April 16, 2013
A construction worker has died after being crushed by a 1,700-pound pipe at an upstate New York construction site. New York State Police say Gary Feeney of Dorchester, Massachusetts was pinned Saturday morning after the 40-foot pipe became dislodged while …
August 16, 2012
Officials say a construction worker has died in a trench collapse at a Southeast Texas refinery. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the accident happened Tuesday afternoon at a construction site at the Total Port Arthur refinery. Investigators say the …
August 9, 2012
The widow of a worker killed when he fell more than 20 feet to the concrete floor of a sewage treatment shaft is suing a western Pennsylvania municipality, a plant official and contractors involved in the project. The Beaver County …
June 25, 2012
A worker is dead after the wall of a trench collapsed at a New York City construction site. The accident happened shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Staten Island. Police say the 29-year-old worker sustained severe head trauma when he …
June 20, 2012
Authorities say a construction worker has died after falling four stories from a building site at the University of Oklahoma. The Norman Transcript reports that the man was working at Headington Hall on Monday when he fell. The new residence …
June 19, 2012
Authorities say a 46-year-old construction worker has died after falling off the roof of a house outside Syracuse. Police in the town of Camillus say Harvey Seymour III of Fulton was placing shingles on a two-story home Thursday afternoon when …