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The New York City Mayor, and Department of Buildings, presented good news in the summer of 2018. They were able to report that there is something of a building boom in the Big Apple. Between January and May of 2018, new construction across all five boroughs topped $15 billion. This outpaced all other cities in the United States. Injuries and Fatalities at NYC Construction Sites Increase Dramatically Between 2017 and 2018 Sadly, all news was not good when it comes…

An accident at a water tower construction site in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area’s Porter community has claimed the life of one construction worker and seriously injured another. Although the details of the accident remain sketchy, the following facts are well-supported. Since early June, work crews from Avon, IN-based Phoenix Fabricators and Erectors, LLC had been constructing a 500,000-gallon elevated water storage tank in Porter for the Porter Special Utility District. At around 7:15 on the morning of Friday, July…

Dump Truck Carrying Construction Materials Crushes Worker A Forth Worth construction accident resulted in one fatality. A worker was killed in a commercial construction worksite accident in northeast Fort Worth located at Berkshire Lake Boulevard and Drovers View Trail. The accident occurred during the morning rush hour. The victim was declared dead at the construction site. The most common types of Fort Worth construction site accident situations include those involving motor vehicles. This is what happened at a Fort Worth…

Pelican Island Crane Collapse Investigated by OSHA Officials identified one of the individuals killed in the recent Galveston crane collapse. 20-year old Blake Carlisle lost his life in the Pelican Island crane collapse in Galveston. Carlisle was a highly-regarded Dickinson high school football player. Indeed, Blake Carlisle has been described as being a “star of the field” and even a better individual off if the field. The death of Carlisle has stunned the community and those who knew and admired…

Gene Peterson, an 81-year-old Fort Dodge, Iowa man, died when he lost control of his pickup truck and hit the back of a parked excavator in a construction zone in Fort Dodge, reports say. Peterson was killed when his truck left the road and hit the unoccupied excavator about 5:15 p.m. on Monday. The cause of the accident is under investigation. The Doan Law Firm P.C., can provide information and guidance for some of the toughest questions of personal injury…