Last week, a construction worked died in a construction accident in Charlotte at the Pike Energy Solutions facility.

The accident occurred at around 8 a.m. when the worker was doing work on the building’s roof.  Police report that the worker and a garbage chute on the top of the building fell 3 stories from the roof.  The worker landed in a large dumpster and suffered serious, life-threatening injuries.

Investigators are currently unsure of what caused the worker and the garbage shoot to  fall.  Reports do not indicate whether federal investigators with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be involved in the investigations into this fatal construction accident.

Paramedics arrived at the scene and tried to revive the worker, but his injuries were too severe and he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family and friends.

This Monday, a worker with the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County was killed in a tragic construction accident.

According to Ashville police, the accident occurred as a crew of workers was installing a manhole at 257 McDowell Street.  A backhoe bucket at the site was suspended in the air by a hydraulic line.  The line snapped and the crew’s supervisor was struck in the back of the head by the falling bucket.

Paramedics pronounced the 46-year old supervisor dead at the scene of the accident.

Police and investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are looking into the cause of the fatal construction accident.

Our utmost sympathies go out to the victim’s family and friends.

Last week, two workers were wrongfully killed in a construction accident at a site in Durham County.  The two men worked for Triangle Grading and Paving Inc. out of Burlington.

According to the Durham County Sheriff’s Office’s reports, the workers were working in a manhole at a construction site on Leesville Road near U.S. 70.  The two were fixing a pipe in the manhole.  Coworkers at the site said they checked on them after 45 minutes and found both men unresponsive.

Fire and rescue officials attempted to ventilate the area and took air samples before they recovered the workers’ bodies.  Medical examiners are still looking into the cause of death.

Both the Durham County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the two men’s deaths.

Our utmost sympathies go out to the victims’ family and friends.