Posts tagged construction accident

• Nerves of Steel: Steelworkers Brave Steep Safety Stats

  Nick Avgerinos | August 15, 2008 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  July was construction safety month, providing much-needed safety information for an industry with a consistently high accident rate, resulting in both injuries and deaths. But plenty of dangers...

• Unlucky Break: Construction Workers Injured in Casino Ramp Collapse

  Nick Avgerinos | July 23, 2008 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  We all roll the dice when we step outside each day; safety hazards are everywhere. But some of us have better odds than others; it largely depends on the type of work that we perform. As fellow...

• Look Out Below: Potholes Prevalent and Seemingly Permanent

  Nick Avgerinos | July 23, 2008 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  We have certain traditions for summertime in Chicago: the Crosstown Classic, the Taste, and construction. We all know about construction season in the city, and while most of us mark it by...

• Teen Workers: How to Stay Safe this Summer!

  Nick Avgerinos | July 03, 2008 11:10 AM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Teen Workers: How to Stay Safe this Summer! Remember what it was like to be a teenager? A false sense of invincibility, a dread of asking questions that might make you look dumb, and an...

• Prevention of On-the-Job Spinal Cord Injuries

  Nick Avgerinos | June 20, 2008 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Prevention of On-the-Job Spinal Cord Injuries As the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch brings the United States’ deadliest job (crab fishing) into family rooms around America, many people...

• Pneumatic Nail Guns Affecting Tornado Alley?

  Nick Avgerinos | June 02, 2008 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Pneumatic nail gun safety is something that Injury Board member attorneys Steve Lombardi, Brooks Schuelke, David Mittleman, and Jean Martin have recently been addressing. For those who have been hit...

• Two Workers Killed in Millstadt Construction Accident

  Chrissie Cole | March 13, 2008 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsRockford & Moline, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A construction worker, 38, of Ellis Grove was killed in a construction accident, Monday, when a ditch he was digging collapsed on him in Millstadt, Illinois.Also killed in the cave-in was another worker, 48, of Benton, Illinois. Both men were employed by Midwest Petroleum and Excavating Inc. A trench approximately eight to ten feet high collapsed on two construction workers. Emergency crews from...

• Equipment failure kills laborer

  Barry Doyle | July 24, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A California laborer was struck in the chest when the shovel of a steam shovel came loose and landed on top of him. At the time of the accident, he was working in a trench on a construction project.The laborer suffered fatal injuries as a result of being hit by the shovel.Under Illinois law, this man's family would be entitiled to worker's compensation benefits for his death. However, those...

• Fatal scaffolding collapse

  Barry Doyle | June 14, 2007 7:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Two Indiana construction workers fell 40 feet to the ground when the scaffold they were working on collapsed. The scaffold had a loose pin holding in one of the members of the scaffold and when the workers went to repair the scaffold, their weight caused the scaffold to collapse.One worker survived the fall suffering chest and head injuries; the other workers suffered fatal injuries.Federal...

• Contractor cited after employee falls through floor

  Barry Doyle | May 20, 2007 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A contractor was hit with over $69,000 in fines by OSHA after an employee was injured when he plummeted three floors when the floor of the building he was working in collapased. The employee was involved in the demolition of a building at the time of the accident.Violations of OSHA regulations such as this put employees lives at unnecessary risk of harm.When done safely, demolition of buildings...