by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
NEW BRITAIN – A construction worker jumped to safety this afternoon as he felt the aerial boomlift he was working on at the Crystal Ballroom on Farmington Avenue begin to tip over, firefighters said. The bucket of the boomlift was hovering along the roof line of...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) closed its plants on Wednesday for safety inspections, following accidents that claimed the lives of three workers in one week this month. It is the first time that Korea’s largest shipbuilder has suspended operations since it was...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
KOCHI: An interstate migrant laborer died and another worker suffered severe injuries when a construction lift collapsed at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) here on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Palanivel, 50, a resident of Tamil...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
Mississauga, ON – Schmolz + Bickenbach Canada Inc., an international manufacturer, producer and distributor of steel products, pleaded guilty and has been fined $100,000 after a worker suffered injuries that resulted in amputation. On September 11, 2014, a worker...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A construction worker who was pinned underneath a 20,000-pound dump truck has been freed, and suffered only relatively minor injuries, city officials said Tuesday. According to officials, the 30-year-old Parsippany man was working at the construction site of a new...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
SEYMOUR >> A construction worker sustained injuries to his face and leg Tuesday after falling some 25 feet from a senior apartment building currently being built downtown. The worker, whose identity was not available, was taken to Waterbury Hospital with face...
