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Construction Accidents on Tennessee Bridge Continue to Accumulate
Bridge construction is obviously a necessary pursuit for many reasons, as unsafe structures like these only lead to terrible tragedies. However, this is also a type of work that’s inherently dangerous on its own, and some bridge jobs ten to create more problems than others. Tragically, a bridge in Tennessee that’s been under construction for [...]
Continue reading...Safety Line Severely Injures Back of Florida Industrial Worker
20. August 2009
When industrial workers are performing their duties at dangerous heights, usually occurring on the top of buildings or equipment, it’s common and advisable for them to attach themselves to a safety line so that if they should fall, they will not free-fall to the ground. While it’s clear that these safety lines have saved many [...]
Continue reading...Pittsburgh Construction Fatalities Mounting as Another Worker Dies
19. August 2009
The construction industry is known for being dangerous at its core, but there are statistics and then there are individual tragedies when workers are killed. Based on yet another fatality that occurred in Pittsburgh yesterday, it appears that the individual losses are mounting in terms of the collective problem that is construction worker danger in [...]
Continue reading...Restaurant Employee Badly Burned in Crash
17. August 2009
Working at a hamburger restaurant generally does not entail dealing with too many hazards and dangers, but one of the pieces of equipment that does tend to lead to injuries is the deep fryer that’s on just about every premises that serves fried food. Unfortunately, an employee at a hamburger restaurant in Southern California suffered [...]
Continue reading...Faulty Fireworks Lead to Four Deaths, One Injury
15. July 2009
It seems that every year, fireworks shows around the country go haywire for different reasons. When explosives are sold and set off in bulk, the odds of accidents occurring increases markedly, and that issue seems to arise on an annual basis when municipalities celebrate Independence Day. Sadly, that appears to be the case with one [...]
Continue reading...Strange Crane Accident Severely Injures Utility Worker
13. July 2009
When we read or hear about crane accidents, they typically involve boom failures or the dropping of materials that these massive machines were trying to lift and maneuver. However, as a recent story should remind all of us, there are other dangers associated with cranes, even though they are statistically rare. One of those dangers [...]
Continue reading...Three Illegal Immigrants Awarded Settlements in Construction Accidents
9. July 2009
Construction accidents occur at a high rate around the country, and one of the unspoken norms within this industry involves construction companies using illegal immigrants on job sites. The reasons are obvious for such a practice - the labor supply is plentiful and inexpensive - but the question of the rights of these workers when [...]
Continue reading...Three Construction Workers Killed in Texas
11. June 2009
Construction workers must get used to working in different, sometimes risky environments to get the job done, and this is particularly true when the construction project involves a high-rise building. Scaffolding must be assembled and used so that the work needed can be completed in a timely manner, and all too often, it’s the scaffolding [...]
Continue reading...Slim Jim Plant Explosion Update - Two Dead, 40 Injured
10. June 2009
We posted yesterday regarding an explosion at a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina. At the time of the original news report, two workers were missing and three were critically injured. As rescue workers began to clean up the rubble and remove the enormous amounts of debris left behind by the blast, the tragic numbers [...]
Continue reading...Explosion at Slim Jim Plant Leaves Several Missing, Seriously Injured
9. June 2009
Industrial accidents almost always leave a wake of destruction behind, and today was no different as an explosion ripped through a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina, leaving three workers critically injured and two still missing as of this report. Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of workplace occurrences such as this one is that those [...]
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24. August 2009
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