Coroner identifies man killed at I-15 construction site

Officials investigate a fatal construction accident on Blue Diamond Road by the I-15 northbound on-ramp Tuesday, June 29, 2010.

By Tiffany Gibson

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 1:31 p.m.

OSHA probing death of 34-year-old engineer at construction site (6-29-2010)

Fatal Accident

A 34-year-old operating engineer killed in a construction accident Tuesday in the south Las Vegas Valley was identified by the Clark County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday as Tobin Talbott of North Las Vegas.

Details of the accident haven’t been released, but the coroner’s office said Talbott died of multiple blunt force injuries from heavy machinery.

The Nevada Highway Patrol responded at 6:26 a.m. to the accident at the Blue Diamond Road and Interstate 15 interchange, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has taken over the investigation.

Talbott had been employed by Las Vegas Paving since March 2005.

The accident happened in the construction zone of a project to widen the freeway from Tropicana Avenue to Silverado Ranch Boulevard.

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By firedawg2000

July 1, 2010

1:28 a.m.

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Las Vegas is the "Home of the Body Bag" as far as construction site fatalities go. Nevada-OSHA will do their investigation, come back with a fine & a willful violation, LV Pavement will appeal it, OSHA will give in or the Governor will corrupt the case (Just like the manhole deaths at the Orleans), and no justice will come of this. Then LVP will continue to get lucrative contracts just like Perini(i.e. Airport). That's been the pattern in Las Vegas when employees get killed at the job. Employees die and the companies responsible get rewarded.

As long as Fed-OSHA is not allowed to conduct these investigations & issue the penalties, nothing will change and the safety of employees in LV will continue to be in jeopardy.