South Texas police say a 35-year-old worker has died at a construction site after falling from a platform. Harlingen police Sgt. Robert Ahrens says Juan Carlos Reyes of Brownsville was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday. Witnesses told police Reyes …
Authorities have identified the construction worker who died while working on a new residence hall at the University of Oklahoma. Authorities say 24-year-old Colby Shaw had worked for Universal Roofing & Sheet Metal since 2006. Shaw fell four stories while …
The co-owner of a Big Island zip line course where a construction worker was killed while testing the attraction says the business will remain closed until it’s completely safe. The KapohoKine Adventures course has been closed since the Sept. 21 …
Fire department officials say a 19-year-old construction worker has died after a rod from a metal bracket fell and embedded in his forehead in Manchester, N.H. Fire District Chief Jim Michael said someone yelled to warn Tyler Walsh. He looked …
A worker has died after falling 17 feet from a platform at a construction site for a new Anchorage, Alaska, power plant. The Anchorage Daily News reports Paul Ackerman was injured Monday. The project contractor, Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin, says the 47-year-old …
A Hawaii builder must pay nearly $38,000 in citations in the death of a construction worker. A state investigation found that the foreman and employees failed to install and use fall protection systems while walking and working on a roof …
Federal safety officials say a construction worker has died after falling from the roof of condominium in Shelton. Robert Kowalski, area director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Bridgeport, said no details were immediately available about the accident …
A construction worker has been killed in the collapse of a building in the West Tennessee town of Greenfield. City Fire Chief Bob Dudley said the structure on Front Street crumbled at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, killing a man who …