A 27-year-old man was crushed to death by a road roller at a construction site in east Delhi on Sunday night, police said. “The incident was reported from Mandwali area bordering the Delhi-Noida link road around 1:30 am and the victim has been identified as Upender Singh,” said a senior police officer on condition of anonymity.
When Montrose County residents approved a 1 percent sales tax for county roads two years ago, they expected to see results. The county obliged by holding a media day to demonstrate some of its new road building equipment, including the Wirtgen 2000 Reclaimer, which cost $598,000.
A piece of paving equipment being used on Ga. 53 caught fire Friday, and an employee of the paving company was treated for smoke inhalation, said Sgt. Danny Brackett of the Rome Fire Department.
OSHA has cited Asphalt Paving Specialists Inc. for alleged safety violations resulting in an employee being injured at its Davie, Fla., worksite in March. Penalties total $62,200. The incident occurred when an employee operating a tractor struck another worker who was digging a shallow ditch. According to OSHA, the injured worker was hospitalized and has since returned to work.
Greens NSW Senate candidate Lee Rhiannon and Greens candidate for Macquarie Carmel McCallum have called for unspent funds to be reallocated away from Central Western highway road upgrades and towards local public rail transport.
Federal officials promised tighter scrutiny of off-road racing Friday, expanding a review of the sport run on public lands nationwide even as tricked-out trucks raced through the Nevada desert less than a week after a deadly accident in California.
Rob Pettigrew may be pulling a turnpike double configuration load of 90,000 pounds of raw milk with a new Kenworth T800 equipped with an engine that’s new to the North American market—but he doesn’t miss his old truck.
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