A 59-year-old construction worker from Streamwood lost his life on Tuesday in a tragic workplace accident involving a piece of machinery, according to the local McHenry County sheriff’s department. Early reports are not clear as to what caused the accident that left the worker dead but the incident is under…
A flash flood is being blamed for the death of a sewer worker on the north side of Chicago Wednesday night, drowning the man in a surge of water, according to local police. The 25-year-old victim was one of two workers doing repair work in a sewer in the 3000…
While working at a site repaving a portion of the street, a 48-year-old construction worker was killed on Thursday after being pinned under a piece of equipment. Local authorities report that the man was at a site in Englewood in the 6200 block of South May when something went wrong,…
Authorities recently charged an 18-year-old man with aggravated battery of a taxi driver, criminal damage to property, and theft of labor in an incident in the South Shore neighborhood. The teen has been arrested and is in jail in lieu of a $125,000 bond. Police say that the teen hired…
A CTA bus driver was performing his job on Friday evening when an irate passenger threw hot coffee on him, seriously burning the driver’s face. The incident occurred near the Jefferson Park transit center on the north side around 10:00 p.m. The CTA driver was operating a bus on the…
An on-the-job accident claimed the life of a 47-year-old Berwyn man on Tuesday, according to authorities. The man died from multiple crush injuries after sustaining hits from multiple falling objects at M.S. International, his employer, in Elk Grove Village. According to its website, M.S. International sells premium surfaces for floors,…
A 56-year-old man who was injured at a Northwestern University construction site on Thursday has died due to his injuries and police have launched an investigation.The man was working at an Evanston site when he was struck by a 16 foot long beam weighing 70 pounds, according to police. Early…
According to the Associated Press, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that it has asked a court to enjoin Zidan Management Group and Dubai Construction from conducting demolition of a nine-story building in Chicago’s North Side. Once a mental hospital and hotel, the building was constructed in 1923, a…
In early March, two explosions and a fire at a paint coatings plant in suburban Cary reportedly injured three people. According to Cary Police Chief Steve Casstevens, an explosion unexpectedly occurred at Fox Valley Systems, Inc. just before 1:30 pm. As local firefighters battled the ensuing flames, a second explosion…
In November, the nation’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued nearly $200,000 in proposed penalties to Chicago-based American Masonry Inc. for allegedly exposing employees to lead dust. Seven purported violations were uncovered when an OSHA investigator inspected a commercial building site in the City of Chicago. According to OSHA…