On June 18, three 50,000-pound steel beams fell onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 405 in an accident that shut down the busy highway in the Los Alamitos area and injured a worker, authorities reported. As part of a project to build a new overpass in the Rossmoor...
Month: June 2014
California building explosion, fire burns 2 contractors
The Santa Monica Fire Department confirmed that a five-story building near the pier was involved in what appears to be an electrical explosion, which was followed by a fire. There were two contractors working on the building when the incident happened just before noon...
Workers die in California construction accident
Two construction workers who were helping to replace a bridge in California have died in a crane accident. The accident occurred outside of the town of Winters on May 30. Both men were in a basket attached to the crane when it fell some distance to the ground,...
California construction worker crushed by rebar tower
An accident at a California construction site claimed the life of a 29-year-old man on May 20. The man was crushed by a falling rebar tower while working on the development of a new rental car facility near San Diego International Airport. The construction accident...
