News tagged with 'Construction Industry'

A Washington jury awarded $17.5 million Friday to a man who suffered severe injuries in a power-line accident four years ago. In 1998, James Kuntz was working as a subcontractor for Lamar Corporation, an advertising business based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he was sent to Athol, Idaho to work on a project. While

A New York jury recently awarded $20 million to a construction worker who fell through a ductwork hole while working at a Federal courthouse in Islip. Brian Mahoney, a 36-year-old ironworker, suffered severe spinal injuries when he fell several feet after the ladder he was descending broke through plywood covering the

A California jury recently awarded over $5 million to the children of a construction worker who died after being electrocuted by a live cable while working at the Naval Weapons Station in Concord. Bob McAsey was using a chipping gun to clear concrete at a construction site on the base when he accidentally pierced an u

A Miami jury recently awarded $3.4 million to a 37-year-old carpenter who suffered severe injuries in a construction accident. In March 1996, Daton Arce was descending a ladder on the second floor of a home construction site when it suddenly retracted, causing Arce to fall ten feet to the ground. Upon impact, Arce su

A neutral arbitrator awarded a former employee of Philadelphia Electric Company Energy (PECO) $4.5 million Tuesday for injuries the worker sustained while attempting to install a gas service for a residential customer. In March 1999, Joseph Johnson was measuring the amount of pipe it would take to run an underground g

A man visiting workers at a residential construction site in Lakeland, Florida was killed yesterday when a crane fell from its boom. Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have not determined if Harry Weaver, 55, was assisting workers of Crane & Rigging of Florida when the accident

A New York plumber who suffered a fractured femur and torn meniscus when he fell through a hole in the roof of a Human Investment Project (HIP) home settled with the real estate firm and construction company responsible for the renovation project for over $2 million earlier this year. The 39-year-old-plumber fell thro

Undoubtedly, work in the construction industry can be dangerous. But while the number of injured workers throughout the United States decreased last year, construction related fatalities in Texas rose more than 25%. Additionally, over 30,000 Texas based construction workers suffered injuries ranging from broken bone