Workers returned Aug. 24th to a portion of a New Mexico hospital construction site near where a fatal scaffold collapse occurred, says a spokeswoman for McCarthy Building Cos., the project's Phoenix-based construction manager.
With the recent Legionnaires’ disease outbreak apparently under control, the New York City Councils’ newly adopted law requiring building owners to certify, test and clean building cooling towers has set off a flurry of work.
Third-generation union ironworker Lawrence O’Leary, 54, died on July 25, following injuries from a fall at a Logan International Airport construction site two weeks earlier, officials reported.
The city of Berkeley has implemented a host of new construction ordinances intended to prevent future balcony collapses like the one that killed six young people and injured seven more on June 16.
Photo by AP Wide World A dropped load fell 30 stories, ricocheting off the step-backed building and landing on Madison Avenue. No one was seriously injured. Enlarge Graphic by ENR Art Dept. A cut sling was the cause of the dropped load accident in Midtown Manhattan last month, believes a confidential source familiar with the investigation.The accident highlights a vulnerability in rigging procedures. Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations identify the point of vulnerability, but the agency does not provide detailed guidelines.The accident occurred when a roughly 13-ton air conditioner was being lifted into place at the top of
Related Links: High in the Sky, Tower Rescues Require Skill Ironworker Crushed by Steel at Brooklyn's Barclays Center An ironworker and an elevator constructor were seriously injured and one later died after an external hoist cab fell three stories at the Partners Healthcare administrative building under construction in Somerville, Mass. on June 11.The accident occurred when a hoist cab unexpectedly pulled away during the assembly of the hoists on the building, said Boston-based contractor Suffolk Construction in a statement. The two workers were given first aid by Somerville police on the scene and transported by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital,
Related Links: Lifting Experts Teach Online Course for Rigging Engineers Crane Failures Have Industry Looking at Hazards Under the Hook A cut sling was the cause of the dropped load accident in Manhattan last month, according to a confidential source familiar with the investigation.The roughly 13-ton air conditioner fell as it was being lifted into place at the top of 261 Madison Ave., falling 30 stories to the street below early on Sunday morning, May 31. The accident resulted in only minor injuries.The load fell because the synthetic sling used to lift it in place was cut, most likely because
Courtesy Trinity Industries Court agreed with plaintiff's contention that in a collision, the altered guardrail could become a lethal projectile. Related Links: FHWA Says Controversial Highway Guardrail Passes Crash Tests FHWA Will Re-Test Highway Guardrail System Suspected In Deaths Trinity Industries of Dallas, manufacturer of the controversial ET-Plus highway guardrail system, has been ordered to pay a $663 million judgment for defrauding the Federal Highway Administration. The ruling, issued on June 9 in U.S. District Court in Texas, is based on an October 2014 verdict of a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit that found Trinity modified components of the ET-Plus
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