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Tragedy struck a Harris County construction site this week when a worker was struck and crushed by machinery being operated at the location. The death of the yet to be identified man occurred in a construction accident in southwest Harris County. The Harris County construction accident specifically occurred at 14800 Almeda Road near the West Riley intersection. The accident occurred Wednesday evening at about 5:00 p.m., as the sun was setting for the day. Circumstances Surrounding Harris County Construction Accident…

The holiday season was marred for a number of families in the United States as a result of construction accidents. A trio of construction accident incidents involving vehicles resulted in death and serious injury over the yearend holidays. The stark reality is that one of the most commonplace types of construction site accidents in the country involve deaths and injuries sustained as the result of the negligent operation or motor vehicles or malfunctions of this type of equipment. Fairfax County,…

Not all construction accidents occur at the sites of large building projects. Each and every year construction workers are injured and killed at worksites located at residential and other locations. In late December 2020, a trench collapse trapped to men working at a construction site located in front of a private residence in Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City Fire Department personnel were dispatched to the accident scene, arriving shortly after what proved to be a deadly trench collapse. Specific…

A large-scale explosion at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Building in downtown Baltimore ripped through the top floors of the structure, blasting through the roof. A partial collapse of the roof occurred as well as damage to the top floors of the building. The Baltimore Gas and Electric Building explosion has resulted in at least 21 casualties. All 21 injured individuals were rushed to area hospitals shortly after the explosion. The explosion occurred at the power company administrative headquarters on…

A construction worker was killed Friday at a staging area for the Enbridge Oil Pipeline. The construction accident occurred in Hill City, Minnesota. Enbridge, a petroleum company headquartered in Calgary, has thus far refused to release any information about the underlying cause of the accident. In addition, Enbridge has declined to disclose any information about the victim of the Minnesota oil pipeline accident. One of the visible steps taken by Enbridge since the Minnesota oil pipeline accident that took the…