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...
Construction Workers’ Accidents
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...
California fire creates concern about construction site safety
The charred 16,000 acres in San Bernardino left by the recent brush fire serves as yet another reminder of the threat such blazes pose to Californians every year as the weather turns hot. But as the flames were extinguished, the investigation into the source of the...
Fall from second floor injures construction workers
In order to work on a California construction site, you need to have steady nerves and quick reflexes. Construction workers face potential dangers on a daily basis. In order to avoid suffering construction accidents, the workers must always be alert to their...
Concern over construction site falls prompts stand-down
California construction workers can attest that much of construction work is done off the ground. Even when working on a single-story building, construction workers may find themselves elevated 30 feet or more. Construction on a skyscraper may entail working hundreds...
Construction worker recovering in Los Angeles hospital
Working on a Los Angeles construction site requires that employees have physical stamina as well as requisite skills to do a job safely and competently. This owes to the fact that construction work has dangers inherent to its environment. One second a worker may be...
Three injured in scaffolding collapse
A California scaffolding collapse has left three workers hurt and two of them facing life-threatening injuries. The construction accident happened at approximately 9:35 a.m. on Jan. 24 at a home on Clayton Street in the Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco. There...
Construction company sued for worker’s death
California readers might be interested in the case of a worker who died in a fall at Kyle Field, the stadium at Texas A&M University, which is currently under renovation. A Houston-based construction company has been sued by the relatives of a demolition worker...
Crash seriously injures California worker
A car struck and injured a Caltrans worker while he was on the job at a roadside construction site, according to the California Highway Patrol. Although it could be considered a hazardous work environment, the injured man was standing behind traffic cones. CHP said...
