Once every 10 days, a NC construction worker dies on the job. Many deaths are preventable.

Lenin Romero was framing windows on a home in Wilmington when he fell from a ladder and was impaled by a steel rod. If a $2.30 safety cap had been placed over the rod, it likely would have saved his ... Read More

Father of three had much of his life before him — then he was buried alive on the job

As deaths on North Carolina construction sites have increased, state safety oversight has declined, a Charlotte Observer investigation found. On a summer morning in 2022, construction worker Joshua ... Read More

Latino workers face staggering risks on NC construction sites. Why are so many dying?

As deaths on North Carolina construction sites have increased, state safety oversight has declined, a Charlotte Observer investigation found. For many Latino construction workers, work days in the U.S ... Read More

Buried alive. Electrocuted. Killed in falls. Records shine light on construction deaths.

When construction workers are killed on the job, their deaths often don’t make headlines. To shine light on some of their lives — and deaths — The Charlotte Observer interviewed relatives and examined ... Read More

Once every 10 days, a NC construction worker dies on the job. Many deaths are preventable.

As deaths on North Carolina construction sites have increased, state safety oversight has declined, a Charlotte Observer investigation found. Lenin Romero was framing windows on a home in Wilmington ... Read More

Father of three had much of his life before him — then he was buried alive on the job

On a summer morning in 2022, construction worker Joshua “Kerrey” Brindle climbed into a trench to help lay sewer pipes for a new neighborhood of single family homes in Albemarle. Suddenly, the ... Read More

Once every 10 days, a NC construction worker dies on the job. Many deaths are preventable.

From the high-rise apartments of uptown Charlotte to the subdivisions of the Triangle, there’s a largely hidden cost to the new stores, homes and office buildings rising across North Carolina. Once ... Read More