Articles Tagged with ''construction fatality''

Work on the project has been halted as OSHA, police and airport officials investigate the incident.

Officials proposed contractor Big D Builders Inc. of Meridian, Idaho, pay nearly $200,000 in fines after a co-owner and two other workers were killed in the collapse.

Families of two of the three workers killed in the collapse are suing the general contractor and other companies involved with the project.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released preliminary findings from its investigation late last year.

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.

Ryan Haynes, 37, was killed last October when a mobile crane on a road project toppled and its boom struck him. 

Temporary channels are open for shipping, with reopening of the main channel slated for May. 

Three workers were killed and five of the injured were hospitalized in critical condition when the under construction pre-engineered hanger collapsed Jan. 31.

On-the-job fatality rate rose by 11% in 2022 for construction and extraction workers, the second highest of all industries, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

One worker was killed and another injured after a mobile crane working on a highway project toppled Oct. 3 near Orlando while placing concrete panels for a noise wall.