Articles Tagged with ''construction accidents''

A prolonged short circuit in the third-rail power system of Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail system has been determined to be the probable cause for a January 2015 electrical arcing and smoke incident that killed one passenger and injured dozens more, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Another 65 or more people remain missing in the fallen six-story structure.

On Sept. 9, 2010, a 30-in.-dia, Pacific Gas & Electric-owned natural-gas pipeline exploded (above), killing eight people in a residential neighborhood of San Bruno, Calif.

Construction safety management at some employers aims to turn all workers into 'lifeguards.'

An examination of the legal record shows how concern on paper prior to work on a bridge at Baylor University in 2014 did not foreclose choices and lapses in the field that culminated in tragedy.

A fatality linked to a September, 2015 forklift accident at a bridge connecting Wisconsin and Minnesota apparently triggered harsh words from OSHA officials.