Thomas Gehl, a 41-year-old construction worker, died recently after falling 14 feet from a metal beam and sustaining head injuries. He was working on an addition to Douglas Elementary School in Douglas, Michigan and had been employed by FCC Construction for over a decade. He had also volunteered as a…
Last Friday in Titusville, Florida, a construction worker was killed when he was run over by a road-grader at around 4:40 pm. The construction project was intended to add two additional lanes to Grissom Parkway. As of this writing, 48-year-old construction worker had been indentified so that police could notify…
MBTA transit police are investigating a bus crash that occurred last Monday in Lynn, Massachusetts and left John Pappas, of Lynn, with serious leg injuries. The 48-year-old man was struck by an MBTA bus and was listed in stable condition (as of last week) at Massachusetts General Hospital. Doctors performed…
As longtime Boston residents may recall, a crane accident injured a construction worker 1999 during the Big Dig. More recently, fatal crane accidents in New York City, Texas, and Oklahoma have brought crane safety back into the public interest. In response to the deaths of these construction workers following crane…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed fines totaling $135,200 for twelve alleged safety violations at New England Wood Pellet, LLC’s manufacturing plant in New Hampshire. These citations come in response to an incident on January 23 where an employee was found in an unguarded conveyer. The list…
Brian Millet, 54, died last week at Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts after falling four stories down an elevator shaft in a Hampton Inn under construction in Enfield, Connecticut. Millet was still conscious when medical personnel arrived at the scene of the accident, but he later died of injuries sustained…
In Dorchester, Massachusetts at the site of a new commuter rail stop under construction, an eight-ton piece of equipment injured a construction worker when it began swinging through the air last week. The worker sustained non-life threatening chest injuries and was transported to Boston Medical Center for treatment. Construction sites…
One worker was killed and another injured in a recent crane collapse in Oklahoma City. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the coroner’s office are investigating the July 23 accident and say it could take over a month to determine the cause. Meanwhile, the family of 33-year-old ironworker…
In Framingham, Massachusetts a new organization called the MetroWest Immigrant Worker Center has opened its doors on Union Avenue. The local group formed last fall and has been conducting outreach work through local churches attended by immigrants. Director Diego Low says the organization hopes to assist workers in pursuing their…
OSHA will investigate the site of a construction accident in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The accident occurred on a Thursday morning a few weeks ago when the ground gave way around Christopher Coppin, trapping the 34-year-old man for several hours. An estimated 100 rescuers from over a dozen departments rushed to…