Authorities say three workers in Bedford County were injured when a wall from a building under construction collapsed on them. According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, the accident happened Saturday morning. The wall was part of a new football fieldhouse being …
Four people have been hurt after an apparent lightning strike in Houston, Texas, as they worked on the foundation of a house. The Houston Fire Department says Wednesday afternoon’s accident left one worker critical and three in stable condition. All …
Two construction workers have been injured while laying cement 35 feet below the historic Longfellow Bridge that leads from Boston to Cambridge. Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald says the men were taken to a hospital Monday afternoon with non-life-threatening …
Two men working on construction of a Ferris wheel at the Scheels store in Sioux Falls, S.D., were hurt when an electric motor fell about 15 feet The workers were taken to a hospital Wednesday afternoon with injuries that police …
Authorities in Dubai say three workers were killed when a crane collapsed at a construction site near the world’s tallest building. A police statement on Monday says the crane fell on the workers on Sunday near the landmark Burj Khalifa. …
Four workers have been injured when temporary stairs in a house under construction in Fairfield, Conn., collapsed as they carried a cast-iron tub. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Bisson tells the Connecticut Post the tub and two staircases toppled into the …
Five construction workers have been injured when a ceiling collapsed during renovation work at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Spokeswoman Carolyn Pennington says the accident occurred at about 2 p.m. Thursday in the research section of the facility, and …
Fire officials in the Seattle, Wash., suburb of Redmond say four construction workers were injured when some scaffolding for a high-rise apartment complex broke apart. Redmond Fire spokesman Jim Bove tells The Seattle Times that the injuries to the Compass …
Two construction workers were injured in an accident on the job Thursday at the CenturyLink Field parking garage in Seattle. The fire department says they were hit by a load of rebar that was being lifted by a crane, and …