Posts tagged construction accidents

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Truck hits flagger

  Barry Doyle | April 06, 2007 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In Florida, a traffic flagger is recovering after he was hit by a truck while working on a road construction project. The truck driver failed to keep clear of the flagger. He hit the flagger with his outside mirror and then drove over the top of his foot.The flagger suffered a mangled foot as a result of being run over.Obviously every driver needs to be careful of workers in construction zones...

• Knowledge of hazards key to trench collapse prevention

  Barry Doyle | March 23, 2007 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The foreman of a Texas plumbing crew admitted that he was not familiar with the federal regulations which are intended to protect workers against the hazards of a trench collapse. As a result, he sent his crew into a trench that had been dug three weeks earlier. Intervening rainstorms had weakened the walls of the trench, leading to a collapse which trapped one of his co-workers.The trapped...

• OSHA fines contractor $40,000

  Barry Doyle | January 26, 2007 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Massachusetts contractor was fined $40,000 by OSHA after an inspector saw two workers on a steeply-pitched roof without fall protection in place. The amount of the fine was increased due to the company having been fined for similar violations on two other job sites in 2005.In 2004, there were 1,224 fatalities involving construction workers. 36% of those work-related deaths were due to...

• 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...

• 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...

• Worker killed in fall down open air shaft

  Barry Doyle | March 28, 2007 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In Buffalo, a construction worker fell 30 feet down an open air shaft. Guard rails had been put in place at the entry to the air shaft but were missing at the time of the fall.The worker sustained fatal injuries as a result of the fall.Floor openings such as the open air shaft pose a serious risk to workers on a construction site. Becxause of this, OSHA regulations require that openings such...

• Peoria man killed by backhoe

  Barry Doyle | February 02, 2007 7:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Peoria area man was killed recently while digging a trench to uncover a water line. The operator of the back hoe was getting out of the machine when his clothing snagged the controls, causing the bucket to swing out of control. The backhoe struck the laborer, causing fatal injuries.This unfortunate accident places the spotlight on the equipment used on job sites. One of the factors that...