An analysis from Washington University finds a large share of construction workers in Missouri, southern Illinois and Kansas are being diagnosed with chronic muscle and joint injuries each year, and many are prescribed opioid painkillers. It’s a very severe problem, that starts with the back injuries, the shoulder and wrist injuries,” said Len Toenjes, president of the Associated General Contractors of Missouri. File photo / Shahla Farzan / St. Louis Public Radio
Originally published on January 8, 2021 5:40 pm
St. Louis plumber Amanda Dace still remembers the moment the drill slipped from her hands, nearly two decades ago.
Dace, who was in her mid-30s and training as an apprentice, was cutting through a board to install a water spigot when she lost control of the drill, injuring her wrist. “All it took was a second,” she remembers. “It happens that fast.”
OBITUARY: Wiley Eugene Gage, 1941-2020
Wiley Eugene Gage, 79, passed
away on December 14, 2020 at his home in Willow Creek, of natural
causes. Born on January 6, 1941 in Webb, Oklahoma
to Wiley and Dorothy Gage, Wiley attended and graduated from Eureka
High School in 1959. Out of high school, he worked at US Plywood. Two
years later, he began completing his Carpentry Apprenticeship. Wiley
worked as a Journeyman Carpenter for the Carpenter’s Union for 20
years, before working for St. Joseph Hospital. Wiley retired from St.
Joseph Hospital after 23 years and moved to Willow Creek.
Wiley
was a talented carpenter
with many houses built for family and himself. From a piece of land