Construction Carnage Continues
The construction death headlines seem to be more and more commonplace. After a rash of crane, and falling-from-heights deaths over the past few weeks there are new death and injury scenarios cropping up.
A 56-year-old construction worker was killed in an Indianapolis Airport construction accident. Apparently a dump truck was backing up and it ran over him. The driver didn’t see him. There was no information as to why the worker didn’t see the dump truck.
A worker carrying plywood on a highway construction project in Iowa was hit by a car when he stepped in front of it. The driver had no time to react and hit the man, injuring him. There was no word on the extent of the injuries.
A masonry worker was using a six-foot-long aluminum pole to scrape mortar at a town home project in Illinois when the pole touched an electrical wire and electrocuted him. The man was working on a ladder that was propped against the building when he lost his balance and fell. That’s when the pole touched the wire.
There are many reasons why people get hurt and killed where they work, but in these cases it seems once again that inattention was a primary contributor.
