An incident involving a worker falling and becoming injured on the job occurred in Bay Harbor Island, Florida recently. Theaccident occurred when the employee, who was working his first day on the job, was placing roofing sheathing. While doing so, he was carrying plywood. When a strong wind blew, it caused for the new…
A Utah constructionworker was killed after jumping into a collapsing trench to save a co-worker in American Fork. The 41-year-old construction worker and father is being called a hero. The American Fork Police Department Chief called the incident a tragic accident. The fatal construction accident occurred at a housing development at 530 South 860…
Anaccident occurred in Sydney on Sunday around 11:30 a.m. when a crane fell on top of a building. Three men were working, attached to the boom of the crane by a safety harness. Allegedly, when the crane fell, the men were left hanging 60 meters above the ground. The men were taken to the…
A Missouri man was killed during a maintenancework accident on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities report the man was in the course of his maintenance job duties when he was thrown off a company ATV near the 13300 block of Bellefontaine in north St. Louis County around 12:45 p.m. The 40-year-old man from Hazelwood died of…
A New York City Firefighter waskilled in the line of duty on Tuesday morning. According to authorities, a Bronx battalion chief has been identified as the victim killed in a house explosion. The 17-year veteran and father of three was struck by debris while fighting a fire in the Kingsbridge neighborhood. According to the…
A Chicago constructionworker was seriously injured at a job site on Chicago’s Near North Side Saturday afternoon. Authorities say the 34-year-old construction worker injured his left arm as he worked inside an elevator. The young man was transported to a hospital where doctors amputated his left arm near his shoulder. Authorities say the man…
A young Kansas man lost his left leg in a tragicwork accident in Ellsworth on Monday. According to officials, a 28-year-old Co-op worker got caught in a grain bin. OSHA officials are investigating the workplace accident, and their safety officials say the man’s leg got caught in a running auger. The man was rushed…
In May of this year two men, dressed as employees, got in and robbed an HEB store. An employee wasattacked and punched by one of the robbers, they then took the money from the safe in the main office and fled the facility. An update was conducted today releasing surveillance video to get the…
A St. Louis roofer has died more than a month after a tragicconstruction accident in which he fell into a kettle of burning tar. The 66-year-old man died last Wednesday after spending over a month in a medically induced coma. The roofer was working on a one-story University City building when he fell off…
A Colorado worker was trapped for nearly two hours during aconstruction accident. The construction worker was stuck in a trench for almost two hours after he fell in at a Colorado Springs construction site. According to Colorado Springs Firefighters, the 30-year-old man was performing work on a water line on a residential street near…