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Volunteers work to recover the body of a construction worker who was buried alive in a hillside collapse at a site near the Tonique Williams-Darling Highway on January 29, 2026.

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BCA chief says lack of training fuelling surge in industrial accidents

THE head of the Bahamas Contractors Association (BCA) says a recent spike in industrial accidents highlights a troubling lack of on-site training, as labour officials echoed calls for more retraining across the sector.

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Tragedy at excavation site as worker crushed

FOR hours on Thursday night, thousands of Bahamians watched in dread as men with shovels and heavy machinery clawed at a mound of rock and dirt, hoping to pull a 51-year-old construction worker out alive.

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Construction worker buried alive in hillside collapse

RECOVERY efforts continued this morning after a construction worker was killed during a hillside collapse at a site near the Tonique Williams-Darling Highway yesterday.

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