Worksite And On-The-Job Injuries | InjuryBoard Austin

Earlier this month, a crane collapsed in New York City, and now, less than two weeks later, another crane accident has occurred in Miami. The NYC collapse was an existing crane, but in Miami, the crane fell during installation at the construction site of a 40 story apartment building. The crane fell into a house being used by the construction company as an office. Two workers were killed,...

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Driving through downtown Austin, it seems there are more cranes in the sky than buildings. And whenever we drive under one of the cranes, I know my kids look skyward nervously. Unfortunately, those fears became reality in New York this weekend, as four workers were killed, and at least three more are missing, after a crane collapsed at a worksite. Sadly, reports are that many in the...

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Construction cranes are commonplace in downtown Austin. But yesterday morning, there was a unique worksite accident when a crane at a construction site collapsed. Amazingly, no one was injured. Sadly, that wasn't the case for another Austin employee. Earlier this month, an employee was killed in a construction accident after falliing off the shell of a building under construction. With all...

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One of the big personal injury stories in Texas for the last two years has been the litigation surrounding the explosion at British Petroleum's Texas City refinery. The explosion, which killed 15 people and injured 170 more, was the worst accident in the gas and chemical industry in almost 15 years. The first trial commenced on September 5 and ended earlier this week with a confidential...

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Elevator injury at Texas StadiumA man was seriously injured Monday morning after he fell down an elevator shaft at Texas Stadium, authorities said.The unidentified man and another co-worker were about to load the elevator with ice when the man fell more than 30 feet into the elevator shaft near Gate 6 at the stadium, said David Tull, an Irving police spokesman.The victim, who may have suffered...

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