A federal investigation from the U.S. Department of Labor concluded that two contractors’ safety violations could have prevented a Fort Lauderdale crane collapse in April that killed a 27-year-old construction worker. The investigation concluded that Phoenix Rigging & Erecting LLC and Maxim Crane Works LP be cited for the alleged…
At 830 Brickell Plaza, home of the future second tallest building in Miami (57 floors and 724 feet tall), a horrific incident occurred at the construction site. Reports relay that six construction workers were injured when a crane carrying a heavy load of rebar malfunctioned and crash to the ground.…
Collapse of Garage on Miami-Dade College Campus in 2012 Whether a developer is trying to make a delivery deadline on a construction project, or cut costs because the project was under-budgeted at inception, or hire fewer workers in the face of safety, typically construction incidents stem from developers, contractors, and…
According to reports, a worker was killed while working on a Miami high-rise condominium building construction site yesterday. The details of the incident are unknown, but the Miami Herald reported today that, the 29 year-old construction worker was hit by a piece of heavy machinery being hoisted by a crane.…
Construction cases are among the most complex and difficult to win often for factual reasons, and always for legal reasons. This week in Hallandale, a horrific construction site incident occurred when Christopher Ricci, 27, was killed after a crane toppled and fell on him in the Golden Isles neighborhood of…