David O’Donnell, 27, died in June 6 Chicago project accident, while Samantha Ruvolo Deschenes, 33, suffered fatal injuries May 30 in forklift rollover at a Portland, Ore., school construction site.
The Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries assessed penalties totaling $16,800 for SAK Builders in relation to a fatal construction site accident in March.
British Columbis safety regulator cites extended police criminal probe for keeping secret results of its probe into one of North America's deadliest crane collapses that in July 2021 killed four site workers at a 25-story condo project and an engineer in an adjacent building.
Fabio Pires, 31, an electrical engineer and union operating mechanic died last year after sustaining severe burns, but the Massachusetts firm disputes agency conclusions in proposing total of five serious and willful violations against it.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced via Twitter that city officials had “immediately suspended Atlantic Coast Utilities’ only other permitted worksite in Boston.”
After a three-month funding dispute that halted thousands of state projects, New Jersey politicians agreed to a new 23¢-per-gal gas tax to restart work. Coming the day after the rail crash in Hoboken, the deal has raised some question on infrastructure investment.