The other three canal projects that made Safer America's list included the Erie Canal, which recorded 1,000 deaths from its 50,000 workers. On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Chrysler Building had zero construction worker deaths. Taking a look at the death rate per 1,000 workers, the Panama Canal is by far the deadliest construction project with 408.12 construction worker deaths per 1,000 workers - a total of 30,609 deaths. Reports vary from double to triple digit fatalities. The total death toll for construction for the 2014 Sochi Olympics remains unknown. Construction for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics saw at least 11 worker deaths. Unfortunately, big event construction projects like the Qatar World Cup and Olypmic venues still tend to result in multiple deaths. Read next: Construction Safety Week Should Be a Year-long Celebrationįive other projects including the Titanic, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Los Angeles Aqueduct, Karakoram Highway and the Qatar World Cup have totaled 5,383 construction worker deaths, with 4,000 of those worker fatalities on the Qatar project. Tunnel and dam projects recorded a total of 772 and 733 construction worker deaths respectively. Railway projects also had a large number with 107,200 spread across only two railroad projects. Bridges, which included five projects, followed closely with only 90 worker deaths (although even 90 is still far too many).Ĭanal projects had the highest total of construction worker deaths with 163,609 deaths in only four projects. Interesting to note is the seven skyscraper building projects included totaled the least amount of construction worker deaths at just 82. The research takes a look at both the total number of construction worker deaths during the construction projects as well as where the projects rank in highest death rate per 1,000 construction workers. In 2015, Safer America published an interactive timeline taking a look at the modern era's most deadliest construction projects. Famous construction projects prove deadly A report from the time of the accident claims strong winds and heavy rains caused the collapse - a common claim for crane collapses - and proving that it's not just during the work day safety that the construction industry must be concerned with. Construction accidents have caused the deaths of bystanders, drivers and even those in their own homes.įor example, in 2015, a crane collapsed at Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque killing 107 people. In today's environment - where construction is being done in more populated cities and the trend is to build up - the public is put at risk, too. On historical construction projects, the fatalities were usually the laborers. Read next: Is It Really Worth the Cost to Keep Construction Workers Safe?Īnd that safety needs to spread to the public, too. All construction workers and construction business owners have the power and the responsibility to make sure every laborer has what they need to perform their jobs safely and get home safely every night. In fact, just a few days ago one construction worker was killed and two others seriously injured at the site of a new residential building in The Bronx that collapsed during construction.Ĭonstruction is a dangerous industry, but that doesn't mean we should just accept that fatalities will happen. News stories of construction collapses happen all too frequently. Not a day goes by in the construction industry where safety isn't a topic of discussion.
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