The construction industry is known to be one of the most dangerous industries. A little over a year ago, a masonry worker died at a construction site at the Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School. The cause of death was a wound to the man’s neck caused by a motorized hand saw. In 2021, there were 986 construction site deaths in the state of Illinois.
Construction accidents are usually caused by one of the “fatal four.” The four most prevalent causes of construction injuries and death in the construction industry are falls (usually from ladders or scaffolding), being struck by an object or falling object, electrocutions, and being caught in or caught in between equipment.