Anyone who has been injured in a construction site accident knows that it can be very difficult to get back to a place of normalcy an financial security afterward. Not only do you have to worry about the physical damage you sustained, you also have to figure out a way to pay off the mounting [...]
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A construction accident in San Diego required the aid of the San Diego Fire Department in rescuing a fallen man. For nearly an hour, firefighters attended to the injured worker, who fell from a 3 story building in Hillcrest. The construction accident occurred at around 8:30 at an ongoing construction site on Fifth and Brookes [...]
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Sections of an apartment complex amid construction were destroyed in a fire this week. According to Reno Fire Department, the fire, whose cause has not been determined, was reported shortly before midnight on Wednesday. The fire was considerably massive, stretching across an entire apartment complex, the Alexander at South Virginia. Up to 22 of the [...]
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Investigation is ongoing following a construction site accident on Monday that killed a 12-year-old. According to reports from the local sheriff, the accident occurred at a Coronado street construction site just after 1 pm. Apparently, the boy, 12, was playing with his younger brother on a construction site while, at the same time, a construction [...]
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Posted in Construction Accidents on Jun 12th, 2009
An Oxnard construction site was also the site of an accident on June 9, where a worker fell and was injured while attempting to repair a hole in the roof of a building. The construction accident occurred at the 3700 block of Hemlock street just before noon, when the 36-year-old construction worker fell 25 feet [...]
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According to authorities from California Highway Patrol, a woman driving a Pontiac sped through a work zone, striking and killing a 49-year-old construction worker and then proceeding to hit a parked truck and trailer. The construction worker, a male, Arnoldo Placencia, was involved in the repair of a Sacramento County road when the accident occurred. [...]
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