Cole | July 23, 2009 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Recently released federal statistics show the number of Hispanic workers who have died on the job has risen by 76 percent. Particularly worrisome is the number of work related deaths in...

• Worker Injured In Framingham Construction Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 12, 2009 5:19 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction worker was hospitalized Friday after suffering an injury at a New York Avenue construction site. The worker, 47, who has not been identified, was transported to UMass Memorial...

• Worker Injured In Construction Zone Hit-And-Run

  Chrissie Cole | July 11, 2009 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Ohio driver is in custody after allegedly speeding through an active construction zone where he struck a worker and continued driving. The accident happened at 4:30 a.m. Friday near the...

• Construction Worker Falls 50 Feet To His Death

  Chrissie Cole | June 18, 2009 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction worker fell to his death at site of the new Convention Center in Downtown Indianapolis on Wednesday. Stanley Roberts, 55, was operating a boom lift, a mobile basket crane, when it...

• Worker Dies At Taum Sauk Construction Site

  Chrissie Cole | May 19, 2009 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A female laborer with Ozark Constructors died in a construction accident Tuesday while working on a concrete placement at the Taum Sauk reservoir in southeast Missouri. She was flown to...

• Worker Dies In Trench Collapse In Arlington

  Chrissie Cole | May 06, 2009 11:21 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A utility subcontractor was killed when a trench wall collapsed at a water tower site within two miles of the University of Texas at Arlington this morning. The collapse occurred when Rob...

• Workers' Compensation: Injuries up and payouts down - hmm, something doesn't sound right.

  Megan Roth | April 17, 2009 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Middle of the night and I’m wide-awake – go figure. I was just surfing the internet when, at random, an article popped up that grabbed my interest. “Construction Up, Injuries...