bridge

According to a NY Times report, a dump truck hit a pedestrian footbridge injuring the driver. The incident occurred after the driver triggered the truck’s hydraulic switch that raises the back of the truck. The bridge, which is maintained by state authorities, collapsed after the NY Dump Truck Accident. Hopefully the driver is able to recover from his injuries quickly. At a first glance, it appears that the [...]

A construction worker in Pittsburgh, PA seriously injured himself when he fell about 50 feet and landed on a concrete pier. According to the article on pittsburghlive.com, he broke several ribs, dislocated his shoulder, punctured his lung and fractured his scapula. He was sandblasting steel girders to prepare the Donora-Monesson bridge for painting, a $19.9 million bridge rehabilitation project. He landed on a pie [...]

Police in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania are saying that a construction worker is lucky to be alive after an 88,000-pound backhoe he was operating crashed through part of a Pennsylvania bridge about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia. According to an Associated Press news report, the backhoe's cab was crushed against the bridge. The worker wasn't seriously injured in this construction accident in Pennsylvania, but a hea [...]