Items Tagged with 'construction accidents'

Two insurers push back against a growing number of negligence lawsuits.

The class is part of a widening recognition of the importance of more closely aligning design engineering with construction jobsite safety.

Crews raced to reach the entrapped worker, who had fallen into a void beneath a grade-level area of demolition debris.

Contractor T.L. Wallace Construction was replacing the bridge and two others along State Route 149 for the Mississippi Dept. of Transportation.

What triggered a whistleblower lawsuit that led to damages against a West Virginia-based paving supplier and contractor that is a unit of giant CRH Americas?

Rigger Jorge De La Torre, 27, fell to his death, but motorists in vehicles miraculously sustained only injuries in the accident earlier this spring.

Police body cameras provided an unusual behind-the-scenes glimpse of the construction crew just after a disastrous accident at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., high-rise project earlier this year, in video released by city police.

An assessment of an OSHA Review Commission case involving a worker killed at a California casino site.

A commentary that says too often, when we investigate safety incidents, we focus on the immediate cause and not the “root cause.” They aren’t the same thing.

The steel caisson rolled down a steep slope and struck pedestrian Aleia Lopez, causing a fatal head injury.