The Virginia Dept. of Transportation stopped construction for five days on a $650-million interchange project in Springfield after two construction workers died there in two weeks. A third worker died on the job last October. Click here to view chart

(Illustration by Guy Lawrence for ENR)

The most recent fatality occurred June 5, when Caesar Rivera, a worker for Cress Welding Service, a subcontractor to Shirley Contracting Corp., Lorton, Va., fell about 100 ft from an overpass under construction. VDOT officials say Rivera was working near sheet metal pans on the bridge deck. The accident is under investigation, but it appears Rivera had his harness clipped to a safety line and was moving on the deck when he fell, says Cloyed. The "mystery" is whether Rivera's equipment failed or his harness was cut on the metal, he addyys.

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