A two-story home being demolished in Philadelphia, Penn., partially collapsed Monday, killing one of two contractors who had been trapped, officials said. Two men were working on the building shortly before 11 a.m. when the rear of the property collapsed, …
A construction worker has died after falling out of an elevator on the 19th floor of a structure being built in North Carolina’s largest city. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said 24-year-old Juventino Mata-Hernandez was working on a 33-story tower when he died …
A highway construction worker has died from injuries he received when he was hit by a truck. Local media report that Walter I. Gonzales-Lopez, a 56-year-old Baltimore resident, died Sunday. He and a co-worker were struck Wednesday in a closed …
Authorities in suburban Philadelphia, Penn., say a construction worker was crushed to death by a safety deposit box. Cheltenham Township police say the incident happened at an old Wells Fargo in the Cheltenham Mall around 1 p.m. Monday. Officials say …
Authorities say a construction worker died after falling from the roof of a building at the University of Kentucky. Media reports say 47-year-old Michael Persichitti died after falling about 30 feet Friday at the site of the new student center …
Officials say a construction worker has died after being electrocuted while working at a site on the campus of Shepherd University. Shepherd University officials said in a news release that the man was killed on campus on July 5. Harkins …
Police said a worker’s hard hat likely saved his life after he was hit by a falling steel beam at a suburban Syracuse, New York construction site. Officials told The Post-Standard of Syracuse that officers responded around 11 a.m. Monday …
A company faces up to $58,700 in fines after a construction worker died while working on the second story of an Ocean Springs, Mississippi home. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it has cited Thomas Matthews …
