December 18, 2023
DENVER (AP) — Firefighters in the Denver metro area responded to the second large fire at an Aurora construction site in three days on Saturday. Officials have not yet determined the cause for either fire and have not suggested that …
May 24, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – Four people were injured when a crane partially collapsed at a construction site in Atlanta, police said. Police and firefighters rushed Monday to the site in the city’s Midtown area. The four people who were hurt were …
September 18, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas — Two cranes collided Wednesday at a construction site in Austin, Texas, causing one of them to partially collapse and injuring at least 22 workers who were sent scrambling for safety, authorities said. The cranes collided and got …
August 31, 2015
The subcontractor involved in a fatal accident at the Minnesota Vikings stadium construction site has received nine citations for worksite safety violations in the past five years, according to public records. A Berwald Roofing Co. employee was killed Wednesday when …
February 7, 2013
A northeast Kansas man is dead after a crane he was operating at a construction site tipped over and he was pinned beneath it. The Coffey County Sheriff’s Office says 51-year-old Eric Spaar of Holton was killed in the accident …
October 1, 2012
Police say vandals used heavy machinery to trash a construction site and seriously damage a crane in northeast Philadelphia. It happened sometime between when crews closed up for the night around 8 p.m. Wednesday and when they returned Thursday morning. …
September 14, 2012
A platform elevator at a construction site in southern China has dropped 30 floors in a free fall, killing 19 workers. The official Xinhua News Agency says the accident happened Thursday in Wuhan city in Hubei province. A government notice …
September 4, 2012
Building inspectors in Eden Prairie, Minn., are trying to determine what caused steel beams to come crashing down at the construction site of a sports facility. Assistant Fire Chief Tom Schmitz says one man suffered injuries that were not life-threatening …
May 31, 2012
Authorities in Delaware are investigating a deadly trench collapse at a construction site in Sussex County. Authorities said 47-year-old Richard A. White of Milford died Thursday morning when the trench he was working in collapsed at a job site in …
January 30, 2012
Police in Fairbanks, Alaska, say the construction site of the Chief Andrew Isaac Heath Center continues to be a target for thieves. Lt. Matt Soden tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that there are no suspects in the theft this week …