Two Workers Sent to Hospital After Hoboken Deck Collapse
- Two construction workers were injured Feb 12 when a deck collapsed at a high-rise residential project in Hoboken.
- Witnesses reported that the deck failed after being loaded with construction materials, which subsequently fell on the workers below.
- Emergency responders used a crane basket to lower one worker from the upper levels because permanent stairways were not yet available.
- Work at the 111 Observer Highway site was halted for the day while city officials and police investigated the cause.
OSHA Investigating after Tree Workers Dies from Fall in Tolland, CT
- A 64-year-old tree service worker from Massachusetts died after falling from a bucket truck in Tolland, Connecticut.
- The incident occurred Tuesday morning during tree removal operations on Old Stafford Road.
- Emergency personnel performed life-saving measures, but the worker was pronounced dead at the scene.
- OSHA has been notified and is investigating the workplace fatality.
NJ Turnpike Work Zone Crash Kills One Worker, Injures Another
- On February 11, 2026, a chain-reaction crash in a New Jersey Turnpike work zone in Secaucus resulted in one construction worker dead and another injured.
- The incident occurred when a car rear-ended a boom truck, veered, and struck a parked pickup and box truck within the work zone.
- Mark Kmetz, 61, was killed, while a 68-year-old worker outside the vehicles sustained moderate injuries.
- State Police confirmed the fatalities happened within a clearly marked construction zone.