Workplace Injuries

• Construction Accident Lawsuit Filed in Florida

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2006 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  The family of a man who died in a high-rise construction accident in Florida has filed a lawsuit against the developers of the building. Forty-eight year old Menes Daniel was killed last earlier this month when a structural support collapsed on top of him, trapping him in quick drying concrete.Although contractors were working on the building at the time of the accident, Daniel's family's...

• Working Together for Workplace Safety

  Michael Myers | April 07, 2006 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  According to the Tacoma Daily Index, an organized group of small business owners will be working with government regulators to create a safer workplace. The business owners will have a chance to correct any violations within thirty days with no penalties.Participating businesses will work with NFIB/Washington state to create a written safety plan, then they will have to conduct a self-audit...

• Construction Scaffolding Fails, Kills Three

  Michael Myers | April 04, 2006 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  According to the Tacoma News Tribune,A 10-ton construction platform collapsed and crashed 13 stories onto a busy downtown street Monday, killing three people and crushing cars stopped in midday traffic. Witnesses described hearing a rumble, then the crash of scaffolding that kicked up metal, dust and boards on Boylston Street, which runs along the south side of Boston Common.Construction...

• Crane topples on Tacoma Narrows Bridge

  Michael Myers | March 27, 2006 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  According to The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington, a large crane toppled over on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge this morning. See the details surrounding this construction accident.Unfortunately, construction accidents are a way of life for the American worker. Luckily, no one was injured in the Tacoma crane incident. Cranes, lifts, ladders, and scaffolding all present hazards to construction...

• Construction Accidents Up In Arizona

  Michael Myers | March 21, 2006 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Andrew Defusco in Phoenix has a great post about the state of Arizona surpassing their previous record for construction site deaths in 2005. Andrew offers an astute observation about the state's rise in construction accidents:We are still in a boom market for the construction industry, with everything from residential, commercial and industrial construction projects on the rise. With increased...

• Ferry Workers Entitled to $8 Million in Back Pay

  Michael Myers | January 20, 2006 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Pierce County Superior Court Judge Rosanne Buckner recently ruled that the Washington Department of Transportation must give back pay to ferry workers who were forced to work overtime without pay during the last four and a half years. The workers are part of a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of ferry engineers and oilers. The employees had not previously been paid for safety training...

• Whitewater Engineering Corp. Pardoned

  Michael Myers | January 01, 2006 8:16 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Whitewater Engineering Corp., a Bellingham company convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of one of its workers, received a pardon from (former) Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski just before he left office. The employee killed was working on a $15 million hydroelectric project in a valley outside Cordova. He was on a backhoe when snow slid off a 2,000-foot slope and buried him....

• Construction Worker Killed, Another Injured, When Wall Falls

  Michael Myers | December 29, 2005 9:25 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Construction workers in Federal Way were using a forklift to set a wooden wall into its foundation Friday morning when a cable snapped, dropping the wall onto two workers, killing one and injuring the other.A 41-year-old Renton man broke his leg and was taken to St. Francis Hospital, Hwang said. The other workers were able to scramble out of the way. The Department of Labor and Industries...

• Falling Debris Injures Three

  Michael Myers | December 08, 2005 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Three individuals were hurt yesterday when debris from a construction site on Third Avenue and Seneca Street fell on them. One person was hospitalized after being struck by a 10 foot by 15 foot sheet of aluminum. The other two individuals sustained less serious injuries. For more information on the story, click on the following link: Falling Debris Injures Pedestrians.Washington's...

• MT Construction Accident Investigated by OSHA

  Staff Writer | November 07, 2005 8:17 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a construction site accident in which a cement truck backed over a subcontractor.Terry Richerson of Great Falls, MT was injured when a United Materials concrete truck backed over him while ascending a 10-degree ramp in preparation to pour cement.Richerson's jacket was apparently caught in the truck's drive shaft. He died at the...