Workplace Injuries

• Contractor fined in fatal scaffold accident

  Barry Doyle | January 29, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  OSHA fined a Boston-area masonry contractor $119,000 for safety violations involved in an April accident. The contractor's employees were dismantling the scaffold and in doing so, they removed the braces that anchored the scaffold to the building. Without anything to anchor or stabilize it, the scaffold collapsed, resulting in the deaths of two workers and one passer-by.The fines were based on...

• OSHA fines contractor $40,000

  Barry Doyle | January 26, 2007 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Massachusetts contractor was fined $40,000 by OSHA after an inspector saw two workers on a steeply-pitched roof without fall protection in place. The amount of the fine was increased due to the company having been fined for similar violations on two other job sites in 2005.In 2004, there were 1,224 fatalities involving construction workers. 36% of those work-related deaths were due to...

• Worker falls from scaffold after shock

  Barry Doyle | January 17, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Texas construction worker had to be air-lifted from the scene of the accident after he was injured at work. He was working on a scaffold when he received a shock from nearby power lines and fell 40 feet to the ground.The worker suffered severe burns as a result of being shocked.This accident raises a number of safety issues. It is fairly well-known that high-voltage electricity can arc from...

• Truck driver crushed by crane load

  Barry Doyle | January 12, 2007 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A truck driver died in a recent construction accident when he was struck by a load from a crane. The truck driver had just delivered a portion of a large conveyor belt system to an airport in San Jose. The machinery was being moved by crane from the trailer to the building where it would be installed when the load swayed.The truck driver was killed instantly when he was pinned in between his...

• Fall on construction site(2)

  Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  Two workers were seriously injured when they fell 20 feet while working on a Florida construction site. One suffered a fractured leg; details as to the injuries sustained by the other were unclear.The fall was over 20 feet. OSHA regulations require the use of fall protection, typically a tie line, when working at that kind of height.On most large construction sites, the great bulk of the work...

• Fall on construction site(3)

  Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Two workers were seriously injured when they fell 20 feet while working on a Florida construction site. One suffered a fractured leg; details as to the injuries sustained by the other were unclear.The fall was over 20 feet. OSHA regulations require the use of fall protection, typically a tie line, when working at that kind of height.On most large construction sites, the great bulk of the work...

• Construction Accident Traps Virginia Workers

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Several construction workers were believed to be trapped today when a slab of wet concrete collapsed on the 24th floor of a high-rise building, said officials.Police spokesperson, John Lisle, said the cause of the construction accident is still unclear. Several workers were believed to be trapped and a handful of others had minor injuries, said Diana Sun, county spokeswoman. Oscar Moscoso, a...