Articles Tagged with ''accidents''

Workers performing pothole repairs were struck by an SUV early in the morning on Interstate 294 near Des Plaines, Ill.

DC Water CEO David Gadis cited long-term access easements, standardized permitting timelines and better regulator field coordination "to prevent a recurrence of the failure," but one stakeholder lamented there was no conclusive spill cause or 'clear plan' to avoid future ones.

Maryland has relied on awareness campaigns to protect workers on highway projects.

Paving contractor elected to settle case but disputes the plaintiff's version of events, calling the award a 'nuclear' settlement.

What happened inside the rush to build one of the nation's largest ICE detention facilities is now drawing federal attention.

Three workers were ID'ed by city-based Ironworkers union as members Stepan Shevchuk, the first to be found, and Matthew Kane and Mark Scott Jr., who were discovered early on April 13.

The unfinished garage being built for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is being demolished, following a consultation with structural engineers. 

David Rodriguez, 45, who was employed by Midwest Drywall, died Mar. 30 after falling about 60 ft from scaffolding on the downtown project, with investigations of the accident underway.  

A 25-year-old employee of Kokosing Construction was killed in a hit-and-run crash last month in Columbus.

Ironworker sustained multiple traumatic injuries in a fall from concrete forms while working at a $978-million Fermi Lab project in Illinois.