Four people were hurt on September 8, 2026, after an explosion at a street construction site in Arleta, Los Angeles, California. The blast occurred around 3:30 p.m. near 14265 West Van Nuys Boulevard. Fire officials said contract workers for the Los Angeles Department...
Construction work involving sewer systems can expose workers to some of the most dangerous confined space hazards on a jobsite. OSHA’s fact sheet on confined spaces in construction sewer systems warns that confined spaces can present conditions that are immediately...
A man was killed on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, after heavy machinery fell on him at a construction site in Northwest El Paso, Texas. According to the El Paso Police Department, the incident happened around 10:00 a.m. at a construction site located on Paseo del...
One worker was killed and another was injured on Thursday, August 27, 2026, after a house under construction collapsed in the Estancia development in south Austin, Texas. According to reports, the collapse occurred at 12002 Salvador Street while the area was...
A man was seriously injured on Wednesday morning, August 26, 2026, after a workplace accident involving a crane at Nucor Steel in rural Stanton County near Norfolk, Nebraska. According to the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office, emergency crews were called to the facility...
Two construction workers were found dead after a trench collapsed at a construction site in Stockton, California, on Saturday morning, August 8, 2026. Firefighters were called around 5:15 a.m. to the 7900 block of North El Dorado Street after a worker reported that...
A 23-year-old construction worker was killed Wednesday afternoon, July 1, 2026, after a trench collapsed at a commercial construction site near Fowlerville in Livingston County, Michigan. According to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, first responders were...
One construction worker was killed and three others were injured Monday, June 29, 2026, after a sudden gust of wind reportedly caused roof trusses to collapse at a cabin construction site in Monte Cristo, Utah. According to the Rich County Sheriff’s Office, the...
A construction worker was killed Sunday, June 28, 2026, after being struck by a work vehicle in a construction zone on the Gulf Freeway in Houston. According to the Houston Police Department, the fatal crash happened around 11:00 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-45...
A 29-year-old construction worker was killed on June 18, 2026, after a tunnel collapsed beneath an apartment complex under construction near Coppell, Texas in northwest Dallas. According to reports, workers were manually digging a tunnel underneath the Sage Hill at...