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7 lip 2021 · A construction worker has died after a drilling rig that was being used to move heavy equipment fell on top of him while he was working. The deadly incident happened on Tuesday at approximately 8: ...
News about Construction Accidents, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
22 mar 2022 · A 21-year-old heavy equipment operator died after being struck by an excavation bucket that became detached from the quick coupling device attached to the end of a boom. The victim was operating an excavator to dig trenches for a sewer system.
Explosion and fire hit tequila factory in Mexico, killing at least 5 workers, officials say. Mexican officials say an explosion and fire erupted inside a tequila factory, killing at least five workers and injuring two others at the site in the liquor’s namesake town in Jalisco state. July 23.
6 sie 2021 · Heavy equipment rolls over, kills man. MINNEOTA — A 44-year-old man has died after suffering traumatic injuries at a construction site Wednesday, according to Lyon County Sheriff Eric Wallen.
17 cze 2022 · This year has been a tragic one for 13 workers killed in trench collapses. The deaths between January 1 and June 17 include three double-fatalities in recent trench collapses in Florida, Michigan...
27 lip 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — As authorities continue to investigate a crane collapse that rained thousands of pounds of steel debris onto a busy Manhattan thoroughfare Wednesday, the owner and operator of the failed crane are facing scrutiny over past safety failures.
