Here in Massachusetts, we’ve had several notable subway and construction accidents in recent years. Workers in China face many of these same hazards; in fact, two workers were killed in a Beijing construction accident earlier this week. On Wednesday, emergency response crews retrieved the bodies of the two workers whose…
On Friday morning, a sub-contractor working on upgrades to a power plant at a college in Virginia was injured by a falling pipe. The iron and insulation pipe reportedly measured 40 feet long with a one foot diameter. Firefighters from a nearby city responded to the construction accident. The unidentified…
CBS 3 Springfield News reports that this is shaping up to be a busy summer for Massachusetts construction crews. With federal stimulus dollars backing new construction projects, crews are out in full force drilling, digging, and working. While this is good news for many of the workers employed in these…
Earlier this week, a Massachusetts worker was injured during his morning coffee break when pieces of a 500-poud panel fell on him. The 34-year-old man was working at the J. Michael Ruane Judicial Center, a new court facility being constructed on Salem’s Federal Street. Construction on the facility began in…
Over the weekend, a highway construction accident seriously injured a worker when he was hit by a car. Police said the 22-year-old man was working in a construction zone early Sunday morning when an eastbound vehicle entered the two-lane construction zone and hit him around 2:15am Sunday morning. The injured…
Last week, a construction accident claimed the life of a Georgia machinery operator. The man was operating a bob-cat at a high school construction site when he was hit and killed by the machine’s boom. According to reports, the worker was partially out of the bob-cat when it killed him.…
In December, a Newburyport scaffolding accident injured two workers who were working on the roof of a two-story home. The scaffolding apparently collapsed and threw the two men to the concrete sidewalk below, causing back and head injuries to both men, one of whom was the contractor himself. They were…
On Wednesday, a traffic collision on Route 3 South in Plymouth sent a highway worker to the hospital with minor injuries. The Boston Channel reports that a Massachusetts State Police cruiser rear-ended a construction vehicle. The police officer driving the cruiser was apparently not injured. According to reports, the motor…
Last week, a trench collapse killed a 56-year-old worker in Hudson, Ohio. The workplace accident also injured a 58-year-old worker who remained in serious condition at a local hospital. Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the 15-foot-deep trench was unsafe and lacked safety protections in the area…
A wall collapse at an elementary school construction site has killed a 57-year-old construction worker. A gust of wind apparently blew over a cement block wall under construction, falling on the construction accident victim. The area was experiencing severe thunderstorms at the time of the accident, and various reports showed…