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The head of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, was once asked what he considered to be the most dangerous job in America. Without hesitation, the nation’s chief occupational safety official stated: “Cell phone tower worker.” The stark reality is that each year an ever-increasing number of cell phone tower workers suffer severe, horrific, and even fatal injuries as the result of cell phone tower accidents. Hundreds of people were injured in cell phone tower accidents in…

Construction site workers, pedestrians, and others were placed at serious risk when potentially deadly shards of glass rained down from the 56th floor of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper under construction. According to the New York City Department of Buildings, which has launched an investigation into the serious mishap, the blades of glass fell from an incomplete building located at 111 West 57th Street. Thus far, no one was reported injured as a result of the Manhattan construction site accident. The…

A natural gas pipeline running next to Highland Park High School in University, Texas, a Dallas suburb, exploded Saturday morning. The blast sent two people to people to the hospital. The pair injured in the explosion are reported to be in stable condition. Crews from the University Park Fire Department were called to the scene of the gas pipeline explosion at about 9:30 Saturday morning, November 7, 2020. The exact location of the blazing eruption was the 6600 block Westchester….

Investigation is underway regarding a fatal Minnesota construction site accident, a catastrophic incident that occurred in Harvey Township in Meeker County. Harvey Township is located just over an hour from Minneapolis. The construction site where the late-morning accident occurred is located in the 31700 block of Highway 22. According to the Meeker County Sheriff’s Office, preliminary investigation confirms that a stabilizing platform designed to support a concrete boom truck gave way. The collapse of the stabilizing platform caused the boom…

On Monday, October 5, in the early afternoon, a partial building collapse occurred at a Harvey Builders construction site for a new Marathon Oil structure in Houston. Three workers were killed in the collapse, one crew member was hospitalized and is reported to be in stable condition. Investigation into the cause of the Harvey Builders collapse has been slow moving because the partly constructed Marathon Oil building was deemed significantly unstable following the collapse of a stairwell. The staircase in…