The state of Florida should consider requiring high-rise buildings near the coast to undergo safety inspections every 20 years, according to a coalition of engineers and architects that formed after a Miami-area condominium collapsed in June, killing 98 people.

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The driver of a semi-truck was injured Thursday after crashing into a dump truck on Interstate 94 near Johnson Creek on Thursday, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.

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A construction worker has died and another has been injured after they were struck by lightning in Dunn County.

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Owners of units in a Florida oceanfront condo building that collapsed with deadly consequences were just days away from a deadline to start making steep payments toward more than $9 million in major repairs that had been recommended nearly three years earlier.

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Authorities say a Wisconsin man died in a work-related accident at a factory in the village of Auburndale.

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A construction worker on a Fond du Lac jobsite suffered an electric shock on Monday, but waived off an ambulance after being treated at the scene.

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The man who died in a corn silo at a mill in Columbia County was a 52-year-old employee, sheriff's officials said.

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Authorities said one worker was killed and another injured Tuesday after they were electrocuted while putting up scaffolding for a siding project.

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Three workers were killed Monday when a stairwell collapsed inside a high-rise building under construction in Houston, according to fire department officials.

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Two cranes collided Wednesday at a construction site in Austin, Texas, causing one of them to partially collapse and injuring at least 22 workers who were sent scrambling for safety, authorities said.

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