Category: Construction Workers’ Accidents

If you or someone you know works in construction, you are aware of the dangers that are faced every day. Slipping, falling and being crushed are just some of the potentially life-threatening construction accidents that can take place. Workplaces are meant to prevent these accidents in any way possible; when...

Since the 1970s, the state of Maryland has been keeping track of injuries occurring in the workplace. That reporting process is called the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The latest SOII numbers are from 2011 and cover the approximately 2.3 million workers throughout the state. Here is some bullet points taken...

Maryland construction companies and their employees try to operate safely, but tragic and fatal accidents sometimes happen unexpectedly. Indeed, one such construction accident recently claimed the life of a worker in a southern state. The incident occurred on a Friday after the ground underneath the man caved in, and he fell.

When you work in an industrial or construction setting in Maryland, there are risks you face every day. In this news out of Virginia, a man working in Arlington has reportedly died in a work accident, and this has led to an investigation into the situation. Like cases where you've been hurt...

Contractors in Maryland may breathe a bit easier when it comes to worries about liability on the job. A bill on its way to the Senate seeks to protect businesses, including architectural, engineering and construction firms, from obscure language in contracts that requires these firms to pay for the costs of defending...

In Maryland and anywhere else there is construction, work zones have special speed limits and warnings so that there are fewer accidents taking place due to speeding or roadwork people aren't expecting. However, in Maryland, work-zone tickets have been lower than usual, but that hasn't reduced the amount of fatalities, according to...

In just over a year, five highway construction workers have lost their lives while performing their duties in Maryland. The 54-year-old man was part of a contracting crew that was clearing trees near Liberty Road on I-695. A pickup truck slammed into the construction worker when he was on...

When you are at work, you expect that most areas where you're working will be safe. In some dangerous jobs like construction, small errors or damage can lead to serious injuries. On Jan. 9, a report about a construction accident hit the news. Maryland readers might have heard about the construction collapse...

In a freak accident, a man was crushed by a beam at a bridge and steel facility on Marginal Street. in east Boston on Monday, Dec. 10. The decedent, a 46 year-old-man from El Salvador, had lived in the U.S. for 12 years and is survived by his wife, two daughters and...

In Maryland, there was recently a serious construction accident that took place in Silver Spring. The construction accident took the life of a 56-year-old man on Thanksgiving day. The man allegedly fell in a freak accident, according to the police lieutenant. The news of the accident spread...