Last month, a construction worker was killed in a tragic construction accident involving a forklift in Naples.  According to Naples Police reports, the accident occurred in a residential neighborhood at around 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31. The construction worker from Bonita Springs was run over by the forklift as he walked between it and [...]

Earlier this month, a woman was killed in a tragic construction accident at the Amway Arena in Orlando.  The woman was subcontracted to do construction work at the arena by Cirque de Soleil. According to police reports, the accident occurred at around 10:15 A.M. on May 3rd when the 58-year old construction worker was struck [...]

Yesterday, officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that they have issued $70,000 in fines against the company that was responsible for a scaffold collapse in Hollywood, Florida.  The accident occurred in October when workers contracted with M Brothers Paintings Inc. were performing maintenance on a city water tower located on Sheridan Street [...]

This past Saturday, a portable crane being operated to dismantle an old shipping crane collapsed at JaxPort.  The accident occurred at around 12 in the afternoon at the Talleyrand Marine Terminal. Anthony F. Roberts was operating the crane to move pieces of scrap from an old crane.  Police reports say that a piece of the [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently fined an Alabama construction firm for workplace safety violations resulting in trench collapses and construction worker injury at a construction site in Destin, Florida.  J&P Construction, also known as Jamison Construction, was cited for two serious workplace safety violations and one willful workplace safety violation. The construction firm [...]