by Mike | Mar 25, 2014 | Construction Accidents
Indiana is not the safest place to work. That’s according to a federal investigation which found that Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) mishandled complaints, inhibited investigations and discouraged whistle-blowers. And workplace safety...
by Mike | Jul 20, 2012 | Construction Accidents, Latest News
New research from the Center for Construction Research and Training, affiliated with the AFL-CIO, indicates that almost all construction workers will have at least one work-related injury during their lifetime and are at greater risk of dying prematurely. Researchers...
by Mike | Jul 19, 2012 | Construction Accidents, Latest News
The Indiana Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission has OK’d temporary regulations that cover the 2012 fair and festival season. These are the state’s first rules concerning the kind of temporary outdoor stage rigging involved in last summer’s...
by Mike | Jun 1, 2012 | Construction Accidents, Truck Accidents
The owner of a company that inspects and repairs old farm structures died Wednesday after being struck by a piece of machinery and falling from a grain bin. 69-year old, Richard B. Lowe, of Darlington fell to his death from a grain bin Wednesday afternoon at Davidson...
by Mike | Apr 18, 2012 | Construction Accidents, Securities Fraud
INDIANAPOLIS — An excavator weighing an estimated 20 tons backed into and killed a construction worker at 9:30 a.m. Monday morning while placing concrete barriers in a construction zone at I-465 and Allisonville Road. David Anderson, 33, of Brownsburg, Ind., was one...
by Mike | Apr 12, 2012 | Construction Accidents, Truck Accidents
A 911 phone call from a lot near 300 South and Henry Street in Shadeland came into the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Department shortly before 9:28 a.m. Wednesday morning, stating that a concrete mixer had rolled into a pool. According to Tippecanoe County...
