North Carolina worker death News

Worker Killed Working on Outer Banks Bridge in North Carolina

A person has died while working on a new bridge on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the fatal injury occurred on Monday. The bridge is going up over the Pamlico Sound in Rodanthe. Tim Hass, spokesman for …

Explosion at North Carolina Wastewater Treatment Plant Kills 1

Police in a North Carolina town says one person is dead after a plant explosion. Authorities in Nash County told local media outlets that a fire tank exploded at Pennco, Inc., on U.S. Highway 264 in Middlesex at around 9:30 …

North Carolina Fines Companies Involved in Fatal Scaffolding Accident

The North Carolina Labor Department has fined three companies in connection with the deaths of three workers killed when scaffolding fell at a high-rise construction project in downtown Raleigh, including one that was cited for violations described as willful and …

Report: 2014 North Carolina Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

Design flaws on supporting girders of a pedestrian bridge under construction at Wake Technical Community College led to a collapse that killed one worker and injured four others in November, according to a state report. But Stewart Engineering Inc. won’t …