Workplace Injuries

• Death at Calaveras Lake

  Beth Janicek | November 02, 2009 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  For the second time this year, someone working on the new CPS Energy coal plant on Calaveras Lake fell to their death. In January, a scaffolding builder with Calaveras Power Partners, died in an...

• A Louisiana Crane Company Fined Over Safety Violations After Four Employee Deaths

  Beth Janicek | January 28, 2009 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The U.S. government wants to fine Deep South Crane and Rigging due to a crane accident that killed four employees in Houston, Texas. After an investigation that began July 18, OSHA announced that it...

• Pedestrian Bridge Collapse in Atlanta

  Beth Janicek | December 23, 2008 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The Atlanta Botanical Gardens was closed last Friday because of construction that was intended to improve the park for visitors. Unfortunately, the renovations went horribly wrong when an...

• First Federal Crane Regulations In Over 30 Years

  Beth Janicek | September 19, 2008 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A couple of weeks ago I discussed a few of the OSHA requirements for crane operations. Now it is being reported that the U.S. Department of Labor will release the first crane regulations since 1971....

• Brownsville Construction Accident Kills Two Workers

  Shannon Weidemann | August 16, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A construction accident in Brownsville at the site of a new T-Mobile customer service call center has left two workers dead and a third injured. A wall on the building collapsed and killed two people. The worksite is located at the intersection of Heritage Trail and Paredes Line. Investigators have yet to determine why one of the buildings walls gave way. Another worker was injured in the...

• Former Prison Inmate Sues Over Worksite Injury

  Shannon Weidemann | May 27, 2007 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A man who was serving prison time in Kennebec County is now suing the county for a worksite injury he incured while on a work crew. The man slipped and fell off of a roof and broke his ankle. He claims that the roof was wet and the work conditions were dangerous in his lawsuit.The lawsuit, filed in Kennebec County Superior Court on May 17 by attorney Peter Clifford, charges the defendants with...

• Death Toll Rises in Crane Collapse

  Beth Janicek | March 20, 2008 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A 5 ½ ton steel collar being installed around a 20 story crane broke loose from a building on East 51st St. and as the collar fell it struck another collar, knocking it loose rendering the crane unstable. The unsupported crane tumbled, crashing into the building and leveling a town house. Two construction workers and a woman from Miami were pulled from the Manhattan crane collapse. Torres,...

• Ground Crew Member Killed at Denver Airport

  Shannon Weidemann | August 08, 2007 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A 46-year-old sub-contractor at Denver International Airport was killed by a sweeper on runway 16L. He was working to remove tire pieces from the runway. The workplace accident happened early in the morning on Monday. The sub-contractor was cleaning rubber pieces off the runway when he was hit by a large sweeper. "The man had apparently bent over to retrieve an item and could not be seen by...

• On the Job Injury: Man Killed at Alamodome

  Beth Janicek | September 25, 2006 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  On September 21, 2006 around 5:00 p.m., a roof collapsed and trapped two employees under the rubble. The men were working on a structure for the Builders Showcase Expo that is set to open September 28, 2006. Most of the workers had finished for the day and only the two men were left on the structure. One of the men died upon impact and the other is at Brooke Army Medical Center. The accident...

• Work Related Deaths Rise in Texas in 2007

  Beth Janicek | August 22, 2008 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  In Texas for 2007 there were 527 work-related deaths, increasing from 489 deaths in 2006. Transportation incidents which involve cars, trucks, trains, boats and airplanes and other airborne...