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Date: 
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A worker was killed when he fell from a scaffold at an apartment complex under construction in North Raleigh late Thursday morning. The man fell from a five-story scaffold, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Labor. Investigators have not yet made public the name of the worker or the company that he worked for, the spokesman said. The incident occurred at 11:08 a.m. in the 5700 block of Goodstone Drive, near Spring Forest and Louisburg roads. The N.C. Department of Labor is investigating.
Date: 
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Three contract workers were injured Wednesday in an accident involving a crane inside a fenced-off construction area on the south side of Talley Student Center at N.C. State University, according to a university spokesman. The three men were taken for treatment to WakeMed Raleigh, according to a university spokesman. One reported a head injury, one reported a foot injury and one had back and neck pain, he said.