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Kent Man Killed In Construction Accident
December 30, 2005 (komotv.com)
FEDERAL WAY - A 39-year-old Kent man was killed Friday morning after a wall collapsed at a construction site in Federal Way.
Police say several construction workers were using a cable to put up a 12x36 foot wall up at a medical professional building. But the cable snapped and the wall fell.
Construction Accident Kills 19-Year-Old
December 28, 2005 (news.tbo.com)
WESLEY CHAPEL - A 19-year-old construction worker was killed on the job early Tuesday after another worker apparently ran over him with a curbing machine, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said.
$24.3M upheld on appeal: Worker injured in UW building
September 1, 2005 (madison.com)
A Dane County jury's $24.3 million award in a 1999 construction accident was upheld today by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Terry Staskal, a construction worker for Kramer Brothers, was trapped for three hours and 15 minutes on June 9, 1999, by a collapse of a section of the fourth floor during construction of the University of Wisconsin Pharmacy Building.
Construction Accident Nets $1.55 Million Settlement
August 26th, 2005 (law.com)
A $1.55 million settlement has been reached in an Eastern District of Pennsylvania case stemming from a construction site accident in which a Hackensack, N.J., man's right leg was severed below the knee.
Five injured in Cary construction accident
August 25th, 2005 (wcnc.com)
Five construction workers were injured — four seriously — when the framework of a roof collapsed onto them Thursday afternoon, a town spokeswoman said.
The five — all men in their late 20s — were working on a one-story addition to an office building that houses medical offices when the frame of the incomplete roof gave way, Cary spokeswoman Susan Moran said.
Jury finds Harsco liable in construction accident
August 20, 2005 (pennlive.com)
A California jury has found Harsco Corp. 75 percent liable for a construction accident that seriously injured 11 workers in October 2001.
Excavation Hazards at Palmhurst, Texas, Worksite Result in OSHA Fines Totaling $100,000
June, 2005 (OSHA)
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Ramos Industries Inc. of Houston and proposed penalties totaling $100,000 for exposing employees to trenching and excavation hazards.
OSHA citations against the company alleged one alleged willful, one serious and one repeat violation following an investigation that began Dec. 16, 2004. The investigation, part of a planned inspection under OSHA's national emphasis program for trenching, found that employees were working in an unprotected excavation while installing a concrete manhole at a Palmhurst, Texas, worksite.
OSHA Fines Pearland, Texas, Company $133,000 Following Trenching Fatality
June 21, 2005 (OSHA)
PEARLAND, Texas- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited KCC Group Inc., Pearland, Texas, and proposed penalties totaling $133,000 for failing to protect workers from trenching hazards that led to an employee's death.
OSHA began its investigation Dec. 23, 2004, in response to a trench cave-in at a worksite on York Blvd. in Pearland. One worker was killed; another dug himself free and escaped without serious injury. OSHA citations against the company alleged two willful, 10 serious and two other-than-serious violations of safety and health standards.
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