MnDOT to install speed safety cameras at 2 construction sites
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it is installing speed safety cameras at two construction sites in late July.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it is installing speed safety cameras at two construction sites in late July.
Monday, all MnDOT staff are taking a moment to pause. It comes after two contractor deaths on Minnesota roads within the last week. Beret Leone breaks down what the safety stand down means.
Friends and family of two construction workers are grieving after two different construction sites in the Twin Cities saw fatalities within 48 hours.
Pierre Mack's death is the fifth construction-related death in Minnesota this year and the first at a Minnesota Department of Transportation site since 2023.
Twenty-nine-year-old Pierre Mack died after a construction truck hit him in Burnsville. He was a cement mixer working on improvements to I-35W. As Jonah Kaplan reports, Mack's father says he can't fully grieve the loss without more answers about what happened.
Two years after his tragic death at a work site, the family of a longtime St. Paul water services employee has won a major settlement from the construction company.
Workers gathered at Minneapolis City Hall to voice their concerns about the conditions they often face. Those include wage theft, dangerous working conditions, gender-based violence and, in some cases, labor trafficking.
