Posts tagged construction

• Two Workers Injured in Durham Manhole

  Samantha Aktug | June 10, 2011 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Two employees of Triangle Grading and Paving suffocated while working in a manhole in Durham on June 7, 2011. The workers were apparently part of a crew laying pipe near the intersection of U.S. 70...

• NC Approves Replacement of Aging Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | January 03, 2011 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over twenty years in the planning -- or should I say heated debate -- the North Carolina Department of Transportation has received the all-clear to begin new construction of the aging Herbert C...

• Heads Up! Falling Objects Threaten Construction Workers, Do-It-Yourselfers

  Pierce Egerton | May 27, 2010 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Guilford County EMS transported two construction workers from Mary Foust Hall on the campus of UNC Greensboro around 3:00 p.m. on May 26, 2010 after plaster similar to stucco fell on them from the...

• Danger on the Interstate: Bottlenecks

  Pierce Egerton | May 26, 2010 12:46 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Several regrettable incidents on Piedmont Triad roads in North Carolina over the past few weeks remind me of an issue that should concern motorists everywhere. The phenomenon develops when traffic...

• UPDATE: Fatal Mother’s Day Collision Caused by Cell Phone Usage?

  Pierce Egerton | May 14, 2010 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I recently posted a blog about two multi-car collisions that both occurred on the same stretch of Interstate 40 in Greensboro, North Carolina on Mother’s Day, May 9, 2010. The first wreck...

• Two Multiple-Car Pile Ups on Mother’s Day Result in Two Tragic Deaths

  Pierce Egerton | May 11, 2010 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Two different mothers lost a child on Mothers Day, May 9, 2010 in Greensboro, North Carolina when two separate multiple-car collisions resulted in the deaths of two young people. The first...

• Tips for Driving Safely in Highway Construction Sites: “Work Zones Need Our Undivided Attention!”

  Pierce Egerton | April 23, 2010 3:56 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  As National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week comes to a close, I’d like to remind you of some basic, simple driving tips that will help keep motorists and workers safe in these dangerous...

• Highway Construction Worker Hit on Interstate 85 near Archdale, North Carolina

  Pierce Egerton | April 20, 2010 3:55 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In North Carolina in 2008, there were five work-related deaths at road construction sites and 21 fatal traffic accidents in a highway construction zone. It should come as no surprise that highway...

• National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Begins

  Pierce Egerton | April 19, 2010 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  This Monday, April 19 begins National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week for 2010. An event is scheduled in New York City to kickoff a week of programs across the United States that will promote this...

• A Simple Slip and Fall Accident Could Become Quite Serious

  Randy Appleton | December 23, 2009 2:51 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  It’s no laughing matter when someone slips over some loose grapes or a banana at the grocery store, or a watery floor in a restaurant, and even if someone falls from a chair that improperly...