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2 Injured After South Windsor Construction Accident
Two construction workers were injured during an accident at a construction site in South Windsor Thursday afternoon. Fire officials said they responded to the area of Buckland Road and Deming Street for a report of a construction worker pinned underneath a pipe on a construction site. Responding crews said the pipe had already been lifted by other construction workers via…
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Amazon Closes Construction Site in Windsor After Another Noose Found
Another noose has been found at the construction site of an Amazon fulfillment facility in South Windsor leading the site to be closed down while security measures are put in place.
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Another Noose Found at Amazon Facility
Another noose has been found at the construction site of an Amazon fulfillment facility in South Windsor leading the site to be closed down while security measures are put in place.
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Amazon Closes Construction Site in Windsor After Nooses Found
Amazon is shutting down construction at a facility in Connecticut after several noose-like ropes were discovered at the site in recent weeks. A spokesperson for Amazon said the company is “deeply disturbed” by the incidents happening at the Windsor, Connecticut site and has ordered the shutdown until necessary security measures can be put in place. “Hate, racism or discrimination have…
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Construction Worker Left Injured, Covered in Concrete After Falling Through Floor in West Hartford
A construction worker was left injured after falling through two floors and being covered in wet concrete at a construction site in West Hartford. West Hartford police said they received a report of an injured construction worker at 1031 New Britain Ave. at approximately 11:15 a.m. Crews responding to the scene found a construction worker had fallen through a floor…
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Noose Ropes Found at Amazon Construction Site in Windsor
Windsor Police are investigating after a noose and possibly several others were discovered recently at an Amazon facility being built in town.
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New Questions Arise About Potential Structural Flaws in Hard Rock Hotel Collapse
Authorities in New Orleans are now investigating a new video following the collapse of the future hotel. The social media post is raising questions about potential concerns before the deadly accident, NBC News reports. The grainy video claims to show the hotel two days before it buckled. An apparent worker at the construction site is heard in Spanish saying a...
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Watch: Drone Footage Shows Hotel After Collapse
Drone footage taken in New Orleans shows the damage after the Hard Rock Hotel collapsed during construction on Saturday.
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Marine On Trial for Murder ‘Missed Thrill of Killing': DA
Prosecutors say a U.S. Marine veteran accused of stabbing a construction worker to death at an Oceanside job site in 2017 “missed the thrill” of killing and went out that night looking for a life to take.
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Shell Workers Would Have Lost Pay If They Missed Trump Speech at Plant
Thousands of union workers at a western Pennsylvania petrochemical plant were given a choice last week — show up for President Donald Trump’s speech on Wednesday or stay home and lose some of their weekly pay, NBC News reports. One of the construction site’s contractors wrote in rules for the speech ahead of the event that employees’ attendance was “not...
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New Transportation Center Coming to Bradley International Airport
The opening ceremony Thursday marks the start of the new 1.4-million square-foot transportation center spanning across 13.4 acres right outside of the airport.
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Parents Fear Kids at Risk From Dangerous Dust at Silicon Valley School
An NBC Bay Area Investigation reveals the approval process to build a private school in Silicon Valley right next to a concrete plant was the result of an unfortunate chain of events, that included inaccurate permit applications, poor communication between government agencies, and other bureaucratic blunders.
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Worker Injured in Trench Wall Collapse in Westport
A worker was injured when a trench wall collapsed at a construction site in Westport Friday.
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Teens Charged in Connection With Construction Trailer Fires at Silver Sands in Milford
Environmental Conservation Police have arrested two teens in connection with vandalism at construction trailers at Milford’s Silver Sands State Park in March.
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Construction Trailer Fires at Silver Sands in Milford Intentionally Set: DEEP
Investigators now say the fires that damaged two construction trailers at Silver Sands State Park in Milford on Sunday were intentionally set and a reward is being offered for information, according to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
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Man Raped 11-Year-Old Girl in Top Bunk With Brother on Bottom Bunk: Prosecutor
A stranger climbed through a second-floor window, then up to the top bunk of a bed and raped an 11-year-old girl while her brother was in the bottom bunk below, a prosecutor said Sunday.
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Suspect Charged With Rape of 11-Year-Old Girl in Her Bedroom: Police
A suspect accused of climbing through a window and raping an 11-year-old girl inside her Brooklyn home was in custody Saturday to the cheering of neighbors, police said.
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2 Construction Workers Killed After Scaffolding Collapse at Site Near Walt Disney World
Orange County Fire Rescue said that the accident took place at a hotel being built near Chelonia Parkway – adding the workers were between the sixth and seventh floors when the accident occurred.
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Liberty Island Evacuated as 300 Pounds of Propane Catch Fire, Posing Potentially ‘Catastrophic' Risk: FDNY
Liberty Island was evacuated as a precaution Monday as three 100-pound propane tanks suddenly caught fire, posing a potentially catastrophic risk to thousands of tourists gathered to see the Statue of Liberty, officials said.