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Wednesday, October 8, 2014Area:
New York, NYA truck crashed into a 60-foot construction scaffolding Wednesday morning around 7:00 a.m., causing a portion of it to fall onto the truck and the sidewalk. The incident occured in Mindtown Manhattan when the truck drove onto the sidewalk on West 38th Street and struck the scaffolding. No injuries were reported. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
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Monday, March 10, 2014Area:
Louisville, KYAccording to the Milton-Madison Bridge Project, crews closed the bridge around 2 a.m. Tuesday after a steel bearing, about four-feet in diameter, dislodged between the bridge and a pier. The project manager closed the bridge believing it is unsafe to cross. The worker was not seriously injured. The bridge was due to be reduced to one lane on Thursday and to close completely on Friday for about a week. Now, the bridge will remain closed until the new bridge is slid into place, a process that is scheduled to begin on Thursday.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014Two workers were seriously injured after falling from scaffolding at a skyscraper under construction in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Thursday afternoon, a fire department spokeswoman said.
The incident was reported at about 2:20 p.m. at 350 Mission St., according to the fire chief's office.
The two workers were installing scaffolding at the site when it collapsed, sending one worker falling 40 feet and another worker falling about 30 feet, fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
They were both taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, Talmadge said.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014Three workers were hurt Friday, with two suffering life-threatening injuries, when they plunged from makeshift scaffolding at a construction project near San Francisco's Twin Peaks that city officials said lacked permits and violated a number of safety codes.
The building's owner has a history of flouting permit procedures and employing unsafe practices, according to the city's Department of Building Inspection.